A Broken Contract (Alpha's Secret Regret) novel Chapter 56

Nick POV

Watching Sara walk down the stairs behind our son, I tried and failed to look away.

She had a silk shirt on today with a tight, straight skirt. I decided the slit was cut too high. It exposed part of her smooth thighs when she moved. I pictured her sitting on this couch beside me. Letting me run my hand up that soft piece of golden flesh.

I needed to control these thoughts. Why was I having them?

She caught the desire in my eyes before I quickly averted them to our pup.

“Ready for school, little wolf?”

“Yes, daddy,” he beamed. The exciting response was quickly followed by the usual odd tickle in my chest.

“Good, cuz I’ll be dropping you off today,” I said, rising from the couch.

Sara eyes widened. It was hard to tell if the shock she felt was mingled with approval or disapproval.

“Would you like that?” I got on my hunches so my son and I were at eye level. When he nodded with a grin, I roughened his thick, soft curls and rose back up.

Sara was looking at me with an arched brow now. She was waiting for further explanation. I decided I won’t give her one. She didn’t offer any herself when she let that man kiss her hand, did she?

The sickening image made me want to drive my claws into something. Maybe the man's flesh. Goddess knows where else he kissed her last night. How far had they gone? Was that really their first date?

Was this how she felt when she saw me kiss Meg? I was her mate then. We were... nothing now, so I shouldn’t be feeling like this.

The elevator dinged, and my gamma appeared with one of the human drivers.

My first thought was 'what the fuck is he doing here?' because his gaze moved straight to Sara. I watched as her eyes soften when she regarded him.

“Why are you here?” I snapped.

The human male beside him flinched. Richard seemed confused by my curt question.

“You… called me,” he replied.

“I said get Patel to see me. I didn’t say come with him- You know what, you both can leave. I’ll drive us!”

Richard nodded and started to lead the human male back into the elevator when I spoke again.

“And Rich, I need you back in L.A. this morning.”