#Chapter 22: Inside the Alpha's Mansion

"Are you ready?" Kent asks me. He's sitting at the kitchen table in my villa, drinking a cup of coffee from the fancy espresso machine on the countertop and scrolling through his phone. He hasn't even looked up, and I clear my throat impatiently.

 

"What?" he asks, finally raising his head. "You look great. I told you that you would – you don't need me to approve your outfits."

 

"Well, excuse me for being a little nervous on my first day a

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