Watch Me Win, Alpha

Of course, without Gai, I had to handle a two person workload by myself. After last night and the drama of today, I was mentally and physically exhausted. But I pushed through it. During Alexander’s afternoon nap, I let him sleep more than usual so I could finish my work in peace.

Around three in the afternoon, I got him his daily cup of green tea. But I noticed that he was in the meeting room with a few people. From their serious expressions, it seemed like they were having an important meeting. I didn’t want to interrupt, so I put his tea on his desk and got back to work.

When I was wrapping things up at the end of the day, Ava called me.

“Hi,” I said, my voice sounding tired even to my own ears.

“Hey! I was wondering if you wanted to have dinner together?” she asked.

I was about to say no because all I wanted to do was sleep. But my stomach was growling from skipping lunch and it would be really nice to see my best friend.

“Yeah, that would be fun,” I said.

“I’ll text you the details!”

Relief flooded through me as I walked onto the elevator to go home. But my body immediately tensed when I saw that I was sharing the small space with Alexander and Gai.

At least Gai seemed like she was feeling better. She did look more

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exhausted than me, though.

plans

I answered, trying to have the same relaxed tone as

Gai shared a look that I didn’t understand. What was

*Olivia*

asked, his voice clipped and his hand gripping his briefcase tightly.

maybe,” I said,

didn’t want Gai to know about us yet? This wasn’t appropriate for a boss to ask

don’t think it would be very appropriate for you to spend

with anger, and my reply was lost in my mind.

said. “Honestly, I thought Aiden already went back to college. Well, that changes things because I think Ava only has one guest room. So, I won’t spend the night

le tried to play it cool, but I noticed the tension leaking from his body like a balloon someone let the

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