Filthy rich werewolves by Taylor Caine novel Chapter 227

"T-there you are," Grace said dryly while leaning sideways to let Jason into the room.

"Sis, you must've waited a long time." Jason laughed and walked over to the desk. He saw copies of the case file which Grace had left opened on the desk.

As he drew closer, Grace felt a physical pull toward him. She’d felt it a few times in his presence, but she’d always been drawn to him.

This time was different.

It wasn’t so much attraction as a physical compulsion.

She tried to understand why.

“Tell me what you’re doing?” Jay said.

Grace’s mouth opened as the answer wanted to pour free. She bit her lip to staunch the flow of the words.

She frowned.

Was he compelling her?

But that only worked on wolves, when an Alpha exerted his powers.

She was not a wolf.

She wasn’t part of his pack.

She couldn’t feel more disconnected from these filthy rich werewolves.

The divide in their circumstances transcended ‘species’ and yet…

Eva? Are you there, girl?

Grace couldn’t believe. No, she wanted so badly to believe, but it had been so long.

She felt…something. A fluttering of awareness at the back of her mind.

And all the while, Jason watched her carefully.

“What is it, Grace?”

Again, the compulsion was there to tell him.

She swallowed hard. “It’s uh, nothing.”

“Hmm.”

She pieced it together.

His blood.

"Jennifer Atkinson was your fiancée. Isn't she... the woman you love?" She was confused at his reaction.

He put down the documents in his hand and slowly walked up to her, peeping down at her. "Sis, you've got half of it wrong. Jennifer was my fiancée, but she's not the woman I love."

She was startled, his voice still ringing in her ears.

"Hasn't Sis heard of commercial marriages?"

Her eyes widened abruptly. Of course, she knew about commercial marriages or political marriages, but she never thought that someone like Jason would need one.

He was the strongest Alpha in the region and every other pack already pledged loyalty to him.

Why would he have to marry for power or politics or money?

After all, Jason and the Reed Pack ruled this city. Even if it was a marriage with the Atkinson family, it would be at best an addition rather than a necessity.

She was not the only one who thought so. A lot of people might think so too.

There was no lack of Jason's ‘love’ for Jennifer Atkinson in the chatter about him online. They all thought that he was deeply in love with her.

But if that was a lie, what else had he lied about?