ALAINA“What the hell?” My eyes darted from wall to wall when the elevator jolted to a halt and I jerked forward, almost falling into him.The elevator lurched to a stop, trapping me inside with the last person I wanted to be alone with - Alpha Alexander, the bane of my existence. The lights flickered once, twice, and then went out, plunging us into darkness."No, no, no!" I yelled, my voice echoing off the metal walls as I frantically felt my pockets for my phone. But it wasn't there. I had left it in his office, on his desk, in my haste to get into the tour he proposed.Jeez! “I'm not with it, my home. My phone, I didn't bring it with me,” I complained, unable to see a thing. I could sense him but not where he stood or what he was doing.It was so stuffy in her that it made my stomach jerk! “What do we do? What do we do?!” Why did it seem like I was the only one panicking? Alpha Alexander's calm voice cut through my panic. "Alaina, calm down. We'll be out of here soon."“Calm down?
ALEXANDERAlaina wouldn't even hide her discomfort or perpetual disgust for me. Her nose wrinkled as she turned to me, “Uh, nothing?”Nothing? I already heard half the discussion and I was mad that anyone would think she was still in any kind of relationship with Logan— that fool! I seethed unreasonably as I eyed Sarah. The lady in question looked at me and then instantly brought her gaze lower. “A-Alpha Alexander! Good day to you sir, what brings you by?”This question again! John hadn't officially introduced me as the new CEO since the papers were still in the works, but Alaina shouldn't know that. I'd love to avoid questions. But that might be too late to avoid now, seeing as she was already throwing me a questioning look.“You seem behind on recent information, Miss…” My eyes flicked to her ID tag. “Sarah. This company is owned and financed by yours truly. While my P.A here…” I glanced at Alaina who still looked utterly confused. “Is divor—”“Sarah? I'll see you around, okay? Th
ALAINAFinally! I settled into the plush couch with a groan and I felt a sense of relief dawn me. “We're done! I smell like wood but it's worth it!’Finally, I had a place to call my own – a place where I could escape the chaos of my life. Well, not all but a reasonable amount of it. I still had to work with chaos himself, as his personal assistant but as long as he didn't infiltrate my personal life, I was fine.Lorraine appeared from the kitchen with a cup of orange juice in her grip and she smiled at me, her eyes shining with warmth. “Tell me about it. I have to take a shower before leaving, I can't have Lucan smelling all this sweet and whatnot.”She sat next to me and I sniffed playfully, “Oh yeah, before he wants a divorce!” That word just left a bitter taste in my mouth and it reminded me of Logan so much that I could punch the hair, or my head for making more pictures of him. “We're not even married, silly…”I shrugged, “Well, you should…”Lorraine grimaced, it was impossibl
ALAINAI pulled closer to my screen and leaned in to see if I'd seen wrong. I hadn't. USER 101: sent you a Red Beryl!Not Pigsty this time, another person? I could never get used to it no matter how hard I tried. It just seemed so off that I could sit there and communicate my being with a wide array of people and they started to pay me for it. Grace liquidized before shock and my lips parted open slightly while I gawked at the bouncing notification.“I like what you do,'' commented USER 101 himself. He didn't run away like a pigsty. “And you're beautiful too.”I returned to my seat and it felt like the world had started to float away. Was making money supposed to be this easy? Not to mention my audience had grown way larger than the last livestream. “Thanks, USER 101. That's so sweet of you!”I genuinely didn't know what else to say to them, just as I was confused about Pigsty. I just knew my heart seemed like it could burst at its seams if I wasn't careful enough! “Thank you all f
ALAINAFirst day at work and I strutted to his office with my heart in my mouth. I had to deal with this, again. The anger roared in my veins and I tried to keep the straightest face as I entered and he was right there by the window, the rays of the son bore onto him and stared into busy roads.One would think they were looking at a sane man. Alpha Alexander looked like he was written by a female author. Perfect in the middle, rough at the edges. I guess I have always been on the edges. I stopped by the doorway and couldn't move in for some reason. It was unusual but I just wanted to watch him and possibly catch him doing something questionable that I could hate him for and add to the list of questionable things that he'd done.But he didn't, well— not while I was there. His hand was tucked in his pocket neatly and he tapped on one foot as though he was thinking about something. I was surprised he could think?He was clad in a white shirt and black suit trousers, though they both loo
ALEXANDER Why'd she have to smell so sweet? I was running on fumes and the office wasn't quite enough to contain all that I was feeling— it was an insane sensation that I couldn't quite hold together. That dress was an innocent man's doom and a poor man's poison, an Alpha's confusion, and that was exactly where I stood at this point. I couldn't take my eyes off Alaina and I wasn't sure if she felt it too, the burning feeling that raced through my blood and I'd just love to erase those boundaries or break through them. Was it because I'd wanted her for so long? The need was killing me in all the ways that I wished it wouldn't. For once, I'd love to be different from men driven by desire but that ability had slipped from my grip— nowhere to be found on my radar. “Define lucky!” I swallowed hard, my legs plagued with the urge to take a step closer to her, just enough to lean her against that desk and— The door opened and it pissed me off. Who was ruining this crucial moment? It w
ALAINAThe words left my mouth quicker than they should, making it impossible to mask the shame that now coated my body. Alpha Alexander looked at me and I hadn't seen so much pity in a person's eyes— I was icked.It felt like hell. My heart was beating too fast. I was over Logan. I knew it. I knew I was over him but the feeling of being replaced like a piece of clothing shot pain through my veins in the worst ways possible. I clutched either side of my dress and watched the woman, Freya, smile at me.It was one that reached didn't her eyes. She cocked her head and batted her eyelids slowly like she'd been doing since she walked in. I had no idea Alpha Alexander was engaged and I had those vile thoughts of him. How much more stupid could I get? My emotions were all over the place, eluding control, too.“Why, yes she is,” Freya responded, a tinge of excitement in her voice, and she wasn't done. “It's quite ironic that love could be so strong, yet destructive. Despite how she'd rejecte
ALAINAShould I do that? Like in the movies, should I agree with her to crash the wedding? I was going out of my mind here and it felt like the alcohol had slowly started to take effect.I just sat there, thinking of all the possible ways I could hurt Logan's feelings as much as I was hurting! It was torturous. I managed a smile and turned to Lorraine, my hand still fixed inside my hair as though I was about to tear it out. “That'll mean I care. I don't care, I just wish he'd burn in hell. All of them!”I hissed and Lorrie guffawed. “Including Alpha Alexander?” She asked in a teasing tone and I scowled, remembering how utterly disrespectful our conversation had been.“Including him and his goody two shoes Luna, they could burn for all I care!” I took another sip of the whiskey. Alcohol was never a go-to for me, especially as I'd spent my entire married life babysitting a man that was cursed to drink his life away.My head was banging and the speakers weren't helping. “What if he's…jus