TRADING MY CHEATING HUSBAND FOR THE LYCAN KING novel Chapter 107

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CHAPTER 73: BE QUIET FOR ME–1

EMBER’S POV

The rest of the morning becomes an exercise in managing chaos.

Rayana needs her medication. No, not that medication, the other one, the one in the small bottle, no

thesmaller bottle. The sheets are too rough. Doesn’t Knox own anything with a thread count above three

hundred? These feel like sandpaper. Is this how he treats all his guests?

She needs her pillows fluffed, which she demonstrates with elaborate hand gestures that somehow

require Knox to lean close enough that his face is inches from hers.

She holds the position for several beats too long, smiling sweetly while I fantasize about what it would feel like to suffocate her with those same goddamn pillows.

“Like this,” she says, her voice pitched low and intimate. “Firm but gentle. You always were good with your

hands.”

Knox extracts himself with the controlled precision of a man defusing a bomb. His expression is carved from granite as he steps back, and I can see the muscle jumping in his jaw.

“The pillows are fine now,” he says.

“Are they? I suppose they’ll do.” She settles back with a martyred sigh. “It’s just so difficult to be

comfortable when you’ve been stabbed. But I suppose should be grateful for what I have. At least I’m not

alone.”

Knox escapes to his office without another word. I follow because I’m not staying in that room without

backup.

“She’s doing it on purpose,” I say once we’re far enough away that she can’t hear.

“I know.”

“She’s trying to get under my skin.”

“I know.”

“It’s working.”

The corner of his mouth twitches. Almost a smile.

“I know that too.”

“This is going to be a very long forty–eight hours.”

“Dr. Patel said she needs to stay until the wounds stabilize. Could be longer if there are complications.” He runs a hand through his hair, the gesture frustrated. “I’m sorry. I know this isn’t what you signed up for.”

“I agreed to let her stay. This is the consequence of my own choices.” I move closer, letting myself lean

CHAPTER 28–E–QUIET FOR ME

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into his space because I need the contact after a morning of Rayana’s pointed observations. “Any updates from Nathaniel?”

“He’s still tracing the car Logan’s involvement is suspicious, but there’s nothing concrete tying him to the attack.” Knox’s jaw tightens, “Could be coincidence. I don’t believe in coincidences.”

“And the door?”

Something flickers across his face. Doubt warring with trust.

“Nathaniel confirmed it was a system malfunction. Apparently it’s been a recurring bug with the new security update.” He doesn’t sound convinced, but he doesn’t sound certain anymore either. “He’s running diagnostics.”

I watch him wrestle with it. Watch Nathaniel’s words chip away at his suspicion, and it puts a sick feeling in my chest. Knox trusts his head of security completely. Enough that even his own instincts bend to that

trust.

And I’m standing here holding the truth like a grenade with the pin half–pulled.

“That makes sense,” I say, and the lie tastes bitter.

“Does it?” His eyes meet mine, sharp and searching. “Rayana’s hiding something. I can feel it. But she’s

been too drugged to interrogate properly.” A muscle ticks in his jaw. “When she’s coherent, I’m getting

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