Chapter 34

JAKE

If this party wasn’t held on my behalf, I would be sitting in my office, alone. I hated parties like this, and that was the reason I never attended one, unless I was obligated.

I didn’t see the need for this, knowing that I would pursue Clair once she came back. I had already made up my mind. I wanted Clair and no one else. But since the invitation went out weeks ago, there was no way this gala could be canceled.

I raised the glass in my hand to my lips, taking a slow sip of whisky as my gaze swept the ballroom, oblivious to the female who clung greedily into my arms as if I would flee.

I might soon. She was boring me to death with her complaints about the other she-wolves around us. She probably thought that by degrading the others, she was putting herself in a higher spot in my list.

But there was no list. I only have one spot, and it was already reserved for Clair.

My thoughts drifted to my Gamma, while the female continued to chatter beside me. I still haven’t seen Aaron