Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

Chapter 565 The Second Test

Tessa suddenly laughed and booked her arms around his neck. "When did Mr. Landon become such a gentleman?"

"I've always been this way-with you." Landon lowered his head and kissed the corner of her eye, kissing away the lingering wetness. "Once you're feeling better..."

"Once Grandpa's better," Tessa finished for him, lightly tapping his Adam's apple with her finger. "Alright." Landon gave in, though his arms around her didn't loosen. "Let me hold you a bit longer."

The light from the living room lamp stretched their shadows long across the floor, entwined and inseparable.

It was a while before Landon finally lo

1. go. He smoothed her rumpled collar and said, "Take a shower and go to bed early. I'll go with you to the Sinclair estate tomorrow."

"Okay."

After getting ready for bed, Tessa fell asleep in Landon's arms.

that followed, Tessa ran

data streams. Rain or shine, she carved out two afternoons a week to visit the Sinclair estate, where she sat with

her hand and chuckled, "Our Tessa's a real busybody now-busier

in his hand with a smile. "Better to be busy. If I keep this up, you'll see me and Landon living

eyes watered, never knowing that the performance charts on her office desk were surging upward at a dizzying pace. With the exclusive license to Montedra's werewolf pharmaceutical

class, Tessa was summoned to the

to the dean's

on the sofa, holding an unlit cigar between his

door behind

to the chair across from him. "I read Sinclair

"Mm."

looked up at her, and for once, his gaze held less d. and more scrutiny. "White

oneself." Tessa's response mirrored her answer in the car when he'd asked how she would handle

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The Second

that your first pass. He paused before cutting to the chase. “Next. I'll have someone walk you through Nightshade Pack's core security protocols-border patrol strategies, rebel dossiers. This is the second test on your way to