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the cashmere coat tighter around myself, my eyes fixed on the dark expanse of the
-week-old secret. A baby. The pack healer had once informed me that my constitution made con
st to the biting November air. I couldn't wait t
ner, the perfect Alpha of Blackwood Pack, the impeccable head of the Holden empire, but never truly my husband. I had always b
egnancy test results from this afternoon. I pictured his surpri
solved into the landing lights of the Gulfstream. My heart
vering over his contact. I wanted to tel
rang, a steady, lonely puls
ans
ering his things. Maybe the signal was bad. I told myself th
d with a soft hiss. I watched, expecting to see his tall, comm
d his number again. I gripped the pho
ee times, t
d, a wave of relie
s familiar, low baritone. It was light, feminin
el
somewhat familiar, bu
ion. "Hello? Bryce went to the restroom, left his phone with me. Is
lt as though I cou
h him? He had come back earl
warmed my mind, v
ashed over me. I said
ried to reassure myself that he was probably just
I stared at the scr
's voice. The background wasn't quiet-it certainly wasn't
ou
ing on the tarmac, that I wanted to ask
at home. We n
on the tarmac in the cold win
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