Chapter Ninety: Used Panties

Adrian M. Knox

This was the third time during the week that he found himself back in the hotel room—her hotel room, to be specific.

She cleared out her room in the manor, leaving only the clothes he bought her—they were not a lot, merely two or three tailored dresses and the flowers she bought with Leon.

It was almost as if no one but him existed in that space because not even a stray hair, a spare toothbrush or even a hairbrush remained. He couldn’t tell if she was meticulous or his staff spared him having to collect her items to build a nest with them.

Oh, right, she did leave a few things in her room, her shelf that they had refurbished to stock with parenting and childcare books. There were so many...no, too many for one to say she was not prepared or excited for motherhood.

Yet another thing that eluded him in the fog surrounding Elaine.

Had he given in to her need to discuss their future with Elaine as his mate, would things have been different?

He could lie and argue that they