After I left Alpha father and son went crazy with regret

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Their

met across the room.

A slow tension filled the space between them.

Neither of them spoke.

Arnold’s gaze dropped briefly to the towel wrapped around her body before rising to meet her eyes again.

Nora’s fingers tightened around the wardrobe handle.

The air felt heavier now, thick with something unspoken.

Neither of them moved.

Neither of them looked

away.

It was the first time in a long time they had truly **seen each other.

And neither of them knew what to do with it.

Nora stood motionless, gripping the edge of her towel as the warmth from her shower still clung to her skin. She had not intended to create this situation. The towel barely covered her thighs, and a single movement could make it slip. She pulled it tighter around herself, suddenly self–conscious under Arnold’s gaze.

“I just forgot to grab my pants,” she said, her voice steady but rushed.

She wasn’t trying to seduce him. She just wanted to avoid any misunderstandings.

Arnold’s sharp gaze flickered over her for the briefest moment before he looked away, unreadable. A quiet nod was his only response.

his expression

Something unspoken stretched between them.

Nora turned quickly and walked back into the bathroom, her heart pounding unexpectedly. She shouldn’t feel this nervous. They had shared the same space for years, yet now, after so much time apart, she felt the weight of his presence in ways she hadn’t before.

When she returned, dressed in her nightgown, Arnold was still in the room. He was leaning against the window, his phone in hand, looking like he had just finished a call.

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them spoke.

into bed, pulling the covers over herself. The familiar comfort of the mattress did little to soothe her. Sleep came slowly, her

she began to drift off,

wrapped around her waist.

sharply, her body tensing.

woke. The bed beside her was empty. The space where

rubbing her temples.

are we even doing?”

dwell on it. She had work.

outside, only to see Arnold and Alex

her immediately, his face lighting up. He rolled down

She hesitated.

tapping

“I’ll

turned to look at her, his face as expressionless as ever.

but there was an underlying authority that made refusal feel

and opened the car door. She slid into the seat beside Alex, who

Arnold started driving.

filled the

to play later. But between Nora and Arnold,

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Nora felt the weight of

the ride,” she said curtly before

said nothing, simply watching as she hurried into

At Work:

aside

finalized. She and Leo sent the proposal to Professor Colton, a renowned figure in their

responded

read it already?” Leo asked, disbelief in his

had given a high evaluation but noted that

I’ve been out of this industry too long.*

up for the years I lost. I won’t disappoint you.”

him to dinner? Maybe

nodded and made the

Colton declined. “I already have

of it–until he casually added, “Arnold invited me to dinner. He wants to introduce someone to

A pause.