Billionaire Alpha's 99 Deadly Games

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Chapter 135 I couldn't stick around my office with his scent everywhere. It was too overwhelming. I couldn't leave until I stopped crying, though. It was like I was an emotional mess and I didn't have the excuse of baby hormones like Kelsey. My emotions were just on overdrive. I longed for something, someone I knew I couldn't have. I forced myself to calm down. I checked the mirror I carried in my purse, and didn't think anyone would notice the slight red puffiness around my eyes.

I gathered my things and left. I shot Kyle an email that I was taking an extended leave of absence and would explain later. I went straight hand started packing my bags. I jumped on the computer and tried to book a room at a spa I knew a few hours north. I thought maybe I could take a leave of absence to spend stwith our cousins in the Alaskan Pack. That would buya few weeks, maybe even a few months, but I knew I needed to move quickly.

Everything was booked solid. The smell of gingerbread wafted down the hall and it struckthat I didn't even know what day it was anymore. I checked my phone and was shocked to find tomorrow was Christmas Eve. Mom had started her baking and wouldn't stop until Christmas morning. The smells made my stomach growl, but I chose to wallow in misery, alone in my room until exhaustion finally tookinto a restless night's sleep.

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Waking the next morning, I quickly showered with hopes of feeling human. It was Christmas Eve and the realization hitthat I hadn't bought a single thing for anyone. I had selfishly been absorbed by my own . Grabbing my car keys, I was determined to rectify the situation.

It was an hour drive to the closest thing that could even be considered a city or anything close to decent shopping. Everything was last minute picked over, but after several hours of therapeutic shopping I had gifts for everyone. On a whim I grabbed a blue and green striped T-shirt and a much too expensive black watch. I was hand wrapping my presents before it dawned onthat I had already gotten all the guys' gifts. A small voice in the back of my head toldthey were for Patrick.

I gasped. Looking at the shirt and watch, I knew they were both for him, and I knew they'd look great on him, but I hadn't consciously done it. What did that mean? I couldn't allow myself to think about it.

I headed to the kitchen and spent the remainder of my day baking and laughing and enjoying my family. I didn't want to break the news that I was leaving. I now realized that the next day was not only Christmas Day but also Tuesday, and you didn't mess with Mom's Tuesday night family dinners unless you had a death wish, especially not on Christmas.

I had managed to book a last minute room at a new resort and spa I hadn't been to before, four 21.40 Billionaire Alpha's 99 Deadly Games 64.1% Chapter 135 hours north of San Marco. I would be leaving after Christmas dinner and it was booked for five nights. From there I would decide if I was heading further north for a longer stay away or growing a pair and coming hto face the inevitable. I knew Mom wouldn't be happy about my decision, but I thought she'd understand.

Tossing and turning into the wee hours of morning, I couldn't sleep. The thought of Patrick alone for the holidays was makingsad and far more confused than I already was. I had carefully wrapped the shirt and watch even though I had no intentions of giving them to him. They stared atfrom across the room, as if they had eyes, watching and taunting me.

It didn't take long forto cave. In a moment of weakness, I knew what I was going to do. I put the gifts in a bag and left the house. I carefully undressed and left my clothes by the back door as I shifted, picked up the bag with my teeth, and ran to the cottage. I left the packages on his doorstep without a note and went home. Suddenly exhausted, I slept like a baby until the twins cin like two-year-olds, jumping on my bed, and excited to open gifts on Christmas morning. My presents for everyone were already waiting under the tree. I didn't bother changing and walked out in my fluffy, pink pajamas. I sat on the couch and wrapped my arms around my knees, hugging them close to my chest. My family was all there, Dad, Mom, Kyle, Kelsey, Liam, Lily, and Chase, but the hole in my heart from the one missing person in my life was crazy. It both saddened and pissedoff at the stime.

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I didn't want to miss him. I didn't know him well enough to miss him. I tried desperately to convince myself of that fact. I did not really know Patrick O'Connell.

I didn't. Just because sprimal part ofrecognized him as our mate didn't mean I knew him, and it didn't mean I had to just accept it. Getting away was going to be a good thing. I needed it for my own sanity. It would givetto reflect and get my life back on track.

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