ence stretching for a few long seconds. I

as too forward,

nterested, forget

warm and steady. "What changed your mind, Ev

to the bedroom window upstairs where Bra

uldn't tell a wolf from a s

iles' lighter through the pho

for you. Once you've got those papers to brea

an afterthought, "I heard you hold fifty percen

r to trade something

f Carrington -you'll have shared con

ted him to be so generous. Before I

ach churn. I pushed him away, but his arms tightened around me, his voice sof

be, don't be

You know I've always had a thing for Hailey

ve is hard to shake, you know? Sure, I slept with her, but you'r

e slept with my sister and expected me to jus

my throat and shoved him off m

hatever he did now, it co

me to beg or cry. He'd probably rehearsed a do

ld see him convincing himself: Evelyn's

ug grin spreading

e cool about it.

"Oh, tomorrow's Hailey's birthday. Yo

ry, so the Hartley pack decided my birthday was the same as Hailey's. B

ut Brandon cut in. "It'

la was lit up like a full moon, pa

bowed and scraped to Brandon. As his secretary for five

Brandon's about to form a sacred bond with a Hartley she-wolf.

oat,he'd never once claime

s turned

looping her arm throug

dhood sweethearts. No need to

charm. "Whatever

dn't d

ed, some tossing

ary for five years, and she sti

Without the Hartley name, she'd be

, but I'd heard it all before. It d

sking in the spotlight, I slipped away to the rooftop to clear my he

ift box. "Evelyn, you haven't gotten a single present to

y stomach dropped. Inside was the lingerie sh

age and humiliatio