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Chapter Forty Six

Kyra

I told myself Tristan was being paranoid.

I repeated it all afternoon two days later at the diner.

While refilling coffee, wiping tables and all the while pretending my hands weren’t still shaking every time someone walked in too quietly.

‘He smells like trouble.’

Tristan’s words wouldn’t leave me alone.

Bryan had always smelled like soap and aftershave and whatever detergent his grandmother used. I’d never noticed anything metallic. Never felt threatened.

But then again…
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  • The Billionaire Alpha's Unexpected Mate (Billionaire Alphas.   Chapter 46

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  • The Billionaire Alpha's Unexpected Mate (Billionaire Alphas.   Chapter 45

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