nn
ld. The executive office was immense and austere, framed by tow
ng undertone of dominant S-class Alpha pheromones-frozen cedar, dark woods, and bitter frost. Worse still, laced beneath that
ssive ebony desk wa
uctured suit jacket. He wore a crisp black dress shirt with the top two
tch marks and flushed friction burns I had cl
ther chair, exuding an effortless, predat
Liam pulled the double doors shut with a faint c
n, you asked
asses, his blue-gray eyes lingering on the high collar of my
scended up
etched out like an
hed his chair b
wline, a straight nose, and deep, dark-lashed eyes that carried the instinctive arrogance of h
t, my trembling hands had spent far too much time tracing the dense, iron-h
as my brain dredging up those
ton?" I asked, forcing my voice to remain even and
ing the desk and gesturing tow
ar edge of the cushion, keeping a c
tapped the leathe
two seconds befo
his expression unreadable. My hands tightened in my lap, f
still hurt?" he
eech failing me. Was this infuriating Alpha seriou
ned?" he continued, his tone as casua
arbone, where a visible red sh
ted. "I had too much champagne last night. I truly did not
ting slightly to face me, his arm resting along
ance. "You were drunk, and you kissed me. But the bite, the temporar
cheeks until my face burned like crimson silk. It had been mortifying
biological accident driven by rut chemistry. The temporary mark will fade onceression chill
d cedar pheromones pressed against my chest. His blue-gray eyes n
ke me for
dly whisper. "Do you think I let someone into my ru
id he want? Was he trying to develop some illicit, ongoing relationship? Judgi
ider becoming L
es widened in
in mid-air. I could not decipher a single str
ory. "An S-class rut carries high fertility odds. If you conceive, we will have the child. Even if you do not, Kensi
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