ste

hen and the back door, resisting the urge to check on the

to a contract that needed to be terminated. I was going

aled his private number, a numb

. Just as I was about to

sn't

ice," a polite, ste

o Sharp, his Beta assist

I said, my voice tight. "I

ectly neutral. "Mr. Carlisle is in a critical mee

g. The words lit

al Rejection agreement his mother put in front of me. If he still thinks his m

Martha Hayes, the cleaning servant, entered. S

gh for me to hear, "Finally decided to call the Alp

n top of Leo's stonewa

I said, enunciating every word. "After that, I stop asking him to p

lay your message, Miss Nieves," Leo sai

y ear. I wanted to smash

rtha. "Since you seem so interested in my marriage, p

maid beside her immedi

irs out of your mouth. If I hear one more remark, I will submit the complaint ag

her face. "Yes, futur

dline silent. He was doing it on purpose. Hiding from me, usi

dn't h

parking garage where the Pack drivers waited.

o room for argument. "Take me to Do

g shoulders slumped. "I'm sorry, future Luna. The Alpha gav

d. His entire Pack was a fort

cage, denied even the right t

ck to the apartment an

much, why not just reject me and be don

e and dialed his nu

ring. "Miss Nieves, Mr. Ca

morless. "Busy? Good. You can tell him he do

oice dropping to a lo

l make him busy c

efore Leo c

rested there. Genevieve had sent it to the apartment by courier the morning after that disastrous dinne

ction ag

ope and held it tightly. If Dorian refused to face me, I would stop chasing him. I would

ther he was still too bu