Alpha Nocurne's Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 70 Give Me a Chance

Narcissa’s shrieks echoed down the corridor as Ann pushed herself out of her chair reluctantly and made her way over to the office door, glancing at her watch as she did so.

Thirty minutes she had been here and already the day was getting off to a terrible start.

‘So much for a drama-free day.’ Maeve snorted sarcastically.

Ann stood at the office door with a blank expression on her face as she watched the chaos in front of her with mild amusement.

Narcissa was being manhandled by the guards that Adam had put in place, completely preventing her from proceeding down the corridor as Ada watched with wide eyes and an expression of frustration written all over her face as she hovered helplessly in the background.

Suddenly her eyes flicked up and locked with Ann’s and her face morphed into a simpering, pitiful-looking expression as she reached her arms out towards her, holding up a large basket in her direction.

“Please, Ann, I just want to make amends. Look, I brought a peace offering.” She said as she lifted the cloth covering the top of the basket and tilted it slightly so that Ann could see the contents.

She beamed hopefully at her as she continued trying to coax Ann into seeing them privately.

you were a child. I know we didn’t always get along,

as

going to be some sort of ploy to cause chaos for you again, Ann.’ Maeve

what if it

her indignation as a wave of

for real right now? After everything that’s happened so far, and your suspicions about them…

suspicions about them. All they know is that I’m still hurt and angry about Ada’s betrayal, but how else am I going to be able

talking about?! Have you lost your mind?! No. I think you should let me take over and attack them both. Finish this once and

to Ann. She knew this was probably another trap they were trying to set her up in, but how else was she going to

out completely then her father would be completely at the mercy of their schemes and at least for now, if anything untoward

some reason, Ann had the feeling that

as miserable as her childhood had been, she hadn’t physically harmed Ann, when she could

lot cleverer with her

Whatever it is, whatever issues it causes, we’ll find a way to overcome it. But for now, it’s better that they continue thinking of me as the clueless and pathetically forgiving person

to get through to you. If nothing else at

the same wide-eyed innocent and pleading expression that had gotten her everything that

child in her stomach was starting to show under the

sight of it, but there was no longer the stab of betrayal in her heart that she had felt so