Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 145 We were Just Talking about You

As they finished breakfast and sat quietly on the terrace, simply enjoying each other’s company, a very hara*s*sed-looking Allen appeared through the doors.

He looked around furtively as if expecting an ambush before his shoulders sagged in relief. He strode over to where Ann and Adam were regarding him with bemused expressions and sat heavily on a chair.

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Ann and Adam exchanged a look as they took in his unusually stressed appearance.

‘I bet it’s Lexi…’ Maeve sniggered and Ann had to stop herself from laughing at the thought.

“Is everything okay?” Adam asked curiously.

Allen sighed heavily and turned to stare across the expansive grounds at the back of the balcony.

“Yeah. I’m fine, just… nevermind.” Allen answered with a hint of defeat in his eyes that actually made Ann feel a little sorry for him.

“Are you sure, Allen? You don’t look like you’re fine.” Ann asked, trying desperately to block out Maeve’s manic laughter.

“Yeah, it’s… actually no. How is she EVERYWHERE that I go?” He hissed as he ran his hands through his hair in frustration.

looked a little

“She? Who’s she?”

a door and she’s there, looking like she’s not doing anything suspicious or stalking me or whatever it is that she’s doing, but wherever I go, she is just… THERE all the damn

that moment Lexi appeared in the doorway with a sly grin on

I can’t help it if your schedule aligns with my own interests can I?”

froze and seemed to

this to me?” He almost whispered as Adam looked between the two of them in

I told you

are you here

that she might have been frequenting. It just so happened that you were inconveniently visiting them at the same time.” Lexi snorted, “Believe it or not, I have better things to do than trail around after a puppy who rolls over and begs with the click

scowled and watched her warily as she sidled up to where Ann was sitting and dragged a chair next to her, looking at her with that trademark

that she knew Ann was on to her but as

what’s new?”

a sardonic smile, clearly also under no illusions that Lexi was deliberately

Do tell! You know I love a good gossip! Especially when I’m

were talking about your decision to lecture here at Adam’s

how Lexi would react if she knew that there might be a little resistance to her presence here. She would take it as a personal challenge to piss as many people as possible off before leaving a steaming zone of destruction behind her when she left, and that was

we aren’t going to have enough room here to accommodate the interest

at the look of hope in Allen’s eyes as he realized that he might actually get away with not being

you think that talking about Daemon’s and magic is going to get

the dark magic making a comeback, and as soon as that happens, people will want to know, who and what exactly they might be up against.” Adam

long run as well. Who knows how many other people are involved? Did your father manage to make

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