Chapter Forty

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Alistar's POV

I couldn't stop the laugh that escaped my lips. Was this woman really my mate, and if so, how did I get so lucky? Every time I thought that I had regained the upper hand on this surprising little firecracker, she swept in with another feisty remark, another touch, another dare that knocked me off-balance and made it more unlikely that I’d never let her go. I was about to assure her I would be glad to accommodate her every demand, when a unfamilar noise outside the door cut me off, and suddenly the large heavy door swung open revealing one of the workers from the auction.

“You gotta be kidding me,” The worker huffed, standing in the doorway, one hand on the doorknob,huskily into the phone, “False alarm,  ma'am, we’re all good in here.” I shifted to block Charlie’s nakedness from view, as she picked her dress up off the floor near her ankles.

“Do either