Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

Chapter 474 Not Ready Yet

Tessa was caught off guard.

She hadn't expected Landon's father to be here-and with the Bloodbound still intact, she wasn't ready to meet his family.

Thinking quickly, she extended the coffee in her hand.

"I'm just here to deliver coffee,"

Walter glanced at Landon.

Deliver coffee?

Was Thorne Corp short on coffee now? Did they need to buy it from outside?

Tessa promptly handed the coffee to the secretary. "Sorry it's a bit late."

The secretary took the cup, not quite sure how to react.

Without saying anything more, Tessa turned and walked away.

"That girl... she's way too pretty to be just delivering coffee," Walter commented.

This was Tessa's first time seeing Walter from the Thorne family.

After leaving the building, she crossed the street and sat down at a nearby café. She ordered herself a coffee and waited.

A little while later, her phone rang. It was Landon.,

"Where are you? Walter's gone home. I'll come find you."

"I'm at the café across from your office. It's called Island."

"Alright, stay put. I'm coming right now."

Tessa waited.

Ten minutes later, Landon walked into Island Café and wrapped his arms around

her in a comforting hug.

"Did he scare you?"

"You think I'm that timid? Besides, your dad's not exactly a monster."

"As long as you're not scared."

"Did he come for something important? When you two walked out, you both looked pretty tense," Tessa asked.

"It's nothing big-just more marriage pressure," Landon explained, then added, "My father's very traditional. If he knew you were my fated mate, he'd be pushing us to get married and have kids immediately. I know you're still young and not ready for all that, so I didn't want to introduce you to him

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just yet. Don't overthink it."

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"I'm not overthinking... I'm not ready to meet him anyway." Tessa's fingers brushed against the silver ring on her fourth finger, her eyes dimming slightly.

She needed to find a reason to visit the Nightshade Pack's library-she had to find a way to break the Bloodbound as soon as possible.

Only then could she face his family and his pack without any shadows between them.

Tessa wrapped her arms around Landon. "Landon... am I making things difficult for you?"

"What are you talking about? There's nothing difficult about this. When you're ready, I'll take you to meet them. As for marriage-whenever you want. Even my father can't decide that for us."

Tessa cupped his face and kissed him gently on the lips. "You're too good to me. I don't even know how to thank you."

Landon pecked her back and teasingly pinched her waist. "No need to thank me. Just make it up to me tonight."

Tessa's face flushed bright red. She smacked his shoulder. "Be serious."

Landon burst out laughing.

This shy, flustered version of her-he couldn't get enough.

Since Landon had another meeting that afternoon, he simply brought Tessa back with him to Thorne Corp.

While he was in the conference room, Tessa stayed in his office playing games and occasionally browsing through the books in his study.

When Landon came back after the meeting, he saw Tessa reading a volume on the Codex of the Wolf.

"When did you get interested in old books?" He remembered that one-it had been in his father's collection when Walter was still on Thorne Corp's board.

The old man had a passion for ancient texts, just like Tessa's grandfather. If those two ever met, they'd definitely have a lot to talk about.

Tessa flipped a page and replied casually, "Grandpa's been looking into some ancient fragments lately, so I figured I'd take a look too."noveldrama

Landon didn't suspect anything and offered, "Which texts is he researching? Maybe I can help him find them."

Tessa's grip on the book tightened slightly, but she kept her tone calm. "Codex of

the Wolf. Grandpa only managed to gather about a third of it. He's hoping to find the rest."

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