Chapter 319 The Blood Test

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Aubrey raised her brow slightly. “No rush. I still have unfinished business.”

Matco feigned just the right amount of disappointment.

Leaning closer, his breath warm against her car, his voice dipped low and suggestive. “Fine. But remember–I’ll be waiting. And…” He paused deliberately, his gaze brushing across her lips. “What I can give you goes far beyond mere cooperation.”

“What are you talking about?”

Alpha Henry’s voice cut in like a blade. He strode over, expression carved in stone, his aura crashing down like a cold tide–an unspoken warning against the intruder on his territory.

Mateo smoothly stepped back, his smile tinged with regret. “Henry, I’d barely exchanged a few words with Aubrey, and you rush in so quickly? Can’t you allow us even a moment to catch up?”

“Hmph.” Henry’s cold snort was heavy with disdain. He hadn’t forgotten the ambition that lurked behind Mateo’s eyes. Every sense sharpened with suspicion, he stepped between them, his broad frame shielding Aubrey completely. His voice was ice, yet every word carried the weight of a claim. “It’s not that I won’t allow it. Aubrey has simply been very tired.”

cast one last glance at Aubrey. “Take

slight nod, watching him

settled before Henry turned on her, voice taut and


and reached for a glass of red

followed–only to be jostled by someone stumbling into

forward, knocking the tray from the waiter’s hands. Crystal glasses crashed to the

glass, a thin red line appearing–then sealing almost instantly as his

was trivial; he barely felt it. His eyes

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worry until she confirmed he was unharmed.

Alpha, Ms. Mary,” the flustered waiter stammered,

to Henry, unwilling to risk another incident. And though several


left together, stepping into his car as the gates of the

estate swung open.

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