Alle Kapitel von Second Chance Vows : Kapitel 21 – Kapitel 29

Maya, that border settlement nobody with neither standing nor influence, had just walked away with a hundred and eighty million. How absurd. Should Delphine call her naive, or simply foolish?The title of Luna, mate to the Alpha of the strongest pack in the country, was worth more than any sum could measure, and yet the girl had settled for a fraction of what she could have claimed. Perhaps to someone raised the way she'd been raised, a hundred and eighty million felt like more wealth than she'd ever imagined owning.Then again, how much had a wolf from the borderlands ever actually seen in her life. That figure had probably sat somewhere beyond her wildest dreams, which explained why she'd spelled it out so precisely in the agreement.Delphine had the staff help Nathaniel, still thoroughly drowsy, back to his room to rest. She stayed on the sofa herself, anger simmering, unable to settle."Mrs Cole, please, don't upset yourself further. Have some tea." Elise prepared a cup herself an

NATHANIELI slammed my fist against the car door. The bang made Donovan jump, though he glanced back and stayed quiet.I rolled the window down. The cool air helped clear my head some. Maya had been gone days now. The transfer had hit her account the same afternoon the divorce finalised.Was she already spending it all?I pulled up her number, nearly called before I remembered. Nora had said her old line was dead the day she left.She really did know how to make a clean break of things. This whole playing hard to get act had gone well past reasonable.She made her choice. If she ended up with nothing left, that was her problem now, not mine.I stared at the number a second longer, then deleted it."Donovan, find out what Maya's doing these days."He paused. "Sir, about Luna Maya—""Sir?" My voice came out sharper than I meant it.He caught himself. "Right away."I leaned back, shut my eyes, dozed a little the rest of the way. By the time we reached the healing wing, the hangover had m

MAYA"Wow, that was fun! Can we do it again?"A child's cheerful voice cut clean through the tension still hanging over the street.Every head turned. I stood there holding the little girl safely in my arms, both of us untouched."Nina!"An old man rushed over, unsteady on his feet, the fear finally draining out of him now that he could hear her voice."Grandpa, that was amazing! Felt like flying!" she chattered, still clinging to me. "Miss, can we do that again?"I stayed quiet."Nina, you scared me half to death. If your grandmother ever hears about this, she won't forgive either of us." He looked at me, eyes wet with gratitude, hands trembling as he gently lifted her out of my arms. "Miss, thank you. Thank you so much.""Pretty lady, I want to play again!" she said, reluctant to let go of my hand.I glanced at her, then at the ruined cake nearby, and shrugged. "Shame. I was going to give you that.""Go buy the child another cake," a deep voice said behind me.I turned. A tall man s

MAYAI opened my mouth to answer, then closed it again. I'd nearly given away the Halcyon Court address, and that wasn't something I wanted floating around outside my own head."My phone's lost somewhere in all the chaos. Could I borrow one to call my son?" I offered an apologetic smile. Having Bruce collect Caleb was fine. Having him go straight to Halcyon Court was not. I needed to tell Caleb to meet somewhere else entirely."Of course, Ms Bennett—" Bruce started forward, phone already half offered, when another voice cut through."Use mine."Adrian was already holding his out.Bruce froze mid step. Only a handful of people had that private number, and here he was handing it to someone he'd barely known a few hours.Bruce quietly slipped his own phone back into his pocket without another word.I took the offered device without argument, found it unlocked, dialled Caleb's number.Three rings later, it connected."Hey, it's Mum," I said first.A brief pause, then his voice. "Mum? Wher

SECOND CHANCE VOWSChapter 26: Rushed to the SceneADRIANHe went through everything carefully, from resume to design draft."Honestly, her application's nothing impressive on paper. If her name weren't Maya Bennett, I wouldn't have looked twice." Landon shook the sketch in his hand. "But this. This has my attention. If she really drew this herself, she's got real skill."Landon could come off as a flirt most days, but where actual work was concerned, he took it seriously.Adrian smirked, glanced toward Bruce. "Have HR process her onboarding. Standard procedure.""Yes, Mr Rosewood." Bruce took the papers and left.Landon watched him go, then grinned. "Hey, Eugene, she's divorced now. Single."Adrian raised a brow, said nothing.Still oblivious, Landon kept going. "If she joins Cosmos Group, I'll be seeing her at the office every day. Think I've got a shot? Maybe ask her out, make her mine?""Not a chance."A flat voice cut through, though Landon was too deep in his own plans to catch