The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 143

Fiona

I found myself wishing I had a couch in my office. I wanted very much to lie down for a minute after the photo exchange and everything else that happened.

Then that idea got me drifting off into a fantasy about… if I did have a couch in here and Alexander came to visit the office during my workday.

Hm.

o get back to work, though.

n, though, allowed me to forgive myself for my abuse of company time.

any. And it didn’t seem like he had a problem with me taking brea

he lead, only contributing intermittently to the discussion myself.

from here.

ide of his desk, Conrad leaned back in his chair and said, “How

h a pointed tone.

iews this morning. The first two candidates for the assistant position.”

can be unpredictable.”

ming in tomorrow. I’ll keep you updated.”

nts are being put to best use in your current position?”

estion I’d been expecting. “Well, I love my job. I learn so much from the project management work…”

ou to learn in that role.”

nnerve me.

ng his molars on the toothpick until it cracked.

What’s your ult

an interesting question,” I said, buying

his was starting to feel like – an interview. Though I did not know what I was being interviewed for.

at I see as an end goal,” I answered honestly. “I just keep my head down and work hard on the job at hand, while also ke

committal.

sensed more was coming, so I

day?”

What kind of opportunity?

. A transition out of project mana

d into…?”

would just tell

uncomfortable and watching them squirm.

iecemeal information. Who knows why. If I stopped taking the bait though, he would just have to come out with it.

in silence.

“The staff has taken to you, Fiona. I’ve seen them elevati

ition, I am sure that I can handle the job. If it’s for the good of the company, then it’s absolutely what I’d like to do.”

ike glimpsing the big teeth of a crocodile you hadn’t realized was right next to you.

e? My only concern is the timing. You know that I, of course, have a baby on the way…”

need to take off after the birth? You’re entitled to up to eight weeks’ maternity leave, though I have a hunch you may not want to stay away so long.”

d my plan for maternity leave, but it just wasn’t something I’d been thinking about.

ords in the air. I should have just called him by name. “But I don’t imagine I’ll need anywhere near that much time off.”

e could start offloading your project management work to other members of the team this week. And when you return from you

ctually sounds… perfect.”

e boastful to agree.” Conrad smiled again. “But I’m glad you’re on board. The title change will come with a salary incre

with the specifics of the new role.”

d a blue light blinking from within Conrad’s ea

ction before pressing a finger to his ear and diving headlong into a loud phone conversation.

ned to my own office.

wed by the conversation about my maternity leave.

t-paced work environment. Just staying on top of things, pushing forward, trying to make a name for myself. But suddenly I absol

aybe I’d been procrastinating long-term planning as a defense mechanism. A way of not letting myself get into my head about things with Alexander, wondering about what the future held for us. It was easier just taking things day by day with him, t

n breasts and very pregnant belly.

uch run out the

I were still not married.

remony. Or even a date.

r

have to pressure him to follow through with his own promise.

ead. And lost my breath for a moment at the sig

office by five tonight, and hoped we could have an early dinn

f “we need to talk.”

t someone and make them sit with it all day.

s tonight.

fingernails on my desktop.

realizing that I was afraid.

ng Alexander’s answers to these questions would align with his recent behavior. H

no idea what Alexander would say to me about the marriage, the plans for the baby, my role in his company, any of it…

’d told Nina: if Alexan

th a good answer for that.