Alpha's Regret: Losing His True Mate

ELODIE’S POV~

I barely had time to process what he’d said before the line went dead.

I stood there in the hallway, my phone still pressed to my ear, staring at the blank screen. Typical Dante. Dante never wasted words, never lingered on a call longer than absolutely necessary. Especially not with me.

I shook it off and headed back to the meeting room. Johnny glanced up when I walked in, his expression shifting to concern.

"I need to go," I said, already reaching for my bag. "Something came up."

He started to ask, but I cut him off before he could. "Can you compile everything we covered today? Notes, issues, all of it. Send it to me later and I’ll go through it tonight."

I didn’t want to be the reason we fell behind. Not when we were this close to finalizing everything.

Johnny studied me for a beat, then gave a small nod and waved me toward the door. "Already done. Now get out of here before I change my mind."

I managed a grateful smile and left.

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Thirty minutes later, I pulled into the driveway of the villa.

Dante’s car was already there, that sleek black SUV he preferred, parked perfectly as always.