AVA

It's been almost a week since Lila's gender reveal party, and now all we're doing is counting down. Our baby girl's going to slip into the world any day now, and the excitement is practically oozing through the Pack.

One week of avoiding Nicklaus like the plague. One week of trying to piece my life together without him suffocating every inch of it.

Rafael promised to help me start fresh, with a new job right here in the Pack, and honestly? I'm ecstatic. Anything's better than working under Mr. Brown's sweaty, loud-breathing self.

I reread my application letter for the fifth, no, sixth time. Everything looks solid. Confident. Professional....