Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 64 See You At Midnight

*Theo*

I sat in my office, looking at a tall stack of files. As frustrating as it was to go through the backlog of the documents, at least I could take a break from my father's Beta checking on me twice a day on the status of producing an heir, since he had assigned Warren with the same task.

However, I made very little progress on the mountain of files. Despite my best efforts, my mind had been somewhere else and I really needed to get it to focus back on the work in front of me.

I was just able to start reading a page when I heard a knock on my door.

"Yeah?" I called.

Jake stuck his head in the door. "Alpha, can I come in?"

I gestured for him to come in. "What's up?"

"I'll make it quick. I have a message for you." Jake obviously had noticed the pile of files, and the look on his face told me he felt bad interrupting me.

The reality was, he didn't. My productivity was basically none at this moment, but it had nothing to do with him.

He had a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.

"What's that?" I asked him.

"Someone wanted me to tell you that she'll be waiting for you at the pavilion tonight at midnight, if you would like to see her again... away from all of the other pressures of the world."

I took a deep breath and thought about how to respond. Obviously, he meant Ciana. I didn't even feel the need to ask.

"Alpha?"

"I heard you." That was all I had to say about it.

"Uhm... you do know that I mean Ciana Black, right?" he asked me.

I sighed. “Yeah, Jake. How stupid do you think I am?”

He grinned, and I dared him to answer that question with a harsh look. "Well, are you going to go?"

"No," I said, trying to make sure that he couldn't see my inner turmoil.

"Well, I think you should." He looked me in the eye.

I nodded. "Got it. Bye."

"Alpha, can I be honest?"

"What?"

cares

hand

I went

me, and she was still going back to her pack. It wouldn't

down... I knew I could only push her away so many times-I'd used up all my will power in the past few

to my desk and asked me worriedly, "Are you sure there's nothing I can do to

I handed him a stack of files. "These are all pretty simple. I think even you can

"Alpha-"

an eyebrow and

you need to do is to sign them. I CAN forge

flipped through a shorter stack at the corner of my

took the files and left my office, thank goodness.

went to all of the

had been before, and controlling it was more challenging than it had been before the

guarantee her safety at this point, and I was not willing to risk hurting her when I didn't

some paperwork and started signing them robotically.

of Ciana's warm skin came to mind. The way her lips were so luscious and full, how she always tasted like

an imaginary world, but it had seemed so real at the time. She'd felt perfect,

why I couldn't

to go see her one more time? Maybe she just wanted to tell me goodbye. After all, she had told my mother that she was willing to go home as soon as she helped

Jake came in at least a dozen times to advise

gone down. My mind kept oscillating between what I wanted to do and what I knew I should

familiar knock on the door. I sighed and dropped my head onto my desk with a thunk.

"Hi, Alpha," he said with a crooked grin on his face. "Sure it's getting

know! You just wanted to know if

he began. "And-"

Jake! You've come by a hundred times already! Why can't

I only

You think that I should go and

I do think you should,

shouted, standing up from my desk. "I'll go. Just for you!

me for a long moment before he said, "That's great. I think you're making the right decision. But I only came to tell you... I'm done with these files." He walked over to my

only say two words to him. "Get out."

down the smile on his face as he

I really do think that it's the right decision. She really cares about you, and I think, maybe you care about her, too." He gave me a long look but then headed out the door, closing it behind

my chair and dropped my head on the desk again. The urge to bang my forehead several times against the wood was overwhelming,

Jake I was going to go

I say that? I should've known

moment, though. I pulled open my desk drawer and found the lapel pin I'd put there earlier in the day.

was pumped, and even the air seemed more pleasant. Yes... I couldn't lie to myself. I longed to see