Chapter 124

I spring off the table so fast I nearly break a heel.

“Where’s the bathroom?”

Aaron points to a corner of the room.

I rush over, still coughing and hoping he doesn’t smell or see.

When I get into the room I spit into the sink.

Blood.

Not a lot.

But enough.

Time is ticking. And no matter that I feel okay and the baby is growing, I’m still dying.

“Leah, you okay?”

It’s Aaron. He’s at the door. If I know him-and I do-he’s about two seconds from bursting

in here. “I’m good!”

I rinse my mo uth with water and spit.

AARON

Leah’s not acting right.

Maybe she’s shy.

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The s*x was phenomenal and she was completely exhausted afterwards, but we can’t exactly cuddle or curl up for a nap. At least not here.

There is a President’s Suite on the top floor. But that hasn’t been used since her old man started flaking off and I didn’t think she’d be as comfortable in that space.

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my

stare in the mirror I hardly recognize myself. My eyes are bright. My hair is a mess. My skin is

like I’ve been thoroughly

pregnancy, I could pretend I was an average twenty-something engaging in an office

could laugh about what had happened and relish the naughtiness

think about politics and my pack, and a baby who is going to enter a world of strife and change, who won’t have me

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A

‘thinking’ when I f**ked her

now.

lose my mind

is the inevitable outcome for us. I don’t care that she’s human. That alone should convey that I’m invested in her

L

a knock on the door before Liam

to knock before

no doubt

seeing as how it’s his sister and all that. But I’m not going to apologize. I eye him hard. I’ll put his head through that conference table if

clearances have been revoked and they’ve been locked out

steps out of the bathroom and

like it

to the head of the table

her hands indicating that we should sit. I move to her

opens a laptop. He slides it to

cues up a picture of the

the surrounding acreage of grounds total some 16

16,000 acres of just

could sell it,”

She shakes her head.

have a different plan. She pulls up drawings in quick succession.

developments.

house here is over two million dollars. People need to work, but most can’t afford that kind of mortgage. But they can pay between 5-10k

lease is way more than most people make in a year,” Liam

country.” Leah

97% of the rest of the

a hundred engineers employed here as well as marketing, data

watch the interplay between them. I can scent the anger building in Liam. I wonder if Leah

too.

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