The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 85

Having reached a truce over the weekend, Alexander and I settled back into our old routine for the week. It was, of course, not quite the same as before, but we were able to function as a couple again, sharing our life and spending our nights together peaceably.

He followed through with his pledge to give me his time and attention whenever I was available. I went into the office early in the mornings in order to hold up my own end of the bargain, which was returning from work at a reasonable hour each evening for our dinner dates.

Despite my lingering reservations about Alexander, I couldn’t deny that he was working hard to prove himself.

d a hand-written note. I enjoyed the flowers and often found myself absentmindedly sniffing their sweet scent and twirling the de-thorned stems between my fingers while I was reading reports and email. The cards were the more important part, though.

cretary or florist had penned in ink a message he had dictated to them. It wasn’t until I found the notes on my bedside table over the weekend that I’d realized it was the work of his own hand.

sure I was alone with my suddenly flushed cheeks and halted breath. I was tempted to find this inappropriate and rouse up some irritation with Alexander over it. But the plain truth was that I liked it.

A little treat to read in the car on my way back to him after work.

p that guard around my heart that I’d sworn to Nina I’d do a better job of holding in place from now on.

le box I kept on a high shelf in my dressing room. They were beautiful, after all.

over, that he was bent on serving me in the bedroom.

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part. Simple science.

fortably, still, was his upcoming plan to travel across the country. As much as I liked the closeness we’d fallen back into

Alexander

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at Kayden and told him, “I wish.”

n wracking my brain for days,

. She may have been favored by my mother, but the girl was still a servant, after all. I am quite sure she was well-trained not to attempt to socialize with the royalty she served.

e me again. Because I would soon be dead.

course of our travel.

ing to smooth them flat.

had circled on the map in red ink. “These are the only areas that are inhabited. The rest is unlivable wildland.”

. “I gotta tell you, that still seems like a lot of ground to cover.”

dless of difficulty.

.” I took my red pen and drew lines between the destinations, tracing the meandering courses of the railroad tracks that ran across the big expanse of moorland.

d, “I’ll get started booking the travel today.”

ound this as closely as we can. I’ll text you her email address.”

lex?”

ows jumped up.

s way, doing all this searching… when you’re not even sure the girl is alive?”

e got, Kayden. I have to chase it down.”

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f it.

oint about Fiona and the baby. But he knew it was not his place.

– she was going to be alright.

working toward a common goal of spending as much time as we could together. And it had turned o

ether was sit at her feet and worship her.

ed to do to her.

ht. And most certainly not for two or three.

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