Chapter 53: "Whoever taught you how to punch was a lousy teacher."

“I’ll have to beg for my leave. It was nice meeting you, Alpha Hunter.”

Hunter nods and smiles brightly.

“You too Vivienne, though you didn’t introduce yourself.” He chuckles and quirks an eyebrow up at me “Are you scared of your boss or something?”

I smile and ensure it reaches my eyes.

“Alpha Roman is the best boss I could ever ask for. My apologies.”

Danis stands too and drops his glass flute on the table.

“I’ll be taking my leave too. Come on Vivienne, let’s leave the Alphas alone.”

I ignore the obvious undercurrent of spite in Danis’s words and nod to Roman before taking steady steps away from the situation.

Danis walks beside me and the number of glances he gets surprises me.

I get a few stares myself but when we pass, I can see the eyes of males and females having conversations stop and focus on him. The farther we get from Hunter the more the necklace around my neck feels light, almost nonexistent. We take a flight of stairs up and when we’re relatively alone, I stop a