Forty-five minutes later, Ellen walked into the packhouse. “Morning, Alpha.” She shut the door quickly behind her and kicked off her shoes at the front door, taking a pissed-off Kylie from my hip. “Sorry that I’m late. It’s crazy out there.”
“I want Jade, not Ellen.” Kylie furrowed her brows at me, glaring over Ellen’s shoulder at me as they ascended the stairs. “I’m mad at you, Daddy.”
When they disappeared around the corner, I blew out a breath and rubbed the skin between my brows to relax. I had to lie to Kylie about why Jade was here and about why Jade would never, ever come back.
I never lied to Kylie, had always told her the truth even when her mother left us. She had wanted to know, and I wasn’t going to make her mother turn out to be a good person. I might’ve loved her when we m
