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?"

***

Now this...this isn't what he had expected from the little spitfire

to her sense

her body stiffened. "Beta Starke, I've already told you I don't want to sleep with you. Our deal was that I would get you the project and you wouldn't have sex with me. Are you going back on

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

why do you want 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

have a drink

noticing that her fingers were trembling. Narrowing his eyes, he took

slightly too fast. But what

drink it first." Roman handed