#Chapter 50: A Little Help
Abby
“You… Want to help?”
I’m taken aback. It’s not quite like Karl to willingly offer help, especially in the middle of the night like
this. In fact, the very thought of it instantly whisks me back to a memory that was buried in the deep
recesses of my mind from when we were married. novelbin
“Karl, could you pass me the pepper?” I had called out from our spa cious kitchen, my hands full as I
tried to juggle several trays of h ors d’oeuvres.
New Year’s Eve was tonight, and I had wanted to throw an unforgettable party for our friends. I had
spent days now focusing on my preparations. Everything had to be perfect.
The house was buzzing with energy. But instead of the joyful kind, it felt tense.
Karl’s se rvants moved around the house like shadows, silently and efficiently, executing his orders.
While I loved that our home came with a staff that made everything seem effortless, I wanted to be
involved in the preparations.
I wanted it to feel personal.
“Abby, let them handle it,” Karl had said, his voice strained.
His face was buried in his phone, undoubtedly dealing with some Alpha matters. The life of the leader
of our pack was never easy, and often the weight of it all rested heavily on his shoulders.
But this party was important to me. A fresh start, a new year, a way to reconnect with Karl after what
felt like months of him being distant.
“I want to do it,” I had insisted, rolling up my sleeves. “This is something I enjoy.”
Karl had only shot me a brief glance, his chocolatey eyes filled with the kind of exasperation you’d
expect from someone juggling the weight of the world.
“You always make things more difficult than they need to be,” he had muttered.
comment, focusing on the golden brown
in my distraction, the h ors d’oeuvres
the acrid smell of burnt food. Panic settled in as
opened the oven, smoke billowing out, the treats
exclaimed, my eyes filling with
from his
his impatience palpable.
I stammered, feeling small. “I need to
expression twisted, the weariness and irritation evident. “Abby,
the community. And
a simple request,” I murmured,
already walking away. “This whole party, your insistence on doing
all just… silly.”
Silly.
felt like a slap in the face. My vision blurred with tears. I had wanted this party, not just
as a couple, to find our way back to each
the mundanity of life that would
final act of taking control, Karl gestured for one of his se
curtly, pointing at
a word, I had stormed out of the
the burnt h ors d’oeuvres or
and overshadowed
me a slight smirk and drawing me back out of my
help you.”
but I’ve
you can
answer, I gently extricate myself from his grip and head back down the
back down in my chair, I notice a presence. I look up
hands in his pockets and an amused look in
eyes.
home,” I say, stifling a laugh.
office and closing the distance between us. His deep
mine, a steely determination evident
to the bone,” he
do.”
heart flutters at his insistence. Part of me wants to refuse, to guard
part, the one that’s exhausted and
at the towering pile of paperwork
that, I’ve got to put in orders for ingredients, and then
for renewing the
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