Alle Kapitel von His Secret Second: Kapitel 61 – Kapitel 70

(Jenna POV)“You want me to hide?” I asked in shock.I thought one of the reasons for the move was that I wouldn’t have to hide here.“Just for now, please. She is with Beth next door. She’s going to head over here next.”He seemed frantic.“Please, Baby.”No. I wasn’t going to hide. Not in my own home. Not after all the promises he had made about how this would be better.“I don’t get it, Danny. If Beth knows, what does it matter if your mother knows about us too? What did you tell her was the reason you were moving here?”I couldn’t believe I hadn’t thought to ask the latter question before.Danny frowned. “She thinks I am doing this for Beth.”Of course she does.“What specifically did you tell her?” I asked, refusing to let it go. The words mattered.Danny hung his head, and I knew the answer was going to be bad. “That Beth and I were moving out of the packhouse so that I could give her more of my time and attention.”“And who would be living here?” I asked cautiously.

(Jenna POV)“Hey, Baby,” Danny said as he leaned over to kiss me.I jumped two feet in the air.Danny laughed. “What are you doing that has you concentrating so hard?”I shook my head, trying to get my thoughts put together.“Just doing some research.”“On?”“Alpha Black.”Danny stilled.“Why?”“The alpha king asked me about him tonight. And Ashley brought him up today too. I realized that I don’t even know what he looks like.”Danny paled and took a step back.“What did Ashley say about him?”I furrowed my eyebrows, not sure why Danny seemed so worried.“Just that his wife left him. Apparently my mother told your mom, who told Ashley. That’s why we were talking about their friendship earlier.”“Oh. And what did the alpha king say?”“He just said that my father has been asking questions about me.”Danny froze. This time his body posture was unmistakable.“When did you talk to the alpha king? What kind of questions?”“It was while you were gone today. I don’t know what questio

(Danny POV)The playful mood was instantly killed.“Jenna, what is this?” I demanded as I grabbed her phone.Jenna angrily snatched her phone away from me and stood up.“That is Nick being Nick,” she responded.I stood up too. I felt the anger raging inside of me, but I was trying to hold it back.“Nick? You are on a first name basis with the alpha king? I thought we agreed that you weren’t going to talk to him anymore.”“You can take the accusations out of your tone, Danny. I haven’t talked to him.”“Then why do you have a meeting with him in five minutes?”It didn’t make any sense.“Because he lives to torture me, okay?” she answered, clearly frustrated. “I told him that the call wasn’t necessary, but he set it up anyway.”“This is crazy. You should tell him to back off.”“You think I haven’t tried? What more do you want me to tell him? That my mate doesn’t want me to talk to him anymore?”I briefly froze.Before I could answer, Jenna’s phone rang. She showed it to me. It

(Jenna POV)“Attorney Maxwell, you may proceed.”I took a deep breath and then began to argue my case.It was a simple argument. One I had made many times before, albeit only in those rare situations that these motions were actually litigated. But for Nick’s warnings, I would have barely thought twice.Unfortunately, Nick’s warnings were still echoing in my head. As a result, I was not only on guard, but I was also noticing everything.Like the way the female member of the three-panel court kept looking over at my opponent. The way Mitchell Brown looked back at her, seeming too comfortable and too confident for the situation. The way he gave her the subtlest of nods just before she began firing off rapid-fire questions in my direction.Interestingly, these were all details that I would never have noticed but for my remote appearance. The video –which included separate cameras on each of the participants— made them that much easier to catch.“Ms. Maxwell, what I don’t understand

(Jenna POV) On the morning of my birthday, I woke up in a hotel room, to the sound of my phone buzzing incessantly. I was disappointed that Danny wasn’t in bed next to me, but not necessarily surprised. He was more of a morning person than I was, and I knew he had to pick Beth’s family up from the airport. I checked the time. It was 10:02. I smiled. I had slept through the night. It had been a while since I did that. “The stress has been weighing on us, not just the alpha order,” Willow pointed out. “It was good that we got a break.”She was right. I wondered if Danny had even noticed how little I’d been sleeping the last several months. Maybe this hotel exile wasn’t the worst thing after all. Maybe I should even extend it after Beth’s family leaves.Without giving the possibility another thought, I stretched my arms and upper body, I then looked at my phone.There were several text messages, mostly birthday greetings from friends and coworkers.There was also a messa