Chapter 37

Geraldine

I knocked twice before entering the safe room of the pack house I worked at. Alpha Donald had asked everyone else to leave, except for me. This meant that currently, I was the only other person here. That was, apart from the girl - Julie was her name - and Donald himself. I personally could not fathom why he had given that order, despite me being one of the oldest member of his staff, having known him since he was a little boy. He must have surely had good motivations, but to me it seemed too extreme.

As I entered the room, I spied the girl coming out from the bathroom, and pretended not to notice. Experience had taught me to not unwittingly attract attention to myself, especially when they were distracted.

And she did seem very distracted from the way that she was sniffling I’m clearing her throat. I also noticed out of the corner of my eye that she was pressing a hand to her stomach in a way that made me raise my brows.

She settled down, sitting atop the bed gingerly.

“Goo