The Denver Alpha: a six-pack series companion novel by C.J. Primer

Author:C.J. Primer [Primer, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-30T18:30:00+00:00

22

I stop short as I turn down the hallway toward my bedroom, my mood shifting from bad to worse when I see someone loitering outside my door. I guess it’s a good thing that Gavin Holley pissed me off so much that I didn’t invite Juliet to spend the night with me, because if she were here right now, she’d probably react poorly to seeing Tayla Bancroft waiting outside my bedroom.

Fucking great.

Tayla has never been one for subtlety, and her intentions tonight are apparent from the way she’s dressed. She’s flaunting her best assets, scantily clad in a black mini skirt and a tiny crop top that ends right below her nipples, displaying an indecent amount of underboob. There was a time when her body drove me wild, but it just doesn’t do it for me anymore. Nothing about the girl does.

If she’s here to try to seduce me, she’s got another thing coming.

“What are you doing here?” I growl in annoyance, refusing to advance another step closer until she explains her unwelcome presence.

Tayla pushes off from the wall and raises her hands in surrender. “I just want to talk.”

“Now’s not a good time,” I grumble, shaking my head before continuing toward her. She’s planted herself right in front of my door, so I have to shoulder past her to reach it, not so gently nudging her out of the way.

“Alpha, please,” Tayla implores. Her voice breaks, and I pause with my hand on the door handle, turning to look at her over my shoulder. Her lower lip is quivering, tears shining in her eyes. I don’t exactly feel bad for her- not after learning what a conniving snake she turned out to be- but there’s something about seeing a female cry that triggers me. I blame my sister for making me soft for a woman’s tears.

“Just let me explain,” Tayla sniffles, hanging her head in humility. “I know you don’t want anything to do with me right now, and that’s fair, but you and me… we’ve got history. And I can’t just leave things the way we did. I need you to know why. I don’t expect you to forgive me, just…” She swipes a tear from the corner of her eye with her knuckle. “Please, just give me a chance to explain myself. I’m begging you.”

I heave a sigh, turning back toward my bedroom door and thumping both a fist and my forehead against it. This is the last fucking thing I need right now. I’m already wound tight from the run-in with Gavin, and nothing Tayla could say would make me reconsider the punishment I imposed for her role in the shoplifting debacle. Part of which she’s in violation of right now- she was specifically banned from the packhouse outside of all-pack gatherings.

Still, part of me wants to hear her out. The one thing she couldn’t offer me earlier was an explanation. It may not change things, but at least I’d have all the facts, and as

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