Filed to story: Watch Me Win Alpha (Olivia & Ethan)
Alexander’s head was resting on his folded arms, propped up by his desk. He had giant black headphones covering his ears, like he didn’t want to be disturbed. That just made my stomach stiffen with anxiety, but I couldn’t back out now.
Gently, I moved one of his headphones to the side and exposed his ear.
“Alexander,” I said in a loud voice that rang throughout his office. “You need to wake up. You’re still at work.”
He didn’t even move an inch. I tried to wake him up by shaking his shoulder and practically shouting in his ear, but he just wouldn’t wake up.
I groaned and narrowed my eyes. Was he pretending to be asleep? Would Alexander purposely ignore me?
Honestly, he probably would.
I glanced over at a table in the corner of the room and saw the red tie Alexander had been wearing this morning strewn over it. He must have taken it off before his afternoon nap. The color gold glinted at me from the tie clip on the back of it. Maybe I could wake him up by poking him with the sharp pin…
No, I could get fired for pulling a stunt like that.
But if I allowed Alexander to sleep for the rest of the workday, I could also get in trouble with Gai or even him.
I bit my lip as I considered my options.
Oh, what the hell?
With a shrug, I picked up the tie and detached the clip from it. As I stood there, I ruled out the areas covered by his clothing like his arms and legs. Finally, I decided on his hand. That shouldn’t hurt him too much. It was just a little prick.
I kneeled down and took his warm hand in mine. Gently, I lifted his pointer finger and picked up the needle with my other hand.
Carefully, I brought the tip of the needle until it was almost touching his fingertip.
Just when I was rethinking my decision to do this, Alexander’s forehead twitched.
A bead of sweat rolled down my forehead as Alexander’s hand twitched in mine. Determination coursed through me. It was too late to back out now.
“It’s okay, Alexander,” I murmured soothingly, hoping that I wasn’t lying to him. “My grandma used to do this same thing to me to wake me up from a nightmare. It’s only a little prick. It’s better than being trapped in a terrifying dream.”
Just when the sharp point was a breath away from the tan skin of his finger, Alexander’s eyes flew open, and his hand tightened around mine, interlocking our fingers together.
My gaze locked onto his as cold shock flowed through me. Acting on instinct, I tried to pull my hand away from his, but he was too strong.
With a simple jerk of his muscular arm, Alexander pulled me on top of him.
With a shriek, I fell onto his hard body until I was in his lap. I completely forgot that I was holding a sharp pin. Not until my hand was on his sturdy chest.
Alexander didn’t even wince when I looked down in horror and realized that I had stabbed him in the chest.
“Oh, no!” I gasped. “Alexander, I’m so sorry.”
Without a word, Alexander put his hand over mine and gripped onto me, trapping my hand over his chest.
Our eyes met as I wondered what the hell he was up to.
“Let me go,” I demanded and squirmed on top of him.
His eyes darkened, and his throat bobbed as he swallowed. Alexander’ s musky scent was surrounding me, making my head spin, making it so I couldn’t think. His gaze flicked to my mouth, making my stomach flip and desire flutter inside of me.
I continued to struggle against him, trying to break free of his strong grip, but it was useless. Because he wouldn’t let go of my hand, the needle lowered further into his skin, but he didn’t even flinch from the pain.
“You have a high pain tolerance,” I said with awe in my voice.
I couldn’t help the loud gasp that escaped me when Alexander wrapped my legs around his waist and stood up. My warm center pressed against his hard length, and I bit down on my lip so I wouldn’t moan. Pleasure sizzled in my veins as his hot body pressed against me.
He lowered me onto the top of his hard, cold desk, such a sharp contrast to his warm skin. Alexander pinned me down with his body, and the weight of him made me tighten my legs around his waist before I could think it through.
“Was your goal to draw blood?” he demanded in a rough, low voice, his eyes on mine. “Because you succeeded.”
Hot embarrassment washed over me, and I shifted uncomfortably when I looked down out our bodies wrapped around each other. My heart slammed against my chest when I realized that if someone were to walk into Alexander’s office right now, we would never be able to explain this intimate position. This wasn’t like arriving for work in the same car. This was much worse.
Immediately, I dropped my, gaze. I couldn’t think straight when I was looking into his dark, intense eyes. “Alexander, let me go. Please. If someone walks in. I’m going to got fired.”
Alexander tightened his grip even more until my palm became wet and sticky.
My stomach rolled when I realized what I was feeling.
Alexander’s blood. Guilt stabbed at my chest when I realized that I could have seriously hurt him.
“Listen, I’m sorry that I tried to stab you awake. I promise never to do it again. It was a stupid mistake,” I said in a small voice.
Then, I winced as I slowly pulled the needle out of his chest and threw it across the room until it hit the wall and fell to the floor.
Alexander’s body relaxed. He wrapped his strong arms around me and hugged my body close. If I didn’t know any better, I would think that he was smelling my hair. I could hear Alexander’s heart pound against his chest, and his hands shook slightly as they held me.
My pulse quickened as the enormity of our situation dawned on me. Why had I tried to wake him up with a needle? What had I been thinking? My parents had always called Grandma crazy for doing that.
As soon as he let me go, I rolled out from under his body and stood from the desk. My thighs were trembling, and my nerves were frayed from being pinned down by Alexander.
I fixed my hair and straightened my clothes, trying to make it look like nothing had happened. All I wanted to do right now was get out of the room and have a moment alone to think. I spun around to leave, but Alexander caught my wrist just like he had down in the elevator. His touch burned right through me.
“You’ve hurt yourself,” he said and turned me back around.
With one finger, he pulled back my shirt and revealed a small puncture wound from the other side of the needle that had stabbed my chest.
Shock coursed through me. How strange. I hadn’t even felt any pain because I had been so worried about Alexander. I guess it hadn’t been Alexander’s blood I had felt in my hand,
It was mine.
“Oh…wow. I’m sorry,” I told him, not knowing what else to say.
“You’re bleeding, and you’re apologizing to me?” Alexander asked, and he shook his head incredulously. “I don’t understand you,” he said.
“Well, that makes two of us because I don’t understand you either,” I snapped and shifted my shirt back into place.
Alexander bent down and began to look around the room for something. My blood went cold when I realized that he was searching for the needle.
I rushed out of the room because if he was going to get me back for accidentally stabbing him, I wouldn’t make it any easier by hanging around his office.
After I cleaned up and bandaged my small wound, I went into the break room and poured myself a cup of hot coffee, and grabbed a granola bar. After I sat down, I took small sips from my favorite chipped mug, and the hot drink slowly filled my body with much needed warmth. Finally, I could just sit here and think in peace.
But my solace didn’t last long. Soon, Alexander strolled in, making my hands grip the coffee cup so tightly I was surprised that it didn’t shatter. I noticed that he had changed into a different white dress shirt since he had probably bled through the other one.
“I’m surprised to see that you’re still here after the stunt you pulled,” he told me, his expression unreadable.
I cleared my throat and sat up straighter. I refused to allow him to intimidate me. My plan was just to pretend that the incident with the needle had never happened.
“Don’t forget about your blind date tonight,” I said in a steady voice.
