Goodbye My Alpha (Taya and Griffon)

"Well, it seems you're not useless after all."

Oh, thank the goddess.

Roman wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed me hard on the cheek. "Tell me, baby, what reward do you want?"

I swallowed down the bile rising in my throat.

With a calmness I didn't feel, I said, "Beta Starke, I don't need any reward other than you telling your men to leave Harper and Damian alone." Roman nodded, then immediately made a phone call to ask his men to withdraw.

Only then did I let out a full sigh of relief. I turned, picked up the drugged glass of wine, and handed it to Roman.

"Roman, would you like to have a drink with me?"

"Drink with you?"

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isn't what he had expected from

come to

Are you willing to let me touch you?" She bristled, and her body stiffened. "Beta Starke, I've already told you I don't want to sleep with

Beta Starke now. This woman was going to give him whiplash,

you want me to drink with

wanted to thank you. After all, you let me go twice in a row. Not only did you not touch me, but you also trusted me, a mere human. At the very least, I should offer you a drink as a gesture of my gratitude." She should be grateful, Roman thought, her words

that case, I'll have a drink

her fingers were trembling. Narrowing his

with his heightened vision. He took in the way her chest was rising and falling just slightly too fast. But

drink it first." Roman handed the