Valen POV

Tatum and I went and dropped the vial off last night. Doc split it into samples before sending it off to the labs, and this morning I was taking Everly to the accountant, deciding after last night I didn’t want her on her own anywhere.

Everly had been nervous all morning about something, and I could tell she wanted to ask me something. She was weird when I got home last night, making me wonder if she argued with her father or something.

Glancing at her, I decided to ask her because her weird mood was freaking me out. “What’s wrong?” I asked as we pulled up at a set of traffic lights.

“I am worried about the accountant,” she answers.

“Why?”

“Because I wasn’t expecting you to come with me,” my brows pinch together wondering what she meant.

“It‘s that bad?”

“No. But I did something when I inherited everything, and I was hoping it remained hidden, but now you will find out,” she says.

“What did you do?”

“I got even. And also I was angry at you, so just don’t be mad. But it was a lot of money, I had this stupid idea, but it may piss you off.” She shakes her head.

“You won’t tell me?” she shakes her head. “And you told no one? And how much money did my mother leave you?”

“Zoe and Macey know. We had a good laugh about it, but I wasn’t expecting you or anyone to find out.” I was going to ask her what it was when she spoke again.

“I also wanted to ask you about the hotel. Macey said something to me last night, but I worry it may upset you also,” she says.

“Why would it upset me? It’s your hotel,” I tell her.

“Well, legally, yes. But it was your mother‘s,”

“You don’t want to continue the rebuild or sell it?” I ask, wondering what she is getting at.

My mother left it to Everly. I would never interfere with the hotel. Mum wanted her to have it.

Therefore Everly was free to do as she pleased with it. Though I hoped she wouldn’t sell it off. “No. Not sell it, sell it, I will still own it, but…” my brows furrow, and I accelerate as the light turns green.

“Just say it, Everly,” I tell her, and she sighs.

“I was planning on doing it anyway before you came back into the picture. But now you are, I thought I should ask,” she says.

“It‘s your Hotel. That doesn‘t change, so tell me what you want to do,”

“I am running out of funds for the rebuild. The insurance didn‘t cover everything, and the savings set aside for emergencies are running out. Everything else is locked down in term deposits and trust funds which I don‘t want to touch unless necessary. I know you offered to help, but..”

“But you refuse to take money from me,” I growl. We have a kid and live together, yet she never lets me pay for everything, she is always contributing even though I don‘t want or need her money. But hearing all this made me wonder how much she did have?

“I don‘t want a handout, and I don’t want to owe anyone,” she says.

“I‘m your mate,” I tell her.

“I have never needed help, and I don‘t want it, but Macey and Zoe have been pooling their money to invest,”

“You want to split the place three ways? Change ownership into three titles?” I ask, and she nods, glancing at me before she starts nervously defending herself.

“I know it was your mother‘s, and I will still own it. But Macey was telling me last night, she and Zoe were looking into buying something investment–wise to leave to their kids, and I was already going…”

off, and she turns in her

do?” she actually

you three girls built that place. But I have one condition if you go ahead,” I tell her, and she clicks

partnering up..”

it to them,” I tell her,

And I don’t know how much they

condition is, either I buy it off you, or you give it to them and let me cover the rest of the cost.” I

to that anyway. They would

your sisters. You three built it. I can get contracts drawn up so they know I can’t interfere with the hotel. I

any title

I nod. I would rather she take the money, but she is too headstrong. Maybe I could speak to the girls and get them to convince her. The

but I owed them for being there when I wasn’t. So if this helps them and clears my guilty conscience, it is a win-win. Pulling up at the accountants, my father was there waiting already, and Everly climbed out of the car and waved to him. I grab the box of files off the backseat when the back door opens, and Everly snatches a pink

embarrassed. When she closed the door, my father hugged her, and I could tell he was tickled pink about her pregnancy. John also met us, and we all walked into the accountant’s office, along with

oval mahogany desk, and I took a seat next to Everly, who was clutching the pink

going over paperwork while my father has a silly smirk on his face as he stares

asks, and he nods

something Valarie would have done" he chuckles, and the room falls silent as everyone looks

Everly shrinks down in

Joseph smiles and sits next to Everly. He squeezes her hand. I

Everly says, and he

mother was

“You knew my mother?”

after she passed,” he says, and I swallow, trying to figure

find the best approach to deal with Alpha John’s pack, which was now technically mine and Everly’s. But Everly didn’t want to take control off

want me to run the pack,”

pack, I have my Hotel and Luna stuff. You know the

the catch?”

no gambling. And you don’t handle finances. Joseph will. And you answer to Valen now,” she says,

John, waiting to see what he says. Our packs

day, and Everly won‘t bring him to see us unless you say so,” John tells me, and Everly looks at

I knew she secretly wanted her parents in her life. Despite having their differences, she still

this?” I ask her, and she

her parents,” Dad

a relationship with my son or our babies,” I tell him, and he

more than one?!” John blurts, and I pale. We were trying to keep that on

her before regathering himself like he

going to love this. More grandbabies, she will be so

He probably saw the look on my face; I was about to demand the reason for

leave it,” Dad

will be in?

get

snapped through the link. Everly looks over at me, probably feeling my sudden

with his daughter, but he can with your kids. Just like I am doing with you and Everly. That is what I get, Valen. You don‘t have to trust him straight off, but let him. Everly is

for sale, but Everly made it clear they were not to be pack bought and would sell to pack members or even sold to any of the rogues. Yet that still left the debt to Nixon and also a backlog of debt from pack loans. Some I would sort

you sell the land off without touching the

trust fund? And what land? She owns the hotel and its land. She was a Rogue. She couldn‘t have purchased land within the city, only

been able

the land she brought and into the hotel,” Joseph says, and now everyone in the

she said, looking at her father. Okay, now

you done?” I ask her,

is actually pretty funny. Checkmate,” dad

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