Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate (Adelaide) novel Chapter 30

Chapter 30

Chapter 23

Carter

I tossed Rosie an extra egg off my plate and she caught it mid air without warning. Briar giggled and it was like music to my soul. I took her empty plate, my heart aching, as I turned

over the events of this morning and last night, and came to the conclusion that the person who had done this to her was the man who was supposed to protect her in every way. He had devastatingly failed her. The signs were there, her sweet scent, laced with the sour scent of

his, her aversion to basic necessities, like eating, and the haphazard bed she had made on the worn and uncomfortable couch, the jerky wrappers piled neatly on the counter. It all pointed

to a wolf undergoing a one sided rejection. How could a male do this to his mate?

Staring into the horizon, eating Jake’s prescribed Sunday breakfast, I willed the old man’s

wisdom to settle within me. I didn’t know what to do with this information. I imagined he

would take it in stride and so would I. This woman scented human, but she was extraordinary,

to me, at least. I wasn’t ready for him to meet her. I didn’t want to hear what he would say

about this. She was someone to Jake, and even without what my soul and my wolf knew, that

alone put her in a position of receiving protection.

“I see you’ve cleaned up the place a bit,” I observed, when we stepped back inside. She just

shrugged and took me through the house briefly pointing out what she thought she had yet to

1. do.

“You should be taking it easy,” I pointed out.

She shrugged. “Staying busy helps,” was her only reply.

How did I get this woman to slow down? I knew how I wanted to do it but something told me

I was miles away from that ever happening. I had to wait her out and slow her down on my

own terms.

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Chapter 30

“Let me take a look at the truck, we can drain the tank and put some fresh gas in it and see

what happens,” I offered, knowing it was futile. That truck needed an alternator, possibly a

starter and a fresh battery I was sure. I wasn’t going to tell her that yet. I wanted to drag out

her needing me for as long as I could. Unfortunately, she was probably smart enough to figure

it out on her own, eventually, so there wasn’t much time for that. I would savor what I could

get. Her not wanting to be around people worked in my favor right now, and I’d be taking

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