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The next morning, Cassie woke up in an empty bed. She was disoriented at first; waking up in a different bed would do that to anyone. In the light of the day, she saw her first full look of his room. There were only two colors in this room: black and white. Both shades are evening each other out.Before she could wonder too long what was going on, Aser came in with a tray that instantly made the whole room smell heavenly. "You're up." He grinned at her and set the tray on the bedside drawer. He leaned in for a kiss that she cleverly dodged.He frowned. "Last night wasn't a dream." Cassie chuckled. "I know. Why are you telling me that?""Because you won't let me kiss you." He pouted, and it was the cutest thing Cassie had ever seen. "I have morning breath, Aser." She told him, but that didn't ease up his frown."So? I don't care if you have morning breath or not. I want to kiss you all the time."Cassie blushed. She could count how many times Cane had kissed one of her hands. Even t

There was no point in dwelling in the past, but long after he dropped the call with his mother, he couldn't shake the dark feeling in his chest. Thinking about the past would always do that for him.Growing up in the Red Mansion was tough, but that was the foundation he needed to survive in the world of dog-eat-dog. That was how he could relate to everything Cassie went through. Even though she had never spoken of her struggles, he could relate to them.It was that mood that he maintained until the end of the workday. He snapped a lot in the meetings he attended. One of his employees even made a note to talk to Cassie, but he dared not say anything. Who was he talking to, the boss' woman?Cassie was running late in the office. She already told Ted to go pick up Maria from the daycare. She was so engrossed in her work that she didn't even notice Aser was already in her office."You're working really hard, aren't you?" For the second time that day, she almost jumped out of her own skin.

Rayna went back to Scotland the next day to pack everything in anticipation for her permanent move to London. Cassie couldn't remember a time in her life when she was this happy and peaceful. Deep down, she knew this was not going to last, especially as the plan she had been working towards would be unraveling soon. That night, she sat her daughter down to talk to her. "Maria, my princess, I will be travelling next week, and I will be taking Daddy along with me." She was amazed by how easy it was to call Aser her daughter's father. In the beginning, a small part of her felt guilty for deceiving her daughter this way, but she hoped she would understand why she did so in the future. It was for her own good. In that moment, she felt for Rayna. How she must have agonized over her decision to leave her son in the hands of the man that maltreated them both. Cassie remembered that she would have left Maria with Cane if not for the incident that happened that almost made her daughter lo

The next day dawned bright and early, at least it did for Aser and Cassie. Cassie woke up feeling like she could take on the entire world and win, too. She was probably going to win, with Aser behind her."Ready to do this?" Aser croaked from behind her. She was so lost in her head that she jumped before turning to face him in their bed."You scared me, Ace.""Wow, you forgot I was in your bed?" He pouted as if his feelings were actually hurt."You know, it's not like that." She snuggled closer to him. "I was just...""Going over the plan for the thousandth time in your head.""You think you know me so well, don't you, big guy?" He cocked his head to one side when he said, "Yes, I think I do know you well. I might even call myself an expert on you. After two years of keen observation, yes.""Keen observation, huh? It didn't seem like that.""Only because you were too blind to see." She whacked him softly at that, and he laughed. "Honestly, you were the only one that couldn't see what

The Mane clan was in trouble, and not the type that could go away easily with a bribe or a threat. It was the type that threatened his existence as the leader of the White Wolf Clan. Alpha Mane had made horrible business decisions over the last decade, resting on his laurels and assuming power. He didn't stop there, though. He went on to mix funds meant for the pack’s welfare with the company's operational funds.At this point, he couldn't even pinpoint where his money started or where the Pack’s treasury ended. It was all a clusterfuck. At the beginning, he thought he could manage it, borrowing from Peter to pay Paul, assuming the next big construction contract would cover the hole. But the contracts stopped coming. And when the stock price nosedived, the hole became an even bigger hole. It blew up in his face so badly that he had no choice but to involve his sons."Dad, how could you fuck up this badly? What's the financial adviser saying?" North paced the length of his father’s hom