Chapter 420
\nMarked By the Pureblood Alpha (Deanna and Luis) novel Chapter 420<\/p>\n
Deanna’s POV:<\/p>\n
When Luis’s kiss fell lightly against me, his warm breath brushed my ear.<\/p>\n
Somehow, my heart softened completely.<\/p>\n
We spoke in low voices on and off, and a warm, lingering atmosphere flowed through the room.<\/p>\n
After a while, drowsiness slowly crept up on me.<\/p>\n
The nights had been a little cold these past few days.<\/p>\n
Last night, when I slept alone, the bed didn’t really warm up until the second half of the night.<\/p>\n
But now, in his arms, he was like a steady source of comforting heat.<\/p>\n
That warmth didn’t just come from his skin, but seemed to come from the strength of his pure-blood Alpha lineage and his stable energy.<\/p>\n
Being completely wrapped in that warmth and sense of safety, sleepiness washed over me all at once.<\/p>\n
I shifted unconsciously in his arms, found the most comfortable position, and soon drifted off.<\/p>\n
In my haze, I vaguely felt an extremely light kiss land on the top of my head, along with a low murmur, “Good night, baby.”<\/p>\n
The next day.<\/p>\n
I went to work as usual.<\/p>\n
The Mistbane Pack’s commercial division had recently been facing restructuring issues, and I was also preparing to gradually hand over the general manager position to a professional.<\/p>\n
Because of all this, I’d been especially busy lately.<\/p>\n
After several back-to-back meetings, I finally had a short break.<\/p>\n
It was just then that I received a call I hadn’t gotten in a long time.<\/p>\n
I froze for a moment before answering.<\/p>\n
“Mr. Faulkner, is something wrong?”<\/p>\n
“Deanna, I heard you’re still planning to hand Mistbane Group over to a professional management team. Do you have something else in mind?”<\/p>\n
That executive had been recommended by Malcolm.<\/p>\n
It wasn’t strange that he knew.<\/p>\n
I didn’t hide anything. “My pregnancy is progressing. Later on, it probably won’t be very convenient for me to manage the group myself.”<\/p>\n
There was a few seconds of silence on his end.<\/p>\n
“I thought you were planning to leave Nordvale. Since that’s not the case, if you need anything, you can come to me.”<\/p>\n
“Thank you.” I was about to end the call.<\/p>\n
“They can happen anytime. Today is a major event in your life.”<\/p>\n
A major event?<\/p>\n
I was even more confused.<\/p>\n
Seeing me still standing there dazed, Violet simply walked around the desk, grabbed me, and pushed me toward the door.<\/p>\n
“Come on, come on. Stop thinking about it. It’s a huge surprise anyway.”<\/p>\n
In the car.<\/p>\n
I sat in the passenger seat, watching Violet drive with full concentration, and couldn’t help asking again, “You’re being so mysterious. What is it, exactly?”<\/p>\n
Violet raised an eyebrow. “Don’t ask. You’ll find out soon.”<\/p>\n
When she refused to say more, I gave up. I took out my phone and sent my assistant a voice message, telling them to leave any documents that needed signatures for tomorrow.<\/p>\n
As for the remaining two meetings, I asked the professional executive to host them in my place.<\/p>\n
He’d have to get used to it sooner or later anyway.<\/p>\n
My assistant quickly replied with an okay.<\/p>\n
Once everything was arranged, I leaned back into the passenger seat and finally relaxed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-2502","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/2502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}