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future.
    “Lex?”
    “Jacob, please understand that I…” She turned around toward him and had to swallow the lump and gain enough courage to face her boss, an alpha male with enough power in his hands that one click of the fingers could issue an order of death.
    “I need this job, Jacob.”
    “Lexi, I’m not getting rid of you.”

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    Lexi felt the relief at his statement until his next sentence.
    “Why didn’t you tell me that you knew about werewolves? That you knew what you were surrounded by and worked with?”
    She couldn’t look him in the eye and reveal any of her past or her fears. She couldn’t let on that she felt somewhat protected in a way by working for him. She was escorted to her car every night and able to keep a low profile and mostly stay behind closed doors. Her existence was limited, practically nonexistent, and that’s the way it had to be.
    “It wasn’t a big deal to me because Sierra had explained a lot. It didn’t matter because I really needed the job.”
    “I can smell your fear. Who are you hiding from, Lexi?”
    Lexi was shocked. How the hell could he know? Could he sense something so deep?
    Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!
    Lexi clasped her hands and began shaking as her mind rolled into a thousand thoughts. How much does Jacob know? Does me knowing about the whole werewolf thing put me in jeopardy?
    “Relax, Lexi. I’m not here to cause you more harm or pain. I’m here to help you.”
    “No, Jacob! All I need is this job. I haven’t asked any questions. I just come to work, do what you ask, and leave.” She paced the room, afraid to let him get too close.
    “I know you haven’t asked any questions. Nor have I. But now my cousin is involved, and I’m beginning to question a lot of things.”
    She immediately froze in place to wait for worse.
    “Don’t for one second believe that I am going to let this go. I know about your little apartment downtown in the middle of a shit area. I know you don’t get any mail. You don’t have any bank accounts or credit cards or any other means of leaving a paper trail.”
    “I don’t want to have any debt. Money hasn’t always come easy for me,” she immediately stated, trying to fall into her calm and collected self and somehow get away without revealing the truth.

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    “Nice try, Lexi, but you see, you might not have asked me questions, but I research everyone who works for me. Before I even offered you the job, I investigated you. Not because I didn’t trust you, but because I knew you were human and the rest of the staff is were.
    It could have caused quite the situation.”
    “So why did you hire me, Jacob? Why take a chance on a human?” She was on the defense, instantly filled with anger. It was an attempt to mask her fear. “Haven’t I done my job? Does my personal life matter?” Maybe if she picked a fight with him he would let her go and leave her alone?
    “You have done your job, Lexi. You have gone above and beyond any staff member in this place, never mind members of my pack.
    Your loyalty is respected and noted.”
    “Then why can’t we just continue as it was? Why do I need to explain anything?”
    “Because I care for you, Lexi. You have become part of the family whether you want to or know it.”
    She was taken aback by that statement. Part of a family? Never.
    She exhaled in exasperation in an attempt to minimize but not disregard Jacob’s revelation.
    “Lexi, I want to help you.”
    “I don’t need any help, and you’re the one who stated at the beginning of this business relationship that sometimes I would have to do things with no questions asked. I complied, haven’t I?”
    This time it was Jacob who fell silent a moment and absorbed her words. She walked closer toward the center of the room and the exit.
    “Do you know why I hired you?”
    She looked at him and felt guilty for being the least bit disrespectful or insubordinate. But there was no way she was