The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 115
Fiona
Alexander responded to my text just a few minutes later. To my relief, his tone was light and understanding.
He wrote: That’s too bad. Good luck with everything there and let me know when you’ll be home.
I’ll keep you posted.
typing. I sat watching, waiting for this
. I put my phone down and started collecting all the materials I’d need for my strategy meeting.
the phone buzzed
you?
That sounds wonderful.
: What are you cr
nal headspace.
te cake.
nd you.
under my breath.
y and waiting when you get home.
huffed out an exhale.
ked my phone, determining to put
hen.
?
nd me a couple.
the clock. I was running out of time.
Can’t now. Maybe later.
der: I’ll hold you
head, locked the phone and
Alexander
e old courthouse.
ed to.
This was how people reacted to my presence everywhere. Ever sin
er!”
difficult to explain.
rks I overheard, but I never trifled to make eye contact with anyone.
pen and released a diverse bunch of suit-clad passengers. They startled slightly, each in turn, when they noticed
ator. But once this one emptied and I stepped inside, only a few others dared to join me.
y lady and two younger women who were accompanying her, and a tall, blonde, expensively-dressed attorney whose heart I heard beating fast as she came to stand very close
and scanning the document.
s could be very time-consuming, and time wasn’t something I had in endless supply right now.
ee some confirmation that my father was actually going through with it. That Scarlet hadn’t somehow convinced him to drop the charges against her. Yet.
n’t take it for granted that she was going to wind up actually being held accountable for this crime.
g else I wanted to talk to you about, as well,”
gray suits with silk ties and pocket squares in shades of red and purple.
t can I do for you?” he as
nership become public knowledge.”
chair, nodding along as I continued. He was well aware,
n that.”
what they’ll be after, if they book an interview with you. They’ll push you for it. Could become a very delicate situation.”
like frowning.
rt your press tour. However long it takes. It’s in your best interest.”
my next meeting.
ing half a mile uptown from Crescent Ventures headquarte
a cart in the center of the park. The small, portly man smiled when he saw me from a distance, topping a fresh footlong hot dog with mustard and relish before I even reach
eating street food. It was the definition of unhealthy. But just about every time
make myself presentable.
ekly check-in meeting. “He’s away on some unrelated business this week.”
y fine.”
Conrad’s absence. I appreciated that they were professional enough not to smile outright about it though.
well-respected man, but he is also a shark. He always get
gious speaking volume, and the way he can never stop
e I had warm photocopies of everything to take home with me.
e another s
cked my phone when I was bac
onse from Fiona since our earl
I chuckled to myself. She wasn’t going to
d her about it enough, she might.