Semua Bab Fated to My Alpha Boss: Bab 101 - Bab 110

Our apartment in Packhaven turned out to be the perfect blend of a homey and upscale, a place befitting in alpha but not ostentatious. Our bodyguards took us to a building in the very center of town, not too far from the government district. Theo, who seemed to be a very chatty man, explained all about it on our elevator ride up to where our apartment was. “This building,” he said, “Is typically reserved for employees of Packhaven’s government, including the state offices and their families. This way, most of the critical workers live within walking distance of their employment buildings so that if anything goes wrong, we’re not trying to reach officials or critical employees from far-flung residences. This is actually one of several buildings that houses those families.” “Oh,” I said, as the elevator door opened into a carpet line hallway that reminded me of a hotel—a nice hotel, but not home. The scents of the new guards didn’t help either. I’d found the smell of our other guards

Grabbing my pants, I stomped back into the bedroom so he’d know I didn’t like being a prop without warning. Charles followed along, snatching me around the waist and kissing the back of my neck.“Sorry,” He murmured. “The plan to test if they were listening in was kind of an impulse.”He rubbed himself along my mostly naked body and then stopped with a sigh. “You were right about being tired. As much as I would love to have additional impulses…” He pressed his hips to mine, soft and warm. “As you can see, it looks like I need a good night’s sleep to recuperate.”“There’s no shame in that,” I said. “Because I certainly don’t have the energy for more sex tonight. So even if you were ready to go… Well, I probably wouldn’t pass,” I admitted. “But I would make you let me sleep in.”“I’m fully planning on doing that anyway,” Charles said, taking my hand and pulling me into the bedroom with him.He guided me to the bed, took off my shirt, tossed his own clothes on the floor, and snuggled us b

Such promptness was refreshing. I had expected to be left waiting for like an hour, or at least long enough for us to know who was in charge. Before we’d even gotten out of earshot of the front desk, the secretary greeted somebody else. “Good afternoon, Minister Grey. Yes, yes, they’ve arrived, and they’re just there down the hall.” Back in the lobby, I could see a man in his early middle age. He strode up the hall toward us, his gaze taking in the four of us. He had a very important aire to him, and we all stepped off to the side to let him pass. So this was the palace administrator Theo and David mentioned. I braced myself for his disdain, but he stopped at the door to conference room two and held it open for us. “You must be Ms. Laurentia and Mr. Rafe. It’s nice to meet you. I’m the palace administrator, Dale Grey. I’ll be sitting in on this meeting if you don’t mind.” “Not at all,” Charles replied. He took the offer of the open door and entered the conference room, and

Charles gave me an irritated look. “You can’t possibly be okay with this?”“No. I’m not,” I said. I leaned in placing myself directly under his nose. At the same time, I drew a deep breath of his vetiver to steady myself. A moment later he did the same.When his body relaxed, I continued.“What they’re telling us makes sense, though, and no one here seems to be acting with any sort of spite. It seems like they’re doing what they can. At least, right now, I think the best thing that we can do is go along with what they’ve said. It’s not like they’re leaving us uncomfortable.”“That’s right. Aside from the fact that I don’t have access to my money, or my business, or you with your friends or your contacts, or even something as simple as our phones,” Charles countered.“We should be patient,” I suggested. “If this is just one more trick to get us to submit to them, we won’t find out any faster by throwing around accusations than if we ride it out. In fact, they’re more likely to slip up a

The moment we were alone, Wendy started gushing words faster than I could keep up like we’ve known each other all our lives.“Oh my gosh, I am so glad to meet you, Ms. Laurentia. My name is Wendy Lowell. You can call me Wendy. Do you mind if I call you Elena?”I managed to shake my head.“Fantastic. Welcome to the Palace Press. I suppose everyone has said the same thing, but I guess it doesn’t get tiring to hear how much everyone is looking forward to working with you.”She prattled on for a few moments about looking up my portfolio and how impressed she was with my work.All the while, my brain kept turning over, trying to keep up with her. After a minute, she took a deep breath and stared at me expectedly. It was then that it registered she had asked me a question.“I’m sorry, what was that again?” I asked. “I’m just feeling kind of overwhelmed. And it went right by me, and it went right by me.”“That’s okay,” she said, waving a hand as if it didn’t matter. “So I picked an assignmen