The Billionaire Alpha’s Contract Lover

Chapter 45
Think fast, I told myself, tapping a finger against my chin.
Cra p, cra p, cra p...
“On the ninth of next month. He said he couldn’t give me an answer before then.”
“Dam n!” Roman cursed. “Give me the video. I’ll talk to him
then.”
My palms broke out in a cold sweat, and I racked my brain for something else.
“Beta Starke, using this method to threaten Alpha Knight to help you secure the project has already made him very dissatisfied
with you. If you bring the video to him, it will only further anger him. Then, not only will you offend him more, you will also prevent
yourself from getting the project-or any other projects in the future. Do you think that is the right strategy to take right now? You’ll
have much better luck if you let me handle it. Don’t you agree?”
Roman was silent while he thought about it, and I waited for his response with baited breath.
He had to know that threatening Griffon in this way wasn’t honorable, that he would already be treading on thin ice.
allva Beta doing it to an Alpha of a stronger, more
2/2
powerful pack.
He finally spoke again. “I must see the contract on the ninth of next month. Otherwise, it won’t be your best friend’s new mate
claiming her after the ceremony...it’ll be a group of my men.”
My heart skipped a beat-or ten. Roman knew the date of Harper’s wedding? Just how close of an eye had he been keeping
on us?
Now, not only Harper but also her new mate might be implicated. I had to think fast.
Real fast.
I put down the phone and struggled to get up.
I went to the desk, pulled open the drawer, and took out a few medicine bottles.
Taking out the sleeping pills, I put them in another empty bottle.
Then, numbly, I picked up the other pills for heart failure and stuffed them into my mou th.
So help me goddess, I would see Harper mated, and I would see Roman pay.
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