A Broken Contract (Alpha's Secret Regret) novel Chapter 43

Avery Hawke

On the night before,

The Pineapple Court suites and lodge. That’s where the strange woman was staying in town. It didn't take much for Avery to get that information.

It was night-fall, and he was off-duty, so he decided to head straight there. On the way, he called his uncle to ask the one question that had bugged him since he laid eyes on Elise Reign.

The answer he got was what he expected.

“Why do you suddenly wanna know where you lived as a child?” Jeremy asked him.

“I don't know, uncle. Maybe I’m having an existential crisis or something,” Avery replied.

“That doesn’t make any sense, Av. You should be feeling the opposite. Sara’s finally paying attention to you. People saw you two have lunch together today. And after that, you drove off somewhere together.”

Avery was silent. For the millionth time, he wished he hadn't taken Sara to that particular ice cream shop. He was sure she thought the same thing. Because of him, she'd run into that woman that was obviously from her former pack. She'd gotten threatened and was probably still thinking about the unpleasant encounter.

Just that the place was the fanciest in the town. He wanted to prove that he could buy her expensive dessert.

“Tell me what’s wrong, Ave,” Jeremy insisted.

“I’m just curious. Please tell me what you know. Or at least tell me exactly how you met my dad,” he pleaded.

“I know what you're asking, son. I’m just wondering why. You’ve never cared about your past beyond what you can remember.”

“I still don’t care, uncle. I just wanna know.”

“Okay, no problem. Let’s talk about it when you get home. You should be back soon, shouldn’t you?”

Avery doubted he'd be home soon. But all he could do was sigh and say okay.

Soon, he pulled over across the street from the hotel where the woman was staying.