Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate (Adelaide) novel Chapter 169

Chapter 169

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My readers,

I apologize. There was an issue with the numbering on chapters when I moved to a different

document. I had added more chapters, and adjusting the numbers didn’t save. The internet has

been weird in the world lately. I have submitted the fix and alerted my editor, and will be

giving the missing chapters today 10/26/25. She will hopefully get it fixed in the next 24

hours. That being said, the error started at 133, and I will submit until the chapters I have

posted, so that you have all of the chapters you were missing as well as what you have already

read.

Briar

The state of the kitchen wasn’t any better than before, though the trash had been taken out

and the torn–up check was no longer on the floor. He ashamedly rubbed at the back of his

neck, looking over the unwashed dishes, and began rinsing them and putting them into the

dishwasher. I didn’t stop him; I didn’t have the energy right now to do them myself. I doubt

he did either. I opened the fridge, appraising the contents. He needed to clean it out. I shook

my head, not commenting. Mine was only better because Lana polished off anything we didn’t

eat, which was a lot since cooking the food had been much different than stomaching eating

1. it. I found bacon and eggs, and a clean frying pan.

“You said I’m like you, so why haven’t I wolfed out?” I asked, lining the bacon into the skillet.

“You grew up among humans, without a pack, when you came here and got close to some of

us that changed,” he explained. I stilled as the bacon began to sizzle. The memory of Creedon

finding me in the elevator came to my mind.

“Creedon, he’s one too? You said he failed me, that you were my second chance.” I asked for

clarity.

“He is, and that’s what makes him so dangerous. He’s an Alpha like Clyde. Sometimes, the first

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pairing of soulmates doesn’t go as our creator intended. It’s rare, though, that we receive a

second chance. I flipped the bacon in the pan, then took that in as I thought about it.

“He cornered me before he took me, I was angry and my skin was vibrating like something

wanted to burst out.” Carter paused what he was doing to look at me.

“Maybe your wolf saw the threat and was trying to protect you, this was after you rejected

him?”

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I nodded. “Am I just going to burst into a wolf while im walking down mainstreet?” I asked,

appalled. I let my eyes shift to Carter’s. He shook his head.

“No, not unless someone is incredibly stupid. You’re a dominant Briar, it’s something we can

all sense when your wolf pushes at the surface. Only a stupid wolf would try to force you out.

“You mean like Miranda? Cuz I dragged her out of the pizza place by her hair the other day, in

the middle of lunch hour,” he just chuckled. “I would have paid to see that.”

“Well, I’m sure someone has a video of it, ask around,” I said, flailing the spatula around

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