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e. "Other than my scumbag ex-husba

ou'd probably be a world-class master designer by now. I told you back then, what's so go

ubject. "Forget it! Let's not talk about that bad luck! It's in the past! We're looking forward

e of days ago asking about you. That girl is drowning in books studying abroad, but she thinks about you every day.

r other b

my friends. For three years, I was buried in endless pack duties, isolated from everyone, like a canary

just pass by simply becau

had a huge chance of placing high. While I was preparing my final piece, my biological father, Forrest Hayes, came to me

my profession and despised the idea

Montgomery" left his mouth

was receiving treatment, I saw him. He wasn't the Alpha King then-just an irritable, powerful, feared boy, isolated behi

with landscapes and flowers, hop

mbered. I thought, even if it was a transaction, the boy I had gi

cold beer. The liquid burned my thro

you once tried to save from the dark could be

avina, the client saw the sketch you did for me tonight! He's completely bl

ner wouldn't meet directly with a

b texted again. "But the money is huge. D

. "Also, remember the Starlight Competition? Th

ost sacred bond, a mate bond gifted by the Moon

as if reading my mind. "It's family, friendship, and the bond y

Emmett, with Chloe and Caleb, a

I texted ba

s Caleb had given me for the client me

nusually formal. "Don't be nervous," he s

athtaking city skyline. A man stood with his back to us, his tall, imposing silhouette

er, he slowly

y polite smile froze. The bl

was

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oked at me, then at Corbin, all

. There was no anger, no surprise. Only a pr