Rejecting My Arrogant Alpha: The Queen's Return

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doing nothing to soothe the raging beast inside me. I yanked

ere her goddamn eyes. Cold,

his hand. He placed it in front of me with the quiet effici

ed, his voice carefully neutral. "Rejecting a

e quiet room. I picked up the pen. "She thinks this little drama

he pen tore slightly at the paper, the sound

A strange, unnerving emptiness. I ignored it, shoving the feeling down a

the desk at Finn. "Arrang

than think about the woman in that hospital room. I

e," I announced, as muc

on-was the only antidote to the poison Aurora had just injected into my

rora's face a burning brand behind my eyes. I would go

ora

never felt like mine-and twisted the lock. The

ed in pale creams and soft whites, it was a reflection of t

. I ignored the pearls and simple gold chains. My fingers went to the velvet lining, pryi

ack satellite phone. U

h, the air tasting of freedom, and dialed

ered on the

ice was young, frantic with a mixt

ars, spread through my chest. "Lucian," I

team-was practically sobbing on the other end of the line. "You've been gone fo

and businesslike. No time for sentimental talk. No

was my soldier. "I need you to do a few things. First, be at Ster

Manor?" His voice was

efly. "More precisely, where I'm trapped. Beca

ruggling to process the sheer absurdity of it. A few seconds later, he exploded in a furious growl: "What?! That

row we're going to city hall and officiall

ned excitement and resolve: "Damn right! Boss! He's not worthy of you! That arrogant jerk-who does he think he is? The Montgomery heir, our

"I need you to use our resources. Dig into everything y

y. "About a month ago, Sterling Corp tried to hire 'MY' through a doz

ispered in fear in corporate boardrooms and gove

arget?" I asked, a sense of da

id, and I could hear the grin in h

y was exquisite. Cade Sterling wanted to hire me to

tly. "Be here on ti

. I knew clearly that from this moment on, things were diffe

Cade had approved of, I went to the very back. Tucked away in a garment bag was a dress

pped t

deep, emerald green silk. The c

of my new