Chapter 9

“Leah!”

The roar echoes through the house.

Aaron is home.

And he is in a bad mood.

“I have to go, Adam. I’ll call you soon.”

“Wait! There’s something-”

I click off the phone and shove it into the back pocket of my

jeans.

Then I run down the stairs-it’s way easier going down than

up-and follow his hollering to the study.

Aaron is at his computer. He motions for me to sit beside him.

I hold my breath.

Being alone with this man…does something to me.

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crowds me which stirs my body to aching awareness. And even that feels like an insult. That I should crave this man, that 1 should want to mate

imminent death that has me clinging

hard.

sad all the time? And where the hell did you go the

had me locked up to the point of starvation and I wouldn’t tell

tell him now?

growls. “You’re very frustrating, Leah.”

least he isn’t locking me

other awful tactic.

dad called the main packhouse,”

missed calls from him.” When I was imprisoned my phone died

sure you call him today.”

that said, Aaron strides back to his computer. He has several spreadsheets up for stocks he’s been tracking and I go and sit

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