Grace Charles returned to the table. Though his expression smoothed out into something that was supposed to be welcoming and calm, his eyes were still glowing. He was furious and trying to hide it. “My apologies, Grace. I thought I raised him better, but I promise that he will suffer for his a
“What are you offering?” "One billion, with 50% allocated to the medical sector, forgiveness of Wolfe Medical’s debts, and an extra million in goodwill." I couldn’t even think. I didn’t know all the numbers, but a billion had to put at least a dent in Wolfe Medical’s debts. I went still and lo
Charles She was going to be the death of me. I was going to burn up with want of her, and she didn’t even seem to know it. I could still see her sitting across from me trying to recover a bit of her price, a bit of her sense of control. I wanted to rip it from her hands. It seemed that I would
“Is there a breakroom on this floor? Somewhere I could get something hot to drink?” She blinked, seemingly surprised. “Uh, yeah. Down the hall.” “Thank you.” I headed in the direction she pointed. Being at a distance from Grace made it easier to focus on anything but how much I wanted her.
Grace Shit. I hadn’t expected him to ask that. His expression was cool and unaffected. It felt like he already knew the answer, yet he was still waiting for me to answer. Why? Was this a test too? Some sort of power game? I swear, the stress of dealing with this man was going to be the death of
He nodded. “Let’s start with… how you became alpha and… where this all started.” My gut clenched as I remember the bleak day Eason I buried our father. I pulled the cup of coffee closer to me and took a deep breath. “I inherited it from my father when he died. The pack, too, obviously… Soon
Grace We walked to the door. He flipped through the report he’d grabbed and showed it to me. “This is the report from the last month. As far as I can tell, it’s the earliest one with the kind of changes that could be detrimental to Wolfe Medical’s reputation.” I blinked. “How could you know th
My eyes widened. “You just fire them?” “That’s step one. Step two is to sue them for criminal negligence and embezzlement.” I winced. “We don’t have the money for a stream of lawsuits.” He chuckled. “Have you forgotten already?” I blinked and scoffed. Of course. Only 50% of that billion was