Lorenzo knew that the tension between him and Eleanor was growing more and more by the day. He prayed that at some given point, his men would come back with at least something useful that could be used to connect the dots.Thankfully, it seemed that today was the day. While Eleanor kept herself bust
“Oh my God, Eleanor! You look beautiful!” Adeline exclaimed.‘Yeah...I just wish I felt beautiful,’ I thought to myself.I stood tall in front of the floor length mirror, wearing what had to be the most stunning dress I'd ever worn. Each dress I tried on before was equally as gorgeous, but it didn’t
By the time I made it back to the house, I was in a total daze. I didn’t even fully remember taking off the gown I was in, nor having said goodbye to Adeline. All I knew was that I needed to get back to the house as soon as possible.‘Cruz had to be lying,’ my wolf insisted. ‘There’s no way that Lor
Ever since that awkward, turbulent discussion Eleanor and Lorenzo had in his office, the house had become a silent war zone.Everyone on the property noticed the disconnect and unbreathable tension between them and were quick to avoid getting caught in the middle of anything. Whenever the two of the
Lorenzo was more than halfway through his meeting with a few representatives from a neighboring pack, Silver Moon. From what he could determine from the discussion they’d all been heavily engaged in for the last hour, things were looking very promising as far as forming a lucrative agreement went.H
“Alright,” Adeline sighed in defeat. She practically threw herself down onto one of the couches and let out a long sigh. “We’ve literally checked everywhere—and still no disk.”I allowed myself to collapse into one of the chairs across from her. My head fell back while trying to reevaluate the situa
[Lorenzo’s POV]‘Shit. Shit. Shit. SHIT!!’The moment Lorenzo’s guard had informed him about what he’d witnessed, seeing Eleanor coming out of his office with something tucked into her side, he knew he was deeply screwed.At first, he was doubtful. After all, he’d purposely locked the disk away in
I couldn’t breathe.I couldn’t think—shit! I could hardly even see within three feet in front of me. My vision had become completely obscured by the amount of tears that came flooding down my face.Worst of all, my heart ached in a way I hadn’t felt since I attended my dad’s funeral.I couldn’t bear