Chapter 221

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Audrey

Edwin kicked the door open-or at least, that’s what I thought he did, but my eyes were covered by his tie-with his boot, sending it crashing against the wall so hard I thought it might break something.

I gasped, clutching my mate tightly. “Edwin, what are you-”

Before I could finish, I felt myself being lowered to the ground, Edwin’s hands steady on my waist to keep me balanced. Then, with a gentle tug, he pulled his silk tie away from my eyes.

I blinked, adjusting to the light, and frowned when I saw the second ‘surprise’ that Edwin had been talking about all day.

“A… cereal box?” I asked, picking up the box of Frosted Flakes, which was adorned with a big red bow, and turning to him. “I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love cereal as much as anyone. But…”

My mate smirked and placed his hands on his hips. “Why don’t you try opening the box first, smarta***

With a quirked eyebrow, I flipped the lid of the box open and overturned it onto the coffee table. A moment later, several slips of paper fell out. Ten, to be exact.

I picked one up and nearly dropped it again.

Hidden inside the cereal box, the sly bastard, were ten first class tickets to Italy.

“Edwin,” I breathed, staring down at the scraps of paper in disbelief. “What… how…?”

He came up behind me, wrapping his warm arms around my waist and resting his chin on my shoulder. “They’re not scheduled until next year,” he explained. “I bought them in advance. But I wanted to do something special.”

I picked up another ticket, confused. “Ten tickets?” I asked softly, glancing up at him over my shoulder.

“Two for us, of course,” Edwin explained. “And four for your friends. Then one each for Claudia, Peter, Charles, and Eliza. I’ve booked a villa for everyone for an entire month next summer.”

felt my jaw drop, and I turned fully in his arms. “A whole month? Edwin, this is… this is incredible. But

the bucket to me,” he replied with a small smile. “Besides, this… this is our family. I wanted

“Our… family?” I echoed.

our family. Even your friends… They feel like family to me now. They love you just as

cry, Lturned back to the tickets, running my fingers over each one in turn. An entire month in a villa in Italy, with everyone

dream.

dream that was too good

I found myself asking. “Is it

a moment. The lines of his

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jacket and turning to face me again. His expression looked pained, but he managed a small smile. “Hopefully, by then, we won’t have any issues with Coldclaw

do…”

looked away, and I saw his eyes harden with determination. “I won’t let them get in the way of our family vacation, Audrey. I

of the few things that I had ever

get between me and my family, they’d have hell

pulled me out of my reverie, and I turned to

throw my arms around his neck. “I love it,” I murmured into the tender skin

head to press a gentle kiss to my lips. Already, I was aching to feel him again when we pulled apart,

his finger tracing my cheekbone. “We’ll take care of

they’ll believe that I

up into his arms, wrapping my legs around his waist as he carried me to the sofa. I was still wearing my graduation gown, a baby pink dress underneath, and I shivered a little as one of the large sleeves of my robe slipped

mused, those gray eyes of his wandering the bare skin of my shoulder. “A shifted Silver Wolf is quite powerful. And even Coldclaw isn’t stupid enough to

“You’re right.” He sighed and leaned back on the sofa, although his hands lingered on my waist. “But right

something like

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