“Nice to meet you” she smiled at me as she brought her hand forward for a handshake.I only smiled awkwardly as I took her outstretched hand.“I look forward to working with you” she kept on faking her smile.“Jane please take Amber to change her clothes, she will start working immediately and by the way, you look stunning today” Mr Baldwin commentedShe giggled “Thank you, Mr Baldwin” I almost cringed at their interaction; this wasn't just a boss worker relationship.“Come on Amber” she winked at Mr Baldwin as she left and I followed her.She led me to another room, which was only for the female workers.She took a black apron from the rack and a name tag.“This would be your work uniform”I took it from her “Thank you”. I was about to put on the apron when she held my hand abruptly.“Don’t act like you don't remember me” she seethed “It seems Alpha Kayden got tired of you, and now you have to fend for yourself. You better watch your back” Her eyes glowed as she released my hand be
“I am really sorry” I slightly bowed my head “If you don’t mind I will replace your meal” I apologized ignoring my throbbing cheek.I was about to grab the plate from the table, but he suddenly threw the plate to the floor.“Are you trying to mock me” he thundered “The service here is really bad, I need to see the manager”It seems anything I do right now would only infuriate him, I just apologized and he said I am trying to mock him.“The manager will be here shortly, so please don’t be mad, I apologize on my co-worker’s behalf, she is new to all of this” It was June who spoke up, anyone seeing her right now would think she sounded sincere, but it was obvious she just wants to point out that I was wrong because I was a new worker though I have been here for two weeks.“Making a new worker serve me just shows how disrespectful you are, do you know who I am” he raised his tone as he spoke “I want to see the manager immediately”“I am really sorry for my worker’s incompetence” Mr Baldwi
It has been two weeks since I started working in the diner and none of the Alphas have ever come to the diner. It was Kai’s rule for all the brothers to keep a distance from me at my workplace, and seeing Preston standing at the entrance of the diner was surprising.The workers that had all gathered dispersed, and everyone went back to eating their meal, there was tension in the air as Preston stood in front of the troublesome customer who was standing at the entrance of the diner“Al..ph…aa…” He stuttered as he stepped back, away from Preston.“Alpha Preston” Mr. Baldwin quickly stepped in, smiling wildly as he approached Preston “Welcome to my diner” “Diner?” he scoffed “It looks more like a war house” his eyes darted to the troublesome customer who had insisted that I had put hair in his meal.Mr Baldwin chuckled nervously “It was just a little misunderstanding, and he was just leaving, aren’t I right?” He asked the troublesome customer who quickly nodded and scurried away from th
Once I got home, I had lunch with my step brothers, except for Kai who I think wasn't home. I haven't seen him for the past few days now, because he was busy.I decided to take a stroll around the house before going to bed, and I happened to notice a greenhouse, which I had never seen since I had been staying here, although I hadn't really explored the house.I stepped into the green house and the scenery was so beautiful, it smelled like nature and there was a little garden of flowers, I walked towards it and saw a pretty purple flower isolated from the rest, the petals could catch the attention of anyone who walks into the greenhouse.I was about to touch it, but my hand was suddenly held preventing me from reaching the flowers.“I didn't know I had a visitor”I turned around and was faced with Matteo who had a darkened expression, which took me by surprise, making me stagger backward, I missed a foot and almost fell, but Matteo caught me.This was the first time I saw Matteo with a
“Who the hell are you?” I shouted moving backward. My room was dark and I regretted not turning on the lights when I entered my room.A hand suddenly grabbed my wrist and I was pulled to the bed.“You are too loud,” the husky voice said, his voice was low as though he was tired, then it hit me and I realized who I was lying beside.It was Kai.What the hell was he doing here?I wanted to stand but his strong grip held me down making it impossible for me to move.“Alpha Kai” I called out his name, but his steady breathing made me know that he had fallen asleep.I did not know how I was going to sleep, hell I wasn’t even comfortable knowing that I was sleeping beside the one person who hated me in this house.Many thoughts kept on running through my head as to why Kai was currently on my bed. Surely it was not a mistake that he was here because that could hardly ever be it, and never in a thousand years would I expect this kind of scenario.I stared into the darkness knowing that this
“Amber” Preston called out my name worried “You are awake”I nodded awkwardly, my fingers entwined as I stood in front of them feeling nervous. “You are Caren’s daughter,” The man beside Preston said with a smile.I nodded, not still able to form any words with Kai’s piercing gaze still on me.“I am Andrew, the boy's father”I gasped as I lowered my head, I am currently facing the former Alpha of this pack.“No need for formalities, you are also my daughter, Caren told me a lot about you, she is really worried about you, you can come see her anytime, and I will be looking forward to know Caren’s beloved daughter” his tone was warm “I have something urgent to deal with, I will be excusing myself. And if the boys ever trouble you, you can tell me anytime. Especially Kai” he whispered the last part to me with a smile and left.Kai rolled his eyes, he clearly heard what his father had told me. I haven’t spoken to Mum since our last argument and it made me feel guilty, being in this pack
The tension in the room grew as they both stared at me. How was I going to pick between them? I did not want to hurt any of their feelings.“You can put your number in my phone.” I hoped that it would be settled.“Even if you picked Preston, I was still going to put it anyway,” Kayden replied, tapping his numbers on the phone. “I just wanted to hurt his ego if you had picked me”I sighed, it was easy to get out of this situation, feeling the atmosphere in the room had gotten better, I went ahead to eat, I was really starving.“Try the roasted lamb, I really put a lot of effort into it,” Kayden said, shoving a chunk into my already filled mouth.“Kayden” I shouted at him, but it came out as a muffle, since my mouth was filled.He smiled and patted my head while I glared at him.“Let's go out today after your lunch”“No” I turned to Preston who had replied on my behalf.“No?” Kayden repeated Preston’s reply, “Amber does not need your permission” “Amber and I have plans today,” Preston
“Get a room” “We are in a room, don't you think you are the one invading our privacy” Preston replied nonchalantly.I quickly removed my hands from Preston’s shirt and hurriedly got off the bed.“Preston has something urgent to attend to, so we will be leaving first” I grabbed Marcus's hand and dragged him out of the room.“I think you are going the wrong way” Marcus stated as I kept on dragging him away, I suddenly stopped realizing I didn't even know where his lab was.“Sorry,” I replied, hiding my red face.“I will lead the way” Marcus replied leading the way, and I followed him, my head still down as I tried to cool my heated face.“Ouch” My head suddenly bumped into someone and I looked up and noticed Marcus had stopped walking and was now staring at me.“I can carry you if you are still feeling weak,” he suggested, looking worriedly at my face.“No” I replied immediately not wanting to be more embarrassed than I already was.“If you say so” he stretched out his hand to me and I