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cent inside the penthou

with the rich aroma of premium enchanted game meat. This kind of meat was incredibly rare, hu

My mother, Martha, was standing

favorite nourishing broth," Martha turned around,

tied around her waist,

was going through her Heat or feeling unwell. Otherwise,

ut a dining chair and sat down, looking at her w

ladle, stiffened. A clear flash

ook a meal?" she deflected, carefully placing a delicate porcelain bowl in front of me. "

s Caleb?

you like for breakfast," Martha said, pulling up a chair

lder-like concern. "Don't work so desperately hard. Even if you

t broth in my bow

"Look at you, always keeping that cold, rigid face. It's not cute at all. You're not

more accommodating toward your fragile

, my golden Alpha eyes

am I not acco

wears from head to toe, and even her monthly Heat suppressants-which one of th

ale. Just as she opened her mouth to arg

ying a bag of expensi

ense atmosphere at the dining table, and he i

una. Eat while it's hot," Caleb said incredibly

," Caleb added smoothly. "She said she wants to have lunch

na, my hand stirring

er out of the slums, funded her combat training,

who personally handed that sacred

o her anyway," I said,

chat box. Her message from last night wa

eb pick you up? I am so jealo

row of heart emojis following it, my stomach

bout having a morning tea gathering with th

to change into his suit, preparing t

ally picked up Caleb's personal tablet

the habit of being on guard around me.

sword. The screen

The newest batch of photos mad

Vivian was wearing a revealing swimsuit, leaning intimately agains

e exact few days he claimed he was leading a warrior

folder. I typed in his birthday, bu

ian's birthday. The

s explicit private photos, along w

r scolded me again toda

gid Alpha temper. Once we completely take over her corpo

o expensive. What if my sister chec

ver checks, and I've already smoothed out the billing records.

hameless conversations, my

to an encrypted file, and sent it directly to my p

bedroom, adjusting his

" he asked, his gaze casually swe

the financial news page and placed

checking today'

ed down, and pressed a g

me to come home tonight, and we will

a cold, calculating smile tugging at the co

mise, I will give you