Pursuing My Rejected Luna by Cara Anderson novel Chapter 279

Ch. 49

Noah

I’m still bent over my desk, neck stiff and shoulders drooping, when Piper stops by. She brings food-apparently having decided the useful thing to do is to make sure I eat. She sets it on the desk beside the operational files and stands beside me with a hand on her hip until I give in and look up at her.

“How are you?” she smiles, waiting for me to return the expression that will prove I’m just as happy to see her.

If it weren’t for the headache pulsing behind my right eye and the sinking feeling I’m running out of time to solve this riddle, my answering smile might be genuine. As it is, the most I’m able to muster is a weak substitute. She doesn’t seem to notice though. She just circles behind my chair, her hands deftly finding the knots in my shoulders and kneading them away.

I drop my head back on a moan, her hands applying just the right amount of pressure.

“Oh Alpha,” she murmurs, “I love it when you make those sounds for me.”

“Trust me, I love it too.” I demonstrate by making another satisfied sound. “I wish I had time for more than just a massage.”

I gesture at the mess of files and loose documents covering every inch of my desk surface. But she doesn’t ask about the situation I’ve spent my whole day seeking a solution to. The one the whole pack’s been on lockdown because of. Doesn’t even acknowledge it.

“You never answered me. How are you? I haven’t seen you all day.” She asks instead, her tone a little too close to accusatory.

“The situation is handled,” It’s the answer I give because how am I supposed to think of anything else, even myself, when there’s a threat to my pack?

“I know. You’re a competent Alpha. Of course the situation is handled.” She continues working the knots from my shoulders and neck. “But that’s not what I asked. I want to know about you. Did you miss me today?”

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