Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate (Adelaide) novel Chapter 222

Chapter 222

two weeks later

Briar

two weeks later

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Carter joined me on my workout this morning. He walked on the treadmill while I

jogged. I had missed him in this area. He had always been that steady anchor beside

me as I ran, the man I could trust to teach, not hurt me, but also never go easy on

1. me. I gave him a smile as I popped my earbuds out and slowed my gait, punching

the speed down to match him.

“You look good on that treadmill,” I teased.

He snorted adorably and gave me a pose, batting his lashes, as he flexed his

goddess damned, drool-worthy muscles at me mockingly. His humor was back, and

every moment we spent together just reinforced how much I just wanted to wrap

myself around him like a cocoon and transform into one being with him. This was

being mates, two halves that fit so perfectly together. The last two weeks, as the

paranoia and the edginess wore off from the panic and survival mode, knowing

Creedon was after me, Carter’s kidnapping, shifting, and my rise to alpha all

happened in succession. I now find so much peace, even with the other things

looming to be addressed.

“You sure you can go back to work today?” I asked him.

“Yeah, honestly, I’m looking forward to telling all the guys that wanted a piece of

you that you are mine,” he said, grinning before he added. “Not to mention the

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longer I stay away, the more paperwork that will pile up,” he said, cringing.

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“Promise me you will only leave with Mazzie and that you will stay on desk duty

until you can at least keep up with me again.

He smirked at that. “I promise Madam Alpha that I am just conserving my strength

to serve you better.”

I gave him an incredulous look. “Stuff it, pretty boy,” I said, rolling my eyes.

“Oh I’ll stuff it alright,” he said, waggling his eyebrows.

Guess I walked right into that I thought, shaking my head. I was making him wait

till I deemed he was up to the task. As excruciating as that wait was, his well-being

meant more to me. “You’ve been spending too much time with Lana,” I said.

“Well, she’s here every day. How is that my fault? Not to mention, I have a tally

going for how many I owe yous, you have built up, and let’s just say my brain is

constantly overloaded with images of you in very compromising positions,” he

pointed out.

“When you can shift, you are more than welcome to cash them in for me,” I said,

giving him a broad smile. I wasn’t letting him hurt himself in order to pleasure me.

His cuts were healed now, but he was not fully back to himself. Dr. Thomas had

insisted Carter would heal the rest of the way on his own, and the transfusions

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