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.

his tone calm but tinged with something deeper, "after that night at the club, I couldn't stop thinking about you. I wanted to see you again. But my Alpha called me back to the

have

aback by his words. His handsome face was calm, yet there was something intense in the way he spoke. His brows furrowed slightly as he

sentence.

ease, and I knew it was the kind of

was still a student. Women would practically swoon over him, yet I had never thought of him

couldn't afford to think

a mother of two. My children 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

someone new.

my hand out of his grasp. "I think we should head

slightly, disappointment flickering across his face. He slowly withdrew his hand and

word, he restarted the car, and we continued

sneaking glances at him, noticing the way his mood had

what could

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charming, successful doctor and the most eligible bachelor anyone could imagine. And me? I was a divorced woman with a complicated past and

for

for him—or anyone else, for that matter. I

in front of my house, I noticed him stay seated, unmoving. He sat there silently, waiting