A Love Reawakened The Alpha’s Regret by Alphabetical B

Chapter 7

Angela

The cafe was busy today. A lot of customers were in and out and it was probably because it was Monday. Coffee with cake was a perfect snack for the start of a busy, stressful week.

I worked in the cafe during the day and a bar close to my street during the evenings. Both jobs pay well but the cafe pays

better.

You need to move your a*s faster, Angela. The customers won’t serve themselves,

1 lifted my head to stare at my boss, Charles, and gave him a weak. fake smile.

“Sorry, Boss, Loffered an apology even though it wasn’t necessary.

“Sorry doesn’t fix things, getting better at your work does. A lot of people want this job, you do better or f*cking walk out of my door,” he spat, nagging repeatedly about not moving fast enough.

1 hummed as if I hadn’t zoned out of the conversation.

Charles was a rude, condescending b*stard who paid better than others. That was one of the reasons why I’m still working for him. This job sorts out seventy percent of my bills. Unless I want to be homeless. I have no other choice than to take his words seriously.

The doorbell rang, signaling the entrance of another customer. heard a loud gasp from the girl beside me and that made me look up.

“Goodness gracious,”

My eyes landed on the new customer and I held my breath.

Darius His presence brought along light. There was a shift in the air. His domineering aura grabbed the attention of the humans in the shop as they all stared at him.

He was wearing a shirt that hugged his muscles and a black shade that hid his eyes. I won’t deny the fact that he looked so good you could assume he was cut out of a book. A romance fictional book

I shook my head, pulling myself out of the s*upid thought so I could think reasonably for a minute.

How the hell does he know where I work? What was he doing here?

He moved over to my spot without saying a word. I decided to ignore him and continued preparing the order I was busy

with

“Can I order some cappuccino? He requested when he realized I wasn’t going to say a word.

Make your order over there, I pouted to my colleague’s section

order here. Is that too much

took in a deep breath I opened my mouth to give him a rude response but I realized all eyes were on hiu and me. I was more concerned about the

would you like to order,

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fake smiles. “Apologies sir. Please, take

He shook his head.

for you. I’ll just sit over there and wait for

are…” before I could finish my statement, he walked over to an empty seat close to the window

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was so sure the stares were not because of his good looks, it was probably because of his domineering aura. I

him as much as possible as I got busy with other orders but once in a while, when my eyes slipped to his corner. I found him staring at me.

my boss snapped from behind me. I was so

any order,” I

what did he talk to you about?” He

I lied. I wasn’t

the bu*ger that a man bought me

out. The earlier he leaves this place, the faster these

in

he marched towards Darius. I couldn’t hear what their conversation was all about. I concentrated on reading their lips

one more minute, you’ll get fired,” he threatened. I swallowed

I removed my apron and walked up to Darius

you

did he tell you I told him?” What was I expecting from him anyway? To

in here,

stared at me. “All I’ve

you want? I know you’re here

to spend the

attention. I turned around and muttered an apology. “I

and wait until you leave work so I

back to see Charles staring me down with his

really need to leave, Darius, I

stubborn, Nibbles. There’s only one way for me to leave this place and you know the answer to that,” he

at me.