Chapter 196
I stared at the echech, in manich turning to ice as the images loaded. The first photo showed Larry wearing Adrian’s black T shirt, taking a mirme selite The shit hang lanarly an het small home, and it was obvious the were nothing underneath. Her expression was sultry, intentional.
The next inger made my low clench. She was hing on what was clearly Adrien’s hotel bed, still in his shirt, her legs stretched out provocatively at the posed for another selfie.
Darren clicked themach to the next photo, and things got worse. Entry was completely naked in a bathtub, bubbles strategically covering parts of her body. I mongstred the marble fixtures and tile pattern–it was definitely Ahlm’s hotel hathamim.
Garrett paused, bis hand howring meet the mouse. He glanced up at me, looking uncerefortable.
“The rest are well, Should I continur? I’m not sure this is appropriate.”
Adrian stood beside me, his face contested with disgust. He looked like he wanted to burn the laptop–and possibly Lacey foo
Lacey stared at the floor, twisting her fingers together nervously, her earlier confidence completely gone.
I reached for the mouse. “Let me see.”
I clicked through the remaining photos quickly. There she was posing naked in front of the bathroom mirror. Another showed Adrian at the bar, clearly taken without his knowledge. One particularly invasive shot showed Adrian after a shower, half naked as he stood by the hotel window, a towel around his wait, his back to the camera
“Delete them,” I told Garrett. All of them.”
“Get” Garrett nodded, fingers moving toward the keyboard.
“No!” Lacey suddenly lunged forward, grabbing for the phone. “You cannot do that?
Adrian caught her wrist in one swift motion, his grip firm. With his other hand, he snatched the phone and smashed it against the floor. The device shattered, pinces scattering across the carpet.
“Garrett, take her to Alpha Morgan, Adrian ordered. “Search her room too, I want everything related to me of Skye completely removed.”
Lacey’s face transformed from shock to rage. “What? Do you have any idea how long it took me to collect those? Do you know how much money candidate photos like these are worth on the market right now?”
I laughed without humor. “Do you know that what you did is illegal?”
She ignored my question, turning to Adrian instead. “You should be thanking fans like me! we weren’t promoting popularity would be this hight
“Shut up,” Adrian snapped. “Garrett, get her out of here.”
Garrett grabbed Lacey’s arm, and began pulling her toward the door. As they reached the hallway, she twisted in his grip.
“Get off mir, you cripple!” she screamed
Carrett frose, his face paling at the slur
Before I could think, I stepped forward and slapped her across the face. The sound echoed in the hallway.
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Our commotion attracted attention. Several hotel gersti–mostly women, as the hotel owner had mentioned–gathered to watch, their phones immediately coming out to record the scene.
We were at a disadvantage. Lacey way an Omega and young, which made us look like bullies despite her intrusion and insults. If this got out, it could
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Chapter 198
Aher Garret finally managed to ding het away, Adrian and I reborned to mir room. He immediately gralibed the black T–shirt Lacey had worn and tossed it
Disgusting,” he mottered, shaking his head.
He called the front desk and requested all bedding and towels he replaced immediately. We waited silently as hotel staff changed everything, leaving us with fresh sheets and towels
When they finally left, Adrias pulled me unto the newch made bed, wrapping his aims aroural ine and kissing my neck, I tried to respond, but my mind kept replaying thor photos.
Adrian lifted his head, studying my face. “What is 17 Still bothered by what happened?”
“I never thought fans could be so crazy,” I said, staring at the veiling.
“Tomorrow I will have the hotel owner bother us again.
ner remove all guests and book the entire place for us,” he said, his fingers tracing circles on my shoulder. “Nobody will
Adrian raised an eyebrow, his lips curving into a smile. “Are you jealous? That is a first. If these women make you jealous, maybe I around.”
I turned to face him. “As a man, aren’t you happy having so many women obsessed with you? If some gorgeous woman threw herself at you, can you honestly say you would not be tempted?”
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I punched his chest. “I am not jealous. I just worry you will get distracted and it will affect your final trial”
“No? Then prove it to me.” Adrian said, suddenly ripping off my nightgown. He cupped my breast, his thumb circling my nipple. “No women but you will Ever wear my clothes.”
His mouth replaced his hand, his tongue swirling around my sensitive skin as I arched against him. His teeth grazed lightly, sending shivers down my spine..
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