Chapter Sixteen - Too Intimate To Bear

She saw red. If it hadn’t been for the Beta’s mate talking her out of it, she would have marched to his office then and there, Bella or no Bella.

“Why is he spying on me?”

“He isn’t, Nell. It’s really to monitor what happens when you’re not here. If you think about it, it makes sense to leave it switched on.”

“Well, I wish I had known,” she said. “Maybe Alpha Liam would care to hear what I think of him right now.”

“Don’t, Nell. You’re overreacting.”

“Am I? At every turn there is some new insult to be overcome. Put this in your earpiece and smoke it: I quit.”

She wasn’t serious, and provoking Alpha Liam of all people wasn’t the best idea she’d ever had. But he had neglected to inform her about something so important and, after all, it was her bedroom. What if the nightmare had recurred and she’d said something wildly inappropriate without meaning to, stuff he might take the wrong way?

There hadn’t been time to come to terms with who and what she was because of him and his demanding nat