Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Not winning the sandwich was already bad enough for the clerk but what followed was even worse. Of all the supervisors to get caught by, it just had to be Felix.

Everyone froze up, like chickens that had their throats grabbed. The murmurs in the office came to a dead stop. They couldn’t even look Felix in the eye, stammering out half–hearted apologies for slacking off during work hours.

To their surprise, Felix didn’t seem angry at all. He simply said in a deadpan tone, “Don’t let it happen again.”

It wasn’t until his oppressive presence was completely gone from the room that they all let out a sigh of relief. Shoulders slumped, they exchanged bewildered looks and thought, ‘Do we really just get away with it? No reprimand, no formal apology? Is that really Felix?‘

Back at his office, Felix glanced down at the Intelligent Brain screen, where the words [Sorry, you did not win] flashed.

In the stillness of the office, after a long pause, a soft sigh escaped him. He realized he’d probably lost his mind.

Not only had he, like those reckless young officers, been watching Nyx’s live stream at work, but he’d also felt disappointed.

Felix could rarely sense such an obvious emotion. The more he thought of it, the more ridiculous he felt.

This was such a trivial thing, and yet, here he was, feeling emotions he couldn’t quite wrap his head around. He asked himself, ‘Why am I even affected by something so insignificant?”

Shaking his head, Felix grabbed a file from his desk. He wouldn’t think about Nyx anymore. He wouldn’t give it another second of his attention.

But just as he was about to focus on the paperwork, the Intelligent Brain pinged him with a new notification: [Nyx has sent you a friend request.]

Felix sat up straighter in his chair, his reflexes kicking in. He almost accepted the friend request in an instant.

“He stared at the chat interface for a long while. His fingers hovered over the keyboard, but no message came from Nyx. After a moment, he typed the first thing that came to mind:

[Good morning, Ms. Voss.]”

It was just being polite. On this planet, males should always initiate greetings with females.

Nyx was still in the middle of trying to figure out how to message an elder. She had rewritten and deleted her text multiple times. Seeing Felix’s message, she was so shocked. She quickly typed back: [You can just call me by my name, or Nykie works too.]

She thought calling her “Ms. Voss” sounded too formal. She couldn’t bring herself to accept such a formal title.

Felix replied almost immediately: [Alright, Nykie.]

Though Felix felt it was a little too familiar for someone they’d just met, since Nyx had offered the option, he decided to go along with it.

to send you some

require an address. As long as they knew the recipient, the logistics

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the location and deliver

Headquarters Building.

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they

I’ll send it. The sandwiches are the ones Theon and I made together. Hope

AM, the atmosphere at the Military Headquarters Building was serious, with everyone settling into their

nutrient drink and chugged it down, grumbling. “This brand’s drinks

a quiet suggestion from the desk next

the Military Command, and even eating

just replied, “Forget it. What if Felix sees us? That

leader, never ate at work, so his subordinates had to keep their act together. Besides, takeout was never all that great.

added, “I really wanted a

watched Nyx’s livestream too?”

following her since the Jade Garden incident. I really

the attention of a few others nearby.

work, and Felix caught us!

their guts about the awkward encounter, they heard a

he headed for the building’s

to be carrying something. He signed for a package, cradled it in his arms, and took it back

everyone had the nerve to look closely at what Felix

it and shouted,

mistaken what they saw since

clear thermal box were the same plump sandwiches from Nyx’s livestream giveaway. There were about five

confused murmurs. No one in the office

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“Marshal Lane watched the live stream too?!”

the prize?”

the box in both hands, Fel

examining it

washed his hands before picking up one of

moment before taking a

slowly, savoring each bite with an almost solemn concentration.

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