The Alpha’s Hidden Heirs by Avery Rose

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"Yeah, but why did you suddenly stop the car?"

Grayson didn't respond right away. His piercing gaze was fixed on mine, and the intensity of it made me nervous. I averted my eyes when I realized how long he

had been staring.

"G-Grayson, wha-"

Before I could finish, he reached out and grabbed my hand, his sudden action making me freeze.

"Yes, you're right," he said softly. "I was looking for you. But you weren't in your pack."

I slowly looked back at him, confusion and curiosity swirling in my mind. "What made you search for

me?"

Instead of answering right away, his eyes dropped to our joined hands. His thumb began to move in slow, deliberate circles across the back of my hand, sending a strange, tickling sensation through me.

I tried to pull my hand away, but his grip tightened, keeping it firmly in his grasp. "Grayson," I said, my voice firm but not harsh.

calm but tinged with something deeper, "after that night at the club, I couldn't stop thinking about you. I wanted to

have a

stared at him, taken aback by his words. His handsome face was calm, yet there was something intense in the way

sentence.

a quiet confidence about him, an effortless charm. He carried himself with ease, and I knew it was the kind

would practically swoon over him, yet I had never

afford to think of him

weren't with me, but I still lived for them. My life wasn't my own anymore, and I had no right to even consider the possibility of starting over

someone new.

my throat, I pulled my hand out of his grasp. "I think we

across his face. He

another word, he restarted the car, and we continued toward my

at him, noticing the way his mood had shifted. He seemed distant-almost hurt. Had I

what could I

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was implying earlier. He was a charming, successful doctor and the most eligible bachelor anyone could imagine. And me? I was a divorced

for someone

to feel anything for him—or anyone else, for that

noticed him stay seated, unmoving. He sat there