Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

Chapter 285 More Than Meets the Eve

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"Fine, leave the termination to Thorne Corp-now you can relax, right?" Tessa said, a little sour. They didn't know what she was truly capable of, sure; but still it stung that they hadn't believed in her.

"Why are you helping us?" Avery cut straight to the point.

This wasn't going to be easy to handle. If Landon was offering to help... it had to be because of Tessa, right?

"Because you're friends with my girlfriend," Landon said simply, pulling Tessa possessively into his arms.

All at once, every member of Avery Band turned to stare at her. "Tessa, is that true?"

Avery and Steven looked especially tense, waiting for her answer.

Landon leaned in close, deliberately letting his breath tickle her ear. "Well? What do you say?"

The warmth of his breath made her ears instantly turn red. Even without a verbal reply, her reaction gave everything away.

The cold, aloof Tessa-the one who used to keep everyone at arm's length-had never let a man hold her like that without punching him into the ground, and now she was even blushing.

Steven couldn't help the bitter twist

hadn't imagined she'd be involved with someone this

Pack. There was no way they could

that.

chuckled and finally let her go. "Alright, let's head back.

from Landon's embrace, Tessa finally looked more at ease. Before leaving,Landon

arrived, the first thing he saw was the bloodied, broken mess that used to be Thoras, sprawled

of Thomas before-an infamous rogue with no line

a level serious enough for someone like him, the captain of

him away," Ethan

are we really dispatching special forces for a guy like this? Isn't

the crap. Command told us to handle it-just do your job." Right then, Simon came

Ms. Sinclair. What would she be doing here? Does she

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Than

Ethan's eyes lit

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I'm sure I didn't get it wrong!" Simon was a total fanboy; there was no way he'd mistake her. But since she was with a few other people, he hadn't

"I'll go check."