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ously considering chucking it out in the snow. I sat slumped over my

t nothing seemed to interest me. I had returned from a business trip in Tokyo and after a litt

illionaires in the world. I ranked at number four

in longer hours. Carter Inc. had been my idea child wh

I had grown with an adult's view of the world an

My pager binged from its position in my belt holster and I groaned o

be urgent if my grandmother's doctor was disturbing my peace. I dialed

the stress from my forehead. God, when was the last time I had a massage

t know what to do, what help was he expecting from me? "Maybe you can consider my suggest

her youth, she had a wild streak and had been a race car driver back in the day. My grandfather, her

where was best. Grandma Carter had previously lived w

e. In her defense, it was not easy on the mind to have to depen

er stroke had limited the amount of fun she could have. At eighty, arthritis crept up on her occasionally

o the phone. "Teach your goddamn nurses to keep their noses out of my busine

e getting in the way of her recovery. "Elijah, I will find someone for her even if I have to

had never knotted in me and we monitored my heat periods closely. "But i

Should I tell him the father of my child was my Alpha who had ba

to my bed. I obediently went along, feeling the strength in him. He was pr

? "I have been doing this job for fifteen years, Clarissa, and I know everything there

this period. Pregnancy is not easy to go through alone." Didn't I know that? But M

orse happened. The gestation period for werewolves was shorter t

e baby had to be Clyde's because, since my first heat

ht be angry with me but a baby was a game changer. Perhaps if he knew I was

m him. "I am Jericho. Now what do you plan to do with your baby?" I stood up, my

tee for my safety, it was all I had. I had to try. "I am goi

a microscope. "You know I can tell when you are lying, right?" he said and I blanched, tw

head. "If your partner rejects you or you discover you

e privacy. In my haste to leave, I changed quickly to

les and as I went through the front do