Author's pov Harper returned to the private room, her thoughts still spinning from the call. Cecilia and Tang had already picked out their food, the menus resting on a weathered wooden table between them. "Harper, here's what we picked," Cecilia said, sliding the menu toward her. "Take a look, see if there's anything else you want." Harper sat down without a word. Her eyes drifted to a faded painting of ocean waves on the wall, but her mind was somewhere far away. [ Alpha Xavier had somehow gotten into Tiffany's phone. That wasn't random. He'd clearly gone out of his way to make it happen. ] [ But why? Was he trying to get I to talk Cecilia into ending the pregnancy? That didn't add up. He knew I would never go along with that. ] [ So what was the point? Was he

