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Set me Free, Alpha Sixty
VALERIAI felt, rather than saw that there was someone watching me. I raised my head. Noah was there, grinning at the surprise on my face. He placed a finger across his lips. He took a chair and straddled it."Surprise," he said."Well I am surprised!" I exclaimed. His boyish smile was infectious and I found myself smiling back. "I wasn't expecting you. Aren't you supposed to be at work?""That's one of the perks of being a boss, remember? While you're here slaving away in an office, I can afford to pay unannounced, surprise visits to my friends," he said with a chuckle and then his expression became serious. "The last time I was here, I was told that you were not at work. As soon as I heard you had resumed, I just had to see you." He studied my face carefully. "I suppose you were ill.""I was but I'm much better now.""Good. I've been sort of worried. You know, we haven't really spent much time together. The double dinner date with Dimitri was-""A flop." I sighed. "I know."Noah's
Set me Free, Alpha Sixty-One
VALERIAI slid into an empty chair at the café. I did not have long to wait. Two minutes later, I spotted Noah opening the door. He saw me, waved and came over. An hour ago, we had arranged to meet at this café during my lunch break which was taking place now. I asked the usual questions about his day while we waited for our order."I bet Dimitri wasn't too pleased that you hung out with me," said Noah, unknowingly echoing what had dominated my thoughts throughout yesterday.I could not stop the sour look that spread across my face even if I tried."Yes," I admitted. "He was pissed, alright, but not just because I was hanging out with you."Noah's brow arched in surprise. "Really? I would have thought that just the fact that we spent time together was enough to drive him off the edge.""Well... there's that," I allowed. "But then I also had to ditch my bodyguard so I could go off with you.""Bodyguard? Oh." His eyes lighted up in understanding. "That's why you were acting all weird ye
Set me Free, Alpha Sixty-Two
DIMITRINoah couldn't have timed his arrival with Valeria more perfectly. As he pulled up in front of the entrance, Valeria reached for the door, but Noah was faster. He said something to her as he hurriedly left the car and came over to her side. With a flourish, he opened her door, took her hand and handed her out of the vehicle. The sight left a sour taste in my mouth. You would think he was her escort for a movie premiere or a red carpet event.A laughing Valeria waved to him as she went into the building without even looking in my direction. Noah gave me a look of such smugness that I wanted so badly to knock his teeth out."Have a nice day, Val," he called out even though she was out of earshot now.And then he was driving away and I realized I had been standing at the same spot for the last couple of minutes, watching them. I growled a reply to the doorman's greeting and I marched to my office. I had one clear purpose. I would make sure Valeria stopped whatever was going on bet
Set me Free, Alpha Sixty-Three
VALERIA"Well, well you look really pissed about something," Noah said as I swept past him into the house without saying a word. "Who annoyed you now? Was it our dear Vance? I can put him out of action for you, you know. Just say the word." He looked out the door, but probably didn't see Vance who was already likely to be waiting in the car by now.Noah's teasing did what he had expected it to. It made me smile a little."Don't be silly. Vance is almost twice your size. He'll crush you in half a second.'Noah waggled his brows and chuckled. "Give me a little credit, Val. So, on a more serious note, what's going on?""It's Dimitri," I complained."Ah. I should have guessed." He poured drinks from a bottle on the center table and handed me one. "What has he done this time?""It's more like what hasn't he done? As soon as I got to work this morning, he called me into his office. Honestly, the way he scolded me for coming over to your place, you would have thought I was his child. He prac
Set me Free, Alpha Sixty-Four
VALERIAThese men had to be the ones who I had suspected had been following me around, the ones whose existence Vance had so quickly dismissed.Everything went black for a second. I dug my fingers into my palms hard enough to draw blood so I could hold on to consciousness.The baby. Think of the baby, I told myself.The thought of my child in danger helped me focus. If I didn't have my wits around me, these men would hurt me and definitely my child."Good girl," said a cold, hard voice with a trace of amusement, from behind me. "You're smart. I can see that. Remain smart and don't move until I tell you to.""Until we tell you to," corrected another voice. This one was completely without humour.As if to underline the point, I felt the muzzle of the gun dig harder into my back, hard enough to leave a bruise. The thought of dying here, just when Vance was not so far away made me so frightened that I couldn't suppress a whimper."Try to scream and that will be the last thing you ever do!
Set me Free, Alpha Sixty-Five
DIMITRIIn the cold, dark, dank room, Valeria's face seemed to float in front of me. Even when I closed my eyes, it was all I could see. I had a strong feeling that it was what was going to haunt my dreams now for some time to come.During the drive here, I had kept telling myself that she was okay. She was on the mend, at least. The doctor had assured me of that. She was fine, he had said, and our baby was fine too.But all the assurances in the world could not get rid of the image of her pale, bruised and bloodied face. Her nose was still swollen and as red as a tomato. She had a nasty cut above her eyebrows, lots of scrapes on her hands and legs. Not to mention..."A damned concussion," I muttered under my breath, ignoring a slight sound from the man on my right, which the sound of my voice of my voice had occasioned.The thought that Valeria had still been attacked despite my best efforts at keeping her safe drove me up the wall. She had suffered so damn much, and for what? Just b
Set me Free, Alpha Sixty-Six
VALERIA"Say something," Dimitri urged.Only his voice seemed to come from far, far away. I couldn't move. I couldn't even speak. I just kept clutching folds of the bedsheets in my fists. I held on to them as though they were my grip on reality, which they probably were in that moment as I struggled to make sense of what Dimitri had just told me.I couldn't believe this. I couldn't believe that I was caught up in some sort of Mafia like vendetta like in the movies. I was marked. Really bad people were out hunting for me. I would have thought I was having some kind of horrible nightmare if not for the sight of Dimitri's tortured face. I had never seen him looking like that. I would have felt pity for him if I wasn't feeling so many conflicting emotions at the moment. I didn't know whether to feel sad about the deaths of Dimitri's parents and his ex, or angry that Dimitri had dragged me and my baby into this mess. Into his mess."Valeria-" he began."What? What? I'm still trying to proc
Set me Free, Alpha Sixty-Seven
VALERIA"I need to work. Please."Other than spearing a piece of meat with his fork a little harder than was necessary, Dimitri gave no other indication that he had heard me. I stopped eating at once. I was getting slightly desperate now. The thought of having another day like yesterday was intolerable. Amelia had kept me company most of the time, but even her presence had not be enough to relive me of boredom. I was used to being really active. Why on earth was that so hard for Dimitri to understand?"I'm fine now," I pursued. "My wounds have healed. I need to-""You don't need to do anything," said Dimitri, speaking for the first time since we started having dinner. "My answer about you working still remains no." As I opened my mouth, he added. "Nothing you can say will change my mind, so save your breath and eat."Grumbling, I picked up my fork and resumed eating. I kept shooting Dimitri dirty looks. If looks could kill, I was certain Dimitri would be pushing daisies by now. As it
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