The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 139
Fiona
“Put the phone away,” Nina said sternly.
I hadn’t realized I’d taken it out again, and was sitting there staring at a lock screen with no new notifications.
you,” I muttered to my frie
t of the day. Cell reception in the area where he and Kayden were traveling was expected
y. A couple hours without hearing from him just felt strange.
s. Then she allowed herself to relax once more with her eyes closed and head
self ask this last question.
s off in the foot tubs, then dried our feet and started massaging them with warm oil.
face.
. But the small hands of the manicurist were nowhere near as warm and strong as Alexander’s. He had spoiled me.
for covering for him.”
?”
ed as though they were not listening to my and Nina’s conversation.
ssed. I was grinning; it was hard not to feel accomplished when I thought about this.
crazy overtime for a salaried job. He really should be giving you
un!”
ing candidates this week.”
ou gonna have them bring you fancy coffee drinks every morning, run your errands, and stuff like that?”
that is not what employees are for, Nina.”
under her bre
me fancy coffee every morning.”
y coffee sweeter, but that’s just me.”
.”
you do.”
you brought it up.”
en about yesterday morning.”
about that.”
at they heard us. I guess I trusted Nina to use her discretion and answer me if she could.
st wanted to ask him what was up with that bitch that moved in down the hall from you.”
do that.”
But I can’t go nosing aroun
ll, as
aw me talking to Kayden, and I’m sure they debriefed later. Those guys are very close.”
w him last night after I returned from shopping and he returned from training.
to ask, what did Kayden tell you?”
like he has any other interest.”
d.”
n.”
s going on with them?”
he was telling the truth.”
sk him about anything else?”
too long. And said, “Nope.”
sure about that?”
sked no mo
“But?”
”
it at her.
with you.”
Third person
is a stalling tactic. File the motion.”
ial.
ain that her husband was in court at the moment. She received confirmation of that just five minutes ago. But she al
adding a contempt charge to your case…”
hem interpret it however they want. File the motion. I am not going to court tomorrow.”
h shaking fingers.
est.
hich Alexander and his men occupied; he’d threatened her plenty of harm if she did so. But there was a dark corner in a seldom-used cor
average height. Scarlet reached into a little cavity in the wall behind one of these sconces, and was flooded with disappointment when her fingers touched the small bundle that was hidden away inside.
led the bundle out slowly, kn
n to her spy, along with a roll of cash – an advance payment for his next d
picked it up
he put the bundle back into its hiding place and walked quickly ba
She wrenched her jaw open with difficulty.
ntact with her stepson lately.
nging.
ommunication?
w did not bode well for Scarlet.
ive the vampires.
And the