The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna (Avery and Gideon) novel Chapter 377

Chapter 377

By the time the contract ended, he might have completely forgotten about me.

That was what drove me to sign my name. That small ounce of hope outweighing the worry. That believed that, soon enough, Gideon would move on and so could I. 2

Freedom.

Claire arrived the next day to go over the things I’d missed in the human lands while I was gone. She’d never been to the packs before, and looked at everything with awe as Sebastian and I showed her around. All of the other wolves looked at her quizzically, surprised that a human was amongst us.

“Wow,” Claire said, nudging Sebastian with her shoulder as he showed her the communal gardens out behind the Alpha house. “Do you work in the gardens, too?”

“Sometimes.” Sebastian smiled. “I do like to get my hands dirty on occasion.”

“Ooh. That’s a positive quality in a man.”

Sebastian shot me a look. “Are human women always this forward?” he laughed.

“Pretty much, yeah.”

Sebastian chuckled and walked away, guiding us toward the clinic. Claire looked at me behind his back and wiggled her eyebrows suggestively. I rolled my eyes, but smiled.

She knew all about the contract already. I’d told her about it before I even signed it, just as I told her about everything that happened around here. In fact, after the tour, we headed into Sebastian’s office, and she looked over it.

“It all seems above board,” she said, setting aside the contract. She then reached for the copy of the one we’d signed with Aldric and Gideon, and studied that one closely. The room was silent for a while, the only sound that of the cuckoo clock ticking on the wall.

When Claire was done, she looked up at me. Then at Sebastian. “Alpha Aldric invited Gideon without your knowledge?” she asked.

I nodded.

Claire huffed and set the contract down, looking at me. “You’re not worried about what this could mean in regards to a business partnership with Aldric?”

“I’ll admit I didn’t think too hard about that aspect,” I muttered.

She sighed, “Well, while I’m here, I’d like to meet them. Maybe we could schedule a meeting. And a luncheon after, too. You know what they say-the best way to feel out a business partner is to see whether they order the steak or the lobster.”

Claire was right. We hadn’t fully vetted Aldric. I hadn’t, at least. Everything had been so chaotic since I

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got here that I’d admittedly forgotten to apply some of my own business strategies.

This was exactly why I needed Claire.

A few days later, Alpha Aldric arrived bright and early for the meeting. Gideon, of course, arrived soon after, pulling into the driveway in his sportscar.

Sebastian and I stood on the front steps to greet them. I made sure to lift my left hand to wave, letting the golden ring catch the sunlight.

“Good morning, Alphas,” Sebastian said warmly, resting his hand on my lower back-just like we practiced.

“Morning.” Gideon’s eyes went straight to the ring, which was exactly what I wanted. He looked like he wanted to say something, but clearly restrained himself.

Sebastian, smiling, stepped to the side and gestured toward the door. “We should get started. There’s coffee in the conference room.”

We all started moving that way, but just then, the sound of an engine revving made all four of us turn back. A dark car was pulling up the driveway. I recognized the driver right away; her designer sunglasses and slicked back bun couldn’t be missed as she stepped out, holding a briefcase in one hand.

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