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Chapter 15: So Sir, you wanted to see me?
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From: west.k@fangandclaw.comSubject: You current assignment.There are some things I would like to discuss with you about your article on the werewolf hotels. Please stop by my office when you have a minute.Knight WestEditor-in-Chief, Fang and Claw Magazine.Sue read over the email several times, her heart firmly lodged in her throat. Her first thought was that it was so professional and impersonal, like what had happened between them had meant nothing, which it very well could have to Knight.Then she remembered the email she had sent Sarah and the shit storm that had followed.He could just be acting super professional so as not to draw the wrath of HR Lady, Sue thought. No one wants another seminar.Steeling herself, Sue got up from his desk and walked over to the elevator. Maybe Knight really did just want to talk about the article. She hadn’t been there very longRelated chapters
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Her Boss, Her Mate Chapter 22: She’s a stranger.
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Her Boss, Her Mate Chapter 67: Heart to heart talk with Julia West
Since his grandpa’s death, Knight had missed the old man every single day. Being at a pack party without him was a whole new kind of pain. Lenard had been so full of life. He was always at the center of every group, telling stories while everyone else hung on his every word.There was a light missing there today.Knight walked through the throng of people, trying his best to make small talk and act like he was interested in everything they were saying. After deciding he had mingled enough for the time being, he went looking for his cousins. If he was ever tired of people kissing his ass and telling him exactly what he wanted to hear, his cousins soon put it right. Particularly Leslie, who delighted in tormenting Knight.He found them over by the fortune telling machine that his grandma hired every year from a carnival supplier. As a kid, the thing had always given him the creeps. It was a glass booth with a creepy wizard-looking mannequin inside. You held on to a metal rod, and it pum
Her Boss, Her Mate Chapter 66: Sue and her big mouth
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Her Boss, Her Mate Chapter 65: Confession
The West pack had four official meetings every year, one for each season. The one they had in autumn was during the week of Halloween. A big party was thrown at the estate with games and various other attractions outside. Sue had been to a couple of their parties so far but not the Halloween one. It was going to be the first pack gathering since Lenard’s funeral and the first gathering under their new alpha.As the alpha’s mate, Sue still didn’t really know what her new role was, if any. Knight’s mother and grandmother had organized everything. If she was honest, she was grateful that they hadn’t asked for her input so far.“So, things not to mention to your mom are the fact that we got married and the fact that you’ve not only met your real dad but have also been hanging out with him and his pack,” Sue mused out loud as Knight parked the car outside his grandma’s house.Knight turned and gave her a look. “No, I’m going to tel
