Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley) novel Chapter 339

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Chapter Seventy Nine 

Chapter Seventy Nine 

I awoke with a start. It was already morning. 

Gods, it had only been a dream. 

The tears falling down my eyes were tears of relief. 

I wasn’t alone – I realized; slowly, Iturned to see the other person on the bed, it was Thane, and he was very much awake. 

“You seem to be having a nightmare,” he said, but there was something different about him. 

“You scared me. When did you return from your trip with Isabella?” Lasked, watching him; I couldn’t push away the strange feeling, like something was very wrong and yet his scent hadn’t changed. 

“A few hours ago. I didn’t want to wake you,” he explained. 

“Did you… did you get the cure?” I asked him, and he nodded. 

“Yes, I did.” 

So Isabella was right; there is a cure.” 

“She is, and now you don’t have to worry about me losing control; I have been cured completely.” 

“That was…” 

“Fast?” 

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The word on my mind was unbelievable, but I nodded, with a smile on my face. 

“You know I am really glad to hear this.” I say, rising to my feet and heading to the balcony. I threw the door wide open, letting the sun in. 

For some reason I felt like this wasn’t Thane. There was something bizarre about his response, and I had 

to be sure. 

“Join me.” I said to him, giving him a smile. 

He rose from the bed, walking to my side; the sun showered on his form, but he remained unfazed. 

Demons had completely cold skin; that was another way to find out, and so I reached out to him, holding his hands in mine, and they were the very same warm hands. 

Gods, I felt like a fool. 

Maybe it had been the unsettling dream I had earlier, but I had thought he sounded different; I could not believe I hadn’t been able to tell that this was Thane right away. 

I hugged him; he patted my back gently. 

“I’m so glad you are back, I didn’t think you would be back this soon, you kept to your promise. Thank you.” 

“I have to go to work now.” 

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Chapter Seventy Nine 

“But you just came back; you need to rest. 

“I am fine, and there are a lot of things that require my attention.” 

I watched him walk away to get dressed; he hadn’t even kissed me. Thane was the type that could hardly keep his hands to himself. He had finally managed to get the cure; of course, ‘sex‘ should have been the way to celebrate this, but he didn’t seem in the mood. 

I wouldn’t force him; all he needed was some time. 

I took a long bath, washing myself clean, and then I slipped on a nightgown that was a bit on the revealing side. I waited for his return. 

He did come back right on time, but he didn’t spare even a single glance at me; he walked right into his dressing room and changed off his clothes before returning back to bed. 

“Uhmm, how was work?” I asked, in an attempt to start up a conversation. 

“It was fine.”