The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 162
Alexander
“Alex. Are you okay?”
I could hear the concern in Fiona’s voice and instantly regretted not communicating with her sooner. “Yeah, baby, I’m okay. I’m so sorry if you were worried. I’m sorry I left like that.”
s okay. Obvious
w out a long exhale. “I mean, physically, I am fine,
’s a lot to process.”
d you see the video
affic cam footage of the collision. Fiona was probably watching it on the news. “The crash?”
Alex?”
ll by her tone of voice that she’d seen what I had seen.
.”
ghed.
yet.”
”
oncern was only that Fiona might be tempted to warn Nina in some oblique way, in an effort to protect her.
“Where are you right
ital.”
our father?”
ired a lot of the damage. If they can.”
oo.”
… this means… you are acting Alpha King now, right? Until he’s… back?”
ing in bed, thinking. Her pale blue eyes focused, well-oiled gears turning inside her head.
ure you’re feeling okay, baby? Have you had any more stomachaches, or c
ure there are other things you need to handle right now.”
attention.”
f that makes you less worried about me being here alone.”
ll call and let them know she’s coming so that she can get through.”
you in a minute.”
Fiona
into our bedroom.
invited you over, remember?”
as driving, I’m pretty sure he zoomed right past me on the highway. And I saw him taking the exit toward the palace.”
eally?”
ack Bentley, right?”
xander had a lot of cars, but I knew the
ed my whole car.” She set down her overnight bag, a black leather designer satchel with neon holographic trim and hardware edges, and shrugged. “Anyway. Whatever. How are you doing, Fi?”
eeply. I was worried about my husband, very worried, and I couldn’t te
e care of himself in any kind of situation, it’s your boo. Right?”
nodded into her s
it. “Your hair changed. I thought you weren’t supposed to do that. For your job.”
Alexander
son Lucas’s residence for the past decade.
itched. “We searched the whole wing, Alex. Everywhere. Just a few confused servants wandering around, telling me they haven’t seen anyone all day. It’s like a ghost town.”
oking around Lucas’s bedroom.
ack to the palace from the hospital, I had driven through all the lots and parking structures on the grounds. Whipping around fast, faster than was safe on these tiny little private roads, even with my driving skills. But I’d been able to quickly cover every inch of t
expected him to be. But I’d hoped.
of interrogating my brother for information.
a quick jo
e was up to before she did it and disappeared herself.
And s*x.
at was the work of palace staff.
ets, which had probably only been spot-cleaned after the good time Lucas clearly enjoyed on his last night before fleeing.
Looking for any sign of where my little brother may
the feeling that servants had been instructed not to touch this area, to leave this stuff alone.
an obscene amount of men’s hair products. A few boxes of s*x toys. Lots of other uninteresting things.
ttle drug paraphernalia, a cell phone.
del.
nd see what I could find on it later.