Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate (Adelaide) novel Chapter 226

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When we got home Carter let Rosie out and I put the leftovers in the fridge, I

grabbed a green apple and the peanut butter along with a knife. I guess I could call

it a craving, I could live on this and zesty fries with vinegar and ketchup.

Carter found me on our bed with a stack of files when he came back in. Rosie and

Tucker found spots on the bed as Carter climbed in behind me, his arms wrapping

around me and pulling me close as he leaned against the headboard.

“What are we looking at mate?” he asked.

“I don’t know, just yet,” I admitted opening a file I had just looked at. Carter stilled

behind me.

“Niomie,” he said and I glanced at him over my shoulder. Regret etched his

features. I flipped past the first picture to a list of information.

Niomie McFarland

Age 22

Female

Human

Writer

AWOL 33 days after entering Divide.

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No known location after departure from Divide. There were pictures of her, selfies

with another man, a note of a divorce, the date she entered Divide, photos of her

and Carter around town that made me swallow as I remembered his part in all of

this. His smile, however, never met his eyes. Not like they did for me. I let a tear fall

as Carter’s grip tightened around me. I closed the file and went to the next. It was

of a man. Carter swallowed hard.

Eli Jemesen

Male

Human

Agracuturist

Arrested due to repeatedly disobeying Divide ordinances on propagation of food

based crops

Awol 75 days after entering Divide

No known location after departure from Divide

Pictures followed of him and his male counterpart, a few of Carter placing him in

the back of Mazzie’s police car.

The next file was of Eli’s other half

More of the same.

I could feel Carter’s anxiety rising as I moved on through the next several. Every

single one similar to the first.

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“What the actual fuck.” I murmured and Carter buried his face into my shoulder, I

could feel tears welling against my back as anxiety coursed through the bond. He

didn’t want to face this but we didn’t have time to ease into it. I snatched the last

one bypassing the several in front of it.

I opened it and let out a gasp, Carter just hugged me tighter. He didn’t want to

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