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Her mouth fell open "I don’t knohat you’re--"

"Yes, you do" And so did Harley, thanks to Donovan "What you may not know is that his wife inherited a lot ofthat if he’s unfaithful, he walks away froine how quickly he’ll fire your ass for fucking up his life, can’t you? And if there’s one thing you care about, it’s your job"

Looking at the fox doing her best to hide the tre sorry for her But not close enough This female was ruthless and without morals "What will it be, Rowan?" Harley continued "You can agree right now to not include me in any more articlesor, to put it simply, you can fuck me over and then watch your life fall apart"

Gabrielle closed her eyes for a htly "Fine"

"Say it," snarled Jesse

Her eyes snapped open "I won’t include Harley in anyhis hand on Harley’s back, he guided her to the front door

"Don’t you want to knoho my source is from your pack?" Oh, apparently Gabrielle wanted to take a parting shot

As he opened the door wide, he gave Gabrielle a hard look "That was just petty" He trusted his pack mates, was confident that they would never betray him

"Don’t be so sure!"

Ignoring her, Jesse and Harley left As they waited for the elevator, he turned to Harley, worried that Gabrielle’s clai her trust "You don’t know h to trust theht worry you But she only claiive her article soree"

"You do?"

"Your pack mates are loyal to one another I don’t think they would betray you by talking to a reporter" Not even Nat and Kim For all their faults, they loved Bracken "I especially don’t think they would want attention drawn to the pack As for your old packI wouldn’t be surprised if they told her a few things"

Neither would Jesse As the elevator doors opened, he took her hand "Cohtened his grip He wouldn’t allow hishiive her space, he went about his enforcer duties when they returned to Mercury territory But when hemeal, it wasn’t to find that she’d thawed out On the contrary, she ound up tightlike so and she needed to get it out of her system Yeah, well, he’d sure like to hear as on her mind Then they could move the hell past it

As such, he pretty ot ho the front door, Jesse planted his hands on his hips and said, "Okay, tell ht, Harley You said you accepted ed off her jacket and hung it up "Yes"