Filed to story: The Billionaire Alpha’s Contract Lover by Caesar Erickson
I had seen Griffon’s indifference, suffered through his moods, but Silas was much…much more than him.
Even if Griffon had only regarded me as a substitute, at least he had never lied to me.
Silas kept saying he loved me so much that he would give up everything for me. He said he didn’t care that my wolf had never come, he would protect me. Said that he had wolf enough for the both of us.
But what did I get in return?
Nothing. He had even abandoned Harper, his older sister.
If it weren’t for Silas’s ruthlessness, I never would have agreed to become Griffon’s lover.
I had wanted to take revenge on Silas by doing so. He was looking down on me for selling myself. So I would do more of what he didn’t like.
But it changed. I failed to control my emotions. And then physical reaction to Griffon made me gradually forget about Silas. I’d found it hard to believe that me, who had been hurt so badly by Silas, could fall in love with another man.
Griffon had brought me out of the haze I’d been living in with his occasional warmth…
I thought that it might have something to do with my orphan background.
I lacked love. I lacked pasion so much that if someone treated me with the tiniest bit of kindness, I would hand over my heart without hesitation. I craved a partner, a mate the way I saw people around me have.
Not people…shifters. Shifters who would never choose a human as their mate.
Although the two men I’d loved had abandoned me, I didn’t regret my love for them.
I had tried my best to love hard, but no one had ever loved me.
Maybe in my next life, the goddess would reward me for what I’d gone through in this one.
That idea was more than a little ridi culous.
When a person was dead, they were dead.
I put away my thoughts and looked up at Silas-er, Jackson Sterling.
Right now, I needed to concentrate on why I was here in front of him.
“Alpha Sterling, I’ve always treated business asociates of the Midwest Packs Corporation professionally. As for what happened five years ago, that’s all in the past. Nothing to worry about.”
Regardless of whether he was truly suffering from amnesia or pretending not to recognize me, it didn’t matter anymore.
Time had taken away all the things that had happened, and it should not have been mentioned again.
I turned away from Jackson and walked toward the parking garage.
Looking at her petite frame as she walked away, Jackson could see that Taya had changed.Significantly.
It appeared that the young girl who had knelt at his feet those years ago was gone. She’d died and this new woman stood in her place.
Now, Taya was no longer glamorous, and she was indifferent.
Jackson pressed his hand against his chest. It felt like it was empty, as if he had forgotten something. But he couldn’t recall anything.
There were so many people with Jackson that a commercial car couldn’t hold all of them. I had to arrange for another vehicle to shuttle some of them back to Arcadia.
The senior pack leaders took the other car while Jackson and his pack guards rode with me.
That wasn’t what I’d been hoping for.
I didn’t speak to Jackson the whole time. I focused on driving and getting to the five-star hotel where dinner was to take place.
In the luxurious private room, Tara and a few shifters from the Midwest Packs Corporation had arrived, but Griffon had not.
After Tara arranged the seats for Jackson and the others, she turned to me. “Did you send the address to Alpha Knight?”
I nodded. “Of course.”
Although, I was unsure if he had seen my WhatsApp message since I’d re-blocked him.
I’d delivered the message; whether he came or not had nothing to do with me.
“Ms. Thorin, I’ll be leaving now.”
I’d done my duty and picked Jackson up from the airport and brought him here. I didn’t want to stay a second longer than absolutely necessary. The “wolfiness” in here was already too much for me with so many powerful shifters in one room-plus the added stress of Jackson being thrown into the mix.
Once Griffon arrived, it would be unbearable.
I was about to leave, but Tara blocked me.
“Taya, don’t be in such a hurry to leave. Book hotel rooms here for Alpha Sterling and his men.”
“I—”
Just as I was about to refuse, Tara’s eyes changed to that of her wolf’s-a bright, dark amber color.
She opened her mo uth to say something, but then paused and put on a pleading expression instead. Her wolf receded from her eyes.
Ha. She’d been about to command me to do what she wanted. As a she-wolf from a powerful bloodline, she was able to do that with most people.
But then, she’d clearly remembered I wasn’t a she-wolf, and her commands would have no effect on me.
“I know you want to resign, but before that’s completed, this is still your job. Take good care of Alpha Sterling today, and I’ll approve your resignation application when I get back, okay?”
I was stuck. If they didn’t approve my resignation, I wouldn’t qualify for continued benefits. And…I kind of needed those until I died.
I didn’t appreciate the almost threatening nature of Tara’s words, but if doing this meant that she would immediately approve my resignation when she got back to the office, I’d su c k it up.
I asked Jackson’s asistant for all of their information, then I sat outside the private dining room, took out my phone, and booked rooms. Doing it online was much easier and quicker than going into the lobby to see the receptionist.
After I booked the hotel rooms, I slid my phone back in my purse to go use the restroom.
When I stood up, a wave of dizziness overcame me, and I almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, a large, strong hand wrapped around my waist just in time to support me before I could fall.
“Ms. Palmer, what’s wrong?”
I leaned back against the man’s chest and relaxed for a minute or two before looking up at the person helping me. At first, the dizziness made it hard to focus, but then his face came into view.
I quickly shoved Jackson away.
“I’m fine. It’s just low blood sugar.”
Jackson frowned slightly when he saw my pale face, his eyes narrowing a bit as he asessed me.
“Are you sic k?” he asked.
“No.” I shook my head.
Jackson looked as though he was going to take a step forward, so
I took a step back to maintain the distance between us.
He stopped, gave a terse nod, then turned and walked away.
I wanted to get to the bathroom, but I was even more dizzy now.
I could only hold on to the doorframe and sit down again.
Fortunately, the dizziness came and went quickly, and I soon recovered.
When I was about to get up to go to the bathroom, I saw Griffon standing at the elevator doors.
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