Filed to story: Watch Me Win Alpha (Olivia & Ethan)
Aiden opened his mouth to argue, but Ava shook her head.
“It’s not worth it.” she muttered to her brother.
The elevator doors slid open. Despite Ava’s instructions, Aiden tried to follow Ava and me down the hallway to our room, but Richard grabbed his shoulder and steered him in the other direction.
“You’re coming with me, buddy,” Richard said.
Ava laughed as she watched Richard strong-arm her brother down the hallway. “I’m glad that someone like Richard is here to keep my brother in line,” she said.
“I can’t wait to shower,” I said as Ava opened the door to our hotel room with the key card.
“You can go first,” Ava said as we entered the suite, and she headed for the mini fridge. “I’m so thirsty. I’m going to drink all the water bottles in here, and I don’t care how much I have to pay for it.”
“Save me one,” I said as I headed for the large bathroom.
I took my time in the shower, turning the water as hot as it would go and lathering myself in lavender scented soap.
Wrapping myself in a fluffy white robe and putting my hair in a towel,
I left the bathroom in a cloud of steam.
“The bathroom is all yours,” I told Ava and went to my room to change
I put on a pair of my most comfortable jeans and a light blue shirt. As I was blow drying my hair, my phone lit up with a text.
Alexander: I’ve just ordered room service. Why don’t you come up and join me?
My heart slammed against my ribcage, and my mouth dried as I read his text at least three times. I didn’t know how to respond. I didn’t want to ditch my friends, but after the crazy day we have had, it would be better just to get room service and go to bed. And a part of me wanted some alone time with Alexander. Today had been so hard, and when he wasn’t being a jerk, he brought me a lot of comfort.
As I finished with my hair, I was still unsure what to do. I left my room just as Ava came out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel. Quickly, I told her about Alexander’s invitation.
“Oh, don’t worry about Aiden and me. I’ll invite him and Richard over and we can eat room service together. Go get your man,” she said and winked.
My stomach swooped. “He’s not my man,” I muttered, then left the room.
On the elevator ride up to Alexander’s penthouse, my mind kept going back and forth whether I was making the right decision or not. As I walked down the long hallway, my pulse quickened with each step I took.
Right after I knocked on the door, I began to regret my decision to come here. But it was too late.
The door swung open, and I swallowed nervously.
*Olivia*
As Alexander and I stared at each other, an electric current passed between us. The intense expression in his dark eyes made my legs shake.
For a long time, we just stood there and stared at each other. Memories from our complicated past ran through my mind, and I was still unsure whether I made the right decision in coming to knock on his door by myself.
To my surprise, his lips curled into a smile. “It seemed like you were contemplating whether or not you wanted to come in for a long time,” he said in a teasing tone.
I blushed and lowered my gaze. “How did you know?”
He turned around and nodded at the peephole on his hotel room door. “I was watching you.”
My skin tingled at the way his eyes swept down my body when he said that. Why did he have to be my boss? Why did he sometimes treat me like I was the most precious thing in the world, but at other times, he acted like I was nothing more to him than a subordinate that he enjoyed pushing around?
Alexander stepped to the side and gestured for me to enter his room.
My heart slammed against my chest as I did. When Alexander shut the door, my pulse quickened even more. Immediately, my eyesont to the table in the middle of the room that was set for two. He ordered all of my favorites: steak, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, buttered dinner rolls, and bacon wrapped asparagus. The sight of the home cooked meal made my mouth water. The fact that he had ordered all of my favorite dishes made a lump develop in my throat.
I spun around to thank him, but before I could, his warm, hard body pressed against my back. My hands shook as he rested his chin on my shoulder so that his lips were right beside my ear. His warm breath against my skin made me want to moan out loud.
“I got all of your favorite foods,” he murmured, his lips only inches away from my exposed skin. “I didn’t want the kitchen’s delicious cooking to go to waste.”
“No, uh, we can’t have that,” I said, my voice shaking. I was too nervous to be embarrassed of how high-pitched my voice sounded.
Quick as a flash, Alexander spun my body around until I was pressed against his front, and we were staring at each other. A moment that seemed to last forever passed as we gazed into each other’s eyes, waiting for the other to make the first move. I could feel his heart beating against mine, and a shiver of pleasure ran through me when I noticed that it was beating just as fast as mine was.
Alexander cupped my face with his warm hands, closed his eyes, and leaned down to kiss me.
Every thought flew out of my head as I allowed my eyes to flutter close. All I could think about was having his soft yet strong lips back on mine. But just before his mouth could meet mine, I came to my senses. It was like a bucket of cold water had been splashed over me.
“Alexander, you’re my boss,” I murmured and pulled out of his overwhelming embrace so that I could think clearly again. le
Both of us were breathing hard as we locked gazes. The mo silence stretched on, the more the awkward feeling between us grew.
“We need to eat before the food grows cold,” I said and cleared my throat.
Without looking at him, I sat and started to load my plate. Even though I wasn’t remotely hungry, I dug into my food so that I would have an excuse not to look at him. My leg bounced under the table became 1 could feel his searing gaze on me. I heard the scrap of the chair on the floor as he sat down and the sounds of him serving himself food
When I reached for my cold glass of water, I chanced a glance at him. His brow was furrowed, and when he met my gaze, he sighed.
His reaction made my head tilt. I put my water glass back down.
“What’s wrong?” I immediately regretted my question as soon as it was out of my mouth.
“I’m frustrated with myself,” he admitted and put down his fork and knife. “I shouldn’t have tried to kiss you. I know that it was wrong, but I did it anyway. I’m selfish.”
My eyes widened. I couldn’t believe that he was being so candid with me. “You’re not selfish, Alexander. I mean, it’s not entirely your fault because I’m sure that…I’ve been giving you mixed signals.” My cheeks heated, “Honestly, you’re a much more decent person than 99% of the male population.”
I was hoping that my joking would snap him out of his bad mood, but it didn’t do the trick.
Alexander shrugged. “I think that the person I’m interested in doesn’t share the same interest in me.” He sighed again. “And I think that’s because they think I’m selfish.”
I opened my mouth, but I wasn’t sure how to respond. I had no idea who he was talking about. Also, he had used the gender neutral term ‘they’ so he could even be talking about a guy, and I would never know.
For the rest of the dinner, we ate in silence. Mostly, I pushed around the food on my plate because my stomach was too full of nerves to eat.
“I should go,” I said after we finished our strange dinner. “A… will be lonely.
“
I didn’t mention the fact that she had planned to order room service with her brother and Richard
“What about me?” Alexander asked, looking up at me from his eyelashes, something that would usually make any girl putty in his hands. “Don’t you think that I’ll get bored without you here?
I crossed my arms, beyond annoyed by his mind games.
“Why don’t you get Gai to keep you company?” I snapped.
Alexander’s lips twitch. “You’re feisty tonight. I like it.”
We stood from the table and he came to my side. “Why don’t I walk you back to your room?” he suggested and put his warm hand on the small of my back.
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