Watch Me Win, Alpha

“Well, that makes two of us because I don’t understand you either,” I snapped and shifted my shirt back into place.

Alexander bent down and began to look around the room for

something. My blood went cold when I realized that he was searching for the needle.

I rushed out of the room because if he was going to get me back for accidentally stabbing him, I wouldn’t make it any easier by hanging around his office.

After I cleaned up and bandaged my small wound, I went into the break room and poured myself a cup of hot coffee, and grabbed a granola bar. After I sat down, I took small sips from my favorite chipped mug, and the hot drink slowly filled my body with much needed warmth. Finally, I could just sit here and think in peace.

But my solace didn’t last long. Soon, Alexander strolled in, making my hands grip the coffee cup so tightly I was surprised that it didn’t shatter. I noticed that he had changed into a different white dress shirt since he had probably bled through the other one.

“I’m surprised to see that you’re still here after the stunt you pulled,” he told me, his expression unreadable.

I cleared my throat and sat up straighter. I refused to allow him to intimidate me. My plan was just to pretend that the incident with the needle had never happened.

“Don’t forget about your blind date tonight,” I said in a steady voice.

gaze. “You set me up on a blind

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snapped.

Your mother did. She called me and told me to remind

took a seat across from me. Even though we were a few feet apart, I could still feel the heat coming off his body. I swallowed and shifted in my chair when I remembered how warm he had felt when his body was on top of mine. “I am famous within my family for screwing up blind dates. I’m glad my mother

the table, and some of the hot drink splashed onto the surface. “What

so that you could come with me. You’ll be my wingwoman tonight, Olivia,”

to say that I would not be joining him on a blind date. Hell would have to freeze over in

Alexander must have noticed my angry expression because

whatever I need…including accompany me to an

and frowned. “Joining you on a blind date is not

and stared at me down. It felt like we were in the middle of negotiating a big deal. We were far from discussing whether I joined my boss on