Blue Ridge Bear: Paranormal Romance (North Peak Shifters Book 2) by Haley Weir

Author:Haley Weir [Weir, Haley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-09T16:00:00+00:00

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Archer deleted the third voicemail he received from Vanessa in less than twenty-four hours. He gritted his teeth as he did so, hating having to do such a thing to her, knowing that it would piss her off, but he couldn’t help it. He had to do what he had to do. There was no way he could let her in, let her see the man behind the mask that was Archer Payne. He knew all too well the kind of woman Vanessa was, the kind of woman who would make a quick buck off a secret like his in a heartbeat.

He gritted his teeth and dropped his cell phone down onto the bed beside him. Staring up at the ceiling, he did his best to calm the rage inside him with deep, large breaths. Thoughts raced through his mind, images of what might happen if he allowed Vanessa and CW30 to discover his secret. He shivered at the thought of being a lab rat hooked up to beeping machine after beeping machine, being poked and prodded with needles and never seeing the light of day again. That wasn’t a life he would risk for any amount of money.

There was only one solution. He would have to give Vanessa the cold shoulder until she really got the hint and left the idea well alone.

They can’t film anything without my permission, he thought to himself, although he couldn’t help but wonder just how true that was. He knew well enough that it didn’t always work that way in this industry. People had been caught out before. Why should he be any different?

“What the hell have I gotten myself into?” he asked as the sound of his cell phone ringing hit his ears. He picked up the phone, rejected the call when he saw that it was Vanessa, and flicked it onto silent.

He needed to let off some steam. He couldn’t do that with his phone blasting at him every five minutes. There was only one thing for it: he needed to run again. Pushing himself up off the bed, he headed out into the garden and did the only thing he could do. He stripped down and shifted as quickly and effortlessly as possible, loping off into the woods to enjoy the peace and quiet that calmed him like nothing else ever could.

The breeze in his fur and the dead leaves beneath his bare paw pads was enough to ease the anxiety he felt towards what had been suggested. Yet he couldn’t help but think of the hurt look on Vanessa’s face when he had refused her. That look would haunt him for the rest of his days, knowing that he may have messed everything up for her too. He couldn’t help but feel guilty at the thought he might have ruined another person’s career to serve his own selfish needs.

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