#Chapter 30: Fallout
Abby

“I can’t. I’m busy here. I’ve told you a million times that I’m going to help Abby as long as she needs

me.”

“Your pack needs you.”

I bite my lip and force myself to breathe quietly. I need to be ready to dash away if they make a move

toward the door. Hopefully, I hear them before it’s too late. Even with the risk, I can’t help but lean a

little closer to hear his response.

“Abby’s my priority.” My eyebrows fly up. No matter how many times he says it, it still shocks me.

“And I trust Christian. He’s a great Beta, and I know he has everything under control. I’ve been

checking in with him every night. If he really needed me, he’d let me know.”

“Please, I’m desperate for you to come back to work.”

Karl is silent for a moment, and I take a half step back, expecting him to fling open the door any

moment. But he doesn’t. “Look, I’m not going to argue with you about this,” he finally says. “Unless

there’s an emergency, I’m here to stay. Christian is more than capable.”

I move back behind the counter when there’s another long silence. There’s no point in pushing it. I’ve

heard all I needed to hear, anyway. Clearly, Karl wasn’t lying to me when he said he wanted to put me

first for once. His secretary was practically begging for him to come back, and he still refused.

Unfortunately, it clears nothing up for me. Why the sudden dedication to my work? Why stay here when

he’s the top-dog somewhere else? It doesn’t make sense when I compare him to the man I used to

know.

Is it possible he’s actually made a change, and that’s it not all for show?

sliver of hope

man I married, before everything got so

best friend back?

true, but hope is like a leech. Once it’s

a little pain, at

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picks me up from work and drives

want to do is hurt his feelings. It’s not like there’s an easy way to tell

your relationship. What if he thinks I’m accusing him?

he isn’t, he’s

was work today?” he asks, handing me a

“It was fine.”

Karl? How’s he been

pull myself onto

get into it,” I say, thinking about the intimate moment

sensation of his hand on mine, its warmth, the rough calluses on

tie. “That

another sip of wine. Then another. I’m definitely in need of some

that surprised,” he

puts the empty bottle with the others. It’s crazy how

spends so much time here. He either brings over

always brings expensive stuff, and it more than makes

mine

“Yeah, me neither.”

there, I thought Karl really had changed. It seemed

he just finally bent Jack to his will. It’s hard to contradict him. He just has

do whatever he

an adjustment period,”

“That’s generous of you.”

being an Alpha has really prepared him for work

standing up for him?”

shaking his head. “Go d,

very okay with him working

this is a good place to start. I still can’t get over the feeling that he

bush. I’m sure he’s made his intentions very

doesn’t seem

whatever he wants. Hell, he

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