27 Parker He sat in his office staring at the photos on his desk . They were pictures of Carina , she being his new Mate and Luna , she needed to have a picture attached to his human world profile , he hadnt even announced his divorce from Belladonna to the human world . But her father had checked his profile and seen that his daughter was not yet there recognised as his wife . He had couriered overnight half a dozen photos of the girl for him to pick from and use . They were all nice photos , suitable for the company profile , formal photos of her , all dressed up nicely . He knew he had to pick one . Kane was standing next to him waiting for him to make the decision . Shes not even got a plan , no degree , hasnt started university even , is 20 , and I cant say anything about her . he muttered . Parker , I suggest you take Bellas picture down and leave the space blank , announce youre divorced but not remarried . Its not going to look so good to the public , especially seeing as shes 20 , and youre 43. Im aware of that , her father is pushing . He nodded . Tough hes a Beta , youre an Alpha . You also didnt put Bellas picture up for a full year . I know , just a few shots in the society pages of us together that first year , casually talking . It looked like we were dating , how I wanted it . one photo every six to eight weeks , usually when she was in the hospital . Annette had taken most of them . Visiting his girlfriend at work had been the catchphrase for most of them . The humans hadnt liked the 15 year age gap between them . He was already dealing with his PR team , in talks about what it was going to do , affect the companys stocks , to see hed divorced Bella for a girl of 20 , who was 23 years younger than himself . It was going to look like hed traded Bella in for a younger model ; that is how the PR team put it . The stocks were going to take a hit , even harder if there was no separation from Bella, no divorce and time apart before it was announced hed remarried . As for the reason behind the divorce , theyd state irreconcilable differences were best , but expect them to speculate hed been unfaithful , and with Carina . Seeing as they were married so quickly . Ill deal with it later , have Belladonnas photo removed and take my quote down , start with 1/4 * 1 Painti 27 that . See what the human press does with it . If they notice at all , if not , it might slide by , our marriage was quiet and unassuming . He took the call from Carinas father that night and stated simply Ive removed Belladonnas picture from the portfolio , I did not put her photo up for a full year next to mine . Ill be doing . that with Carina as well . I dont want my stocks taking a massive hit over it . Shes your Mate . You should want everyone to know that . Greg had grated out . And when the time is right , I will put her picture up there . She hasnt even selected a career path . What do you want me to say about her , 20 and uneducated ? Because that is what she is . at this point . Greg had snarled at him , and Parker had clicked the line closed . He wasnt going to be made to do anything by that man , there was no Mating Alliance between him and her pack , because Carina had not wanted to wait for one . So , he wasnt actually accountable to anything but the actual Mate Bond . He would not betray her and cause her pain . He was not an abusive beast of a man , so she would be perfectly safe inside his pack . Even without a mating alliance . He did sit her down and ask her what she was going to study , what she wanted to be , and shed stared right at him , Im a Luna , I dont need to be anything other than that . Actually , if you want to be attached to my human portfolio , you need to be doing something with your life . Or youll look to them like a blonde bimbo who seduced me out of my wife , who was a doctor , an Ob/ Gyn . Very intelligent . She glared right at him Make something up . shed stated , A doctorate will do , shed huffed a little and thought about it . Im a Luna , so , a psychiatrist should do it . Ive got that Luna Calm and the pack will come to me for advice . So that suits my title . Im not going to lie , do you want to study that , Ill have you enrolled next semester ? Hed stated . Im not actually going to study it . I like fashion . I could model for your magazine . That would work , and I dont need a degree to be a model . Shed smiled at him now . My wife , a beautiful runway model . Oh , I like that . Are you going to do that ? hed asked . If you insist , She shrugged . Ill have a contract drawn up , and youll follow it to the letter , attend photo shoots on time and do the job properly . He told her and she frowned directly at him . 214 27 +18 Bent Im also not attaching you to my human world portfolio for a year . That gives a good separation between you and my ex . He refrained from using Belladonnas name as per Carinas request . Thats a bit stupid , were not human who cares what they think . I care about the stock market and the company shares dropping in price , you should as well . If they drop , youll get a limit on that card of yours . Again , she frowned at him but said nothing . She didnt know him well enough to know if he was telling the truth or not . He would do it . The first ones to absorb that monetary hit and give back to the pack would be him and his Luna . Both their cards would be limited , seeing as it would be their fault for the stocks dropping in price , it would be directly related to them and their sudden marriage , so no pack members would be expected to tighten their budgets . Theyd both be on limited funds until the shares returned to normal . Hed done it before , could and would do it again . He didnt really spend anything on himself anymore , he had everything he needed . Spent money to make money , or to make the packs conglomerate more prosperous . He had a wardrobe full of clothes and a car . That was all he needed at this point in life . His and Carinas bond was still forming , and he could see it was going to take some time . He knew it would grow day by day until it was fully realised . Hed watched Carina leave his office and heard her mutter about how she would go and buy what she wanted now then . Hed stood and washed his face in his office bathroom and sighed heavily . His eyes landed on the silver filigree on his neck , it too was different from the last one hed sported , it was simple silver swirls that curled around and fanned out . His previous one had been silver but had what looked like pale blue glitter through it , as had Belladonnas , and theyd both gotten what looked like a soft all sparkly blue Belladonna Lilly flower in the center of it . Her own namesake on both their skin . It was almost as if shed branded her name on his skin . Or that was how he had seen it , had liked that tiny flower glittering up at him as well, it was sweet like she was . His two mates couldnt be any more different from each other. Perhaps it was meant to be like that , to help him let go of the first one . The s * x was also different . Carina climbed on him every day , touched him and wanted to have s * x ; told him she did . They had s * x two or three times a day , it was a nice feeling to not always be the one to initiate s * x , be wanted by his Mate Vex was also allowed to Mate her wolf Ruby , which was good for his beast . Hed called her 3 / A +10 Point 27 out , and shed come right to him without issue to be mated by her wolfen mate . They mated in human and wolfen form now . Their bond was good and solid , from what he could tell . Which showed him that he and Carina would be in time . She was just very different to his former Mate , who was quiet and unassuming . Had never demanded , let alone even asked anything of him . Just left him be , to run the packs and the company and did her Lunas duties diligently . Carina wouldnt sit in that office until it was fully redecorated to her liking , and didnt want to work in a room designed by the previous Luna . To which hed told her , Belladonna hadnt changed a thing , had simply worked in the office as it was . Carina had frowned and stated Really ! kind of disbelievingly . Yes , chosen not gifted , hasnt changed anything ever . He nodded . Though that had made him walk up to the Luna suite and look at it . 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