The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 103

Fiona

It had not been a lie that I was nervous about the impromptu and mysterious meeting that Conrad had requested with me. I was.

It had been a half-truth, though. A half answer to Alexander’s question about what was troubling me.

er.

leeeease stop worrying about me.

ing to do, but I told her I’d try.

of spat the story out quickly.

in the parking lot, apparently waiting for her. (I think all the blood drained from my face as she told me this part.) But because the bouncer had been walking her out, he spotted the creep before anything else could happen. And I guess beat the guy to pieces.

my suspicions about her work being unsafe, but now I knew f

lose my mind over the whole thing. For starters, Nina was giving her notice at the club. She had a lead on some other work. “More on that later,” she’d said. And she also revealed that she had a new hobby. The bouncer that had intervened with the stalker.

time she talked about Ryker, which told me there was a lit

ally, a bodyguard was enough comfort to mostly leave her alone about it.

our rendezvous all day. After the morning meeting was over, he signale

from his big mahogany desk.

o for you, Conra

er office chair. “You have been performing remarkably well in your short time here.”

genuine smile. He’d surprised it out of me.

eans a lot. I’m pleased that I’m bringing value to the ro

did not look alike, per se – their coloring was completely different, and Alexander was built more like his father – but they did occasiona

oom slowly.

hile I’m gone.”

And anything else you need. How long will you be gone?”

“At least one week. Maybe longer, depending on circumstances. I will keep you updated several days in advance if I need more time.”

ponsibility.

n. “But looking at the reports you turned in last week, it appears everything is well underway. At this point you’ll just be keeping tabs on the progress as the project nears completion.”

ly.

fice before sunset was highly preferable over pulling all my long hours on-site.

d grinned at me because he already knew the answer.

utely. I look forward to it.”

t to the group.”

the morning meetings on the eighty-ninth floor consisted of many very important people. It was a wonder to me that Conr

about seeing a unique potential in my ability to drive high standards.

I’d ever received.

e next

kwork each day.

ause I was doing more than just a few hours of extra work daily. The task Conrad had given me was even more involved, I came to find as he w

ok me probably ten times longer to complete all the reading than it did for him. Or more than that.

d some physical attention from Alexander – these things were critical. After spending the whole day in the office, that couple of hours with my Alpha refreshed me from head to toe, so that I

xander was spending his days while I was at work. This wasn’t something I used to care enough about to let my mind linger on. But knowing, now, that Iris was there at the palace when I was not, and that he was spending at least some of his time with her regularly – i

as very, very important to him. The fact that she was so annoying was just something I had to tolerate.

I knew that he was thinking about me when we were apart. I knew this from the texts he sent me, the notes and surprises he still intermittently had delivered to my office, and th