"I thought you said our relationship isn’t all about s*x. Why is that all you are still chasing after? Besides, I told you that I am on my period." I reminded him. “But it’s my birthday. You haven’t given me my gift yet.” Finally, the joke wasn’t just on me; it was on him too because no gift from me to him would ever come. I needed to get rid of him. I pressed a quick kiss to his lips. “Fine, Happy birthday.” He didn’t look pleased. “That’s so fake, Ivy. What’s going on with you?” His gaze was bearing into my soul; he was searching, and even I knew that once an Alpha wolf detected something amiss, they became relentless in their pursuits. The ultrasound was still under the cushion of the chair in our master bedroom. I still needed to retrieve it; it wasn’t safe there. And he seemed to