I squinted at the words, my brain working overtime <b>to </b>understand. I slept off twice in that state. And after what <b>I </b>believed to be only a second, I woke up again and grabbed <b>my </b>phone without opening my eyes fully.
Of course, I began typing with muscle memory. I’ll be there, b<b>–</b><b>o- </b>
<b>S</b>–S.
But my exhausted brain and fingers betrayed me and I hit the wrong keys. I typed ‘a‘ instead of ‘o, the double ‘s‘ became ‘b‘ and ‘y‘
Me: Of course, baby.
I pressed send without reading what I typed. The phone slipped from my fingers and my eyes began to droop again, luring me into a deep, deep sleep.
*Author*
Back at Alexander’s estate, Mike moved through the kitchen preparing the Alpha’s usual breakfast of steak, oats and orange
juice.
<b>Mike’s </b>ears twitched <b>at </b>the sound of the <b>grandfather </b>clock ticking. His eyes drifted to the antique <b>furniture </b><b>as </b><b>he </b>took in
the time. 7:00 am. By now, he should have heard the <b>sound </b>of
Alexander’s morning run. After that he would usually <b>have </b>
breakfast and get started on work.
Instead, the Alpha was nowhere to be found.
At seven–thirty, Gai arrived as scheduled. “Where is he?” he
asked, looking around with as much confusion as Mike.
Mike shrugged. “Haven’t heard a peep from upstairs. Usually,
he’s already finished his workout by now!‘
They exchanged nces. Alexander wasn’t one to break his
routine, and now they couldn’t help but wonder what had
happened.
Eight o’clock came and went. Then eight–fifteen. The breakfast
grew cold on the warming tray as they waited.
“What do you think is going on?” Gai asked.
“Hell if I know. Perhaps it’s the injury. The doctor did say he
needed more rest!””
Gai’s lips quirked up in a mischievous grin. “Or maybe our
Alpha decided to paint the town redst night. Hit up some of
the clubs.”
“Not with that wound on his lower–back.”
Finally at eight–thirty, Alexander descended from the staircase.
Both Mike and Gai turned, taking in his tired face and the dark
circles in his eyes. It seemed the Alpha had barely slept. Gai
briefly wondered if his theory was the most urate.
“Good morning,” Alexander greeted with a surprising
cheerfulness in his voice.
Mike and Gai exchanged looks, and mumbled a quick, “Morning,
Alpha.”
Alexander wasted no time and settled down at the head of the
dining table to have his breakfast. He dived into the food
immediately, moaning in satisfaction.
“This orange juice, it’s exceptional this morning, Mike. Did you
change brands?”
Mike blinked. “No, sir. Same as always!”
“Remarkable,” Alexander murmured as he took another sip.
But before Mike could say anything, Gai’s phone started ringing.
He pulled out the device and answered, “Morning, Olivia.
What’s up?”
“Oh<i>, </i>hi, Gai. I’m so sorry to bother you, but I need to report to the office today and I’mpletely lost. I don’t have an ess card,
and honestly, I’m not even sure where the building is exactly.
Would you be able to help me out? Maybe give me a ride?”
“Tell you what, why don’t you juste straight here to
Alexander’s ce? We can grab some breakfast together, and
then I’ll drive you to the office. No sense in you waiting around.”
Olivia however, didn’t agree. “Oh, that’s really sweet of you, Gai,
but I couldn’t. That would bepletely inappropriate. I don’t
want to impose on… on anyone’s personal space. I’ll just wait for
you downstairs at the office building. That way I won’t be a
bother.”
Gai turned to look at his Alpha, and sure enough he had been
listening. In fact, from the look on his face, Gai could tell that
Alexander had heard the entire conversation, word for word,
and he wasn’t pleased.
Mike noted the way his Alpha’s fingers tightened around his
ss cup. Before either of them could blink, Alexander brought
it down hard on the table, causing juice to spill over the rim.
“Gai, please inform Olivia that she can handle this matter
herself. She’s a capable adult who can contact HR directly to
resolve her ess card issue. There’s no need for you to
chauffeur her around the city. She shouldn’t be bothering you.”
Both Mike and Gai jumped at the ice in his voice.
On the other end, Olivia had also heard her boss clearly, <b>and </b>
now, she was exasperated. “Gai, could you just give me the HR
department’s contact information? I’ll handle everything
myself.”
Gai quickly rattled off the numbers before his boss could stop
him from doing that too.
“Thanks, I’ll see you at the office,” Olivia muttered and then
ended the call. She sank onto her couch, waiting for the
number. She unlocked her phone and opened WhatsApp, expecting <i>to </i>see a message from Gai. But instead, she found Alexander’s name at the top of her chat list.