Chapter 357 - 369 Chs

369 Chs

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357 Annalynne’s Inferiority Complex

Lucien did not purposefully neglect to contact Ronan upon his arrival at the Silent Walkers Pack House.

Whenever he remembered to send a short message or give a call to Ronan, he got distracted by his mother or his sister.

At first, it was his mother, Alice Clearwater, who heard about the fetuses at the fertility center and demanded to see the sonogram that Lucien carried around like a treasure.

Annalynne swore again and again that she did not say a word to their mother about the precious babies.

In other words, Alice managed to pry the information out of Gordon, but not the picture itself.

When the soon-to-be grandmother saw the sonogram, she broke into tears right away.

“Oh, Goddess, they are so beautiful!” she exclaimed.

“Aren’t they???” Annalynne gushed in a similar manner. “They look like Lucien!”

“They also inherited a few traits from Ronan,” Alice added.

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“...”

Lucien did not know what to say. He looked at the picture maybe hundreds of times already, but he could not see any features that he could allocate to his or Ronan’s genes.

And then, while Alice gushed over the sonogram that she temporarily confiscated after promising Lucien that she was not going to show it to anyone, Annalynne harvested the promise that Lucien made to teach her how to take care of Clearwater Finance.

More and more Silent Walkers Pack members had started to work in the company.

It was going to once again serve as the pack business to support the many pack members.

Teaching Annalynne immediately took the highest priority on Lucien’s to-do list.

Lucien did not waste any time and dragged Annalynne to the company headquarters in Blue Hill City to teach her everything he knew.

Just like that, he forgot all about his plan to contact his mate.

When Lucien and Annalynne were going through a few projects, Lucien found that some projects were stuck in the middle with no explanation whatsoever. He thus took up communication with related parties to settle them one by one.

Among these projects on inexplicable hiatus was one in which Clearwater Finance worked together with the Youngshaper Corporation to build a housing complex in one of the more prominent areas in East Temple City.

When Lucien made a call to Kinnon’s company, he asked to speak to their project manager.

It was soon apparent that the man had only been in position for two months and had no idea about the project on hiatus.

Nevertheless, he was interested to talk about the continuation of the project.

They arranged to have a brunch meeting the next day to go over all of the files one more time.

Unexpectedly, the one who showed up for the meeting was none other than Kinnon Youngshaper himself.

Granted, the Clearwater twins were stunned.

“Surprised?” Kinnon could barely suppress his smile when he saw the frozen expression on Annalynne’s and Lucien’s faces.

“You don’t have to come yourself,” Lucien said, his face melting into a smile. “You must be busy. Why not send your manager to discuss this with us?”

Kinnon returned Lucien’s smile with another.

“I think it is a good opportunity to catch up. We haven’t talked to each other for a long time.”

The Alpha did not only refer to Lucien but also to Annalynne.

In fact, after he and Annalynne parted on bad terms post-war, they barely exchanged greetings whenever they met.

Lucien’s eyes drifted to his sister, who looked as if she would rather drink molten lead than talk to Kinnon.

The elder brother heaved a sigh.

They were both serving as Alphas. Leaders of their respective packs.

Annalynne had not been an Alpha for a long time, and she was also the only woman in power. Although Ronan naturally would support her because of Lucien, there was no harm in becoming allies with more packs.

Especially one as influential as the Night Prowler Pack.

Lucien grabbed Annalynne’s hand, prompting the latter to look at him.

“Anna, you know the status of this project. Why don’t you talk about things with Kinnon? Professionally,” he emphasized.

Annalynne’s facial expression turned sour upon hearing Lucien’s words, but she too knew that Lucien had a point.

She could not ask for Lucien’s help forever.

Lucien was after all going to leave the Silent Walkers Pack and marry Ronan in a few days.

When they met again in the future, it would be a meeting between the Alpha of the Silent Walkers Pack and the Luna of the Infinite Eclipse Pack.

“Okay,” she agreed at last.

“Then, why don’t I go and order us something to eat?” Lucien hopped down from his seat.

“What do you two want to eat?”

Annalynne looked like she wanted to puke.

Kinnon casually took out his platinum card and handed it to Lucien.

“Order everything on the menu. My treat.”

Lucien pushed the card back in Kinnon’s direction.

“Clearwater Finance extended the lunch invitation today. Naturally, we shall pay. Keep your money, Kinnon. I will order everything as you want.”

After Lucien left, Kinnon put his fingers together in front of his chin and stared at Annalynne.

“Anna, can we still be friends?” he asked openly.

Kinnon’s question made perfect sense, but it was like a thorn that stabbed into Annalynne’s heart.

Annalynne had seen the way Kinnon treated Lucien back in the Night Prowler Pack House.

He was a lot gentler, a lot more patient, and accommodating.

It was a stark contrast to the way Kinnon spoke to Annalynne and treated her.

Sure, they were friends, but there was a time when Annalynne desperately wanted to be more than friends with him and Kinnon denied her that wish.

Why?

“Kinnon, make no mistake, I am no longer into you or anything,” Annalynne swallowed hard.

She curled her fingers into fists on her lap.

Maybe she should not mention it, but she just had to know.

“But I have always wondered. In what way am I inferior to Lulu? Why can’t you just fall in love with me?”