Filed to story: Watch Me Win Alpha (Olivia & Ethan)
You didn’t just come running here to say good morning to me.
There must have been some kind of accident.”
My heart began to race. He knows, Yve said. Of course he did.
Well, I guess it’s time to make my escape.
I gripped the paper bag tightly and stepped forward. I deposited the cake on the dining table. “I should go,” I murmured, already backing away toward the door. “I have things to…”
“Olivia.” I winced and stopped moving. I turned around slowly to find Alexander staring at me. “Don’t go just yet.” Then he turned to Mike. “Mike, would you mind opening the cake? It looks delicious.”
He nodded and unwrapped the paper bag. He pulled out the cake gently and placed it over Alexander’s now empty plate.
Alexander ran his fork through the cake and brought it to his lips. He closed his eyes for a moment, then pulled out his phone.
He started angling the device to capture the cake, but instead of taking the photo himself, he looked directly at me.
“Olivia, come here. Take the picture for me.””
The request caught me off-guard. Alexander was definitely up to something. But what?
Forget about that, Yve said. This is the perfect opportunity to delete the message from his phone. Do it now.
She was right. I walked back to where he sat and took the phone from him. I pretended to fiddle with the camera settings, but instead, I went straight to WhatsApp.
“Careful, Olivia. We wouldn’t want you to accidentally delete anything important again.”
My body jerked. He knew exactly what I was planning to do, and yet he was letting me do it. I wasn’t about to let this opportunity pass me by.
“Of course,” I mouthed. Then I proceeded to quickly search for my name. The mortifying message was still there. I deleted it without hesitation.
And it was gone without a trace. I could finally breathe again.
I navigated back to the camera app. Trying to appear casual, I angled the phone toward the strawberry shortcake and snapped several shots, capturing different angles.
Satisfied, and with the evidence of my indiscretion gone, I handed the phone back to Alexander.
*Author*
The four of them were still gathered in the dining room. Mike and Gai were none the wiser. Olivia was still reeling from her successful mission, while Alexander retrieved his phone without revealing his inner thoughts.
He headed straight for instagram and selected his favorite photo of the strawberry cake. Alexander considered what an appropriate caption would be, but he decided to include an emoji with a shy smile and closed eyes.
Satisfied with the post, he tilted the phone so Gai and Mike could see. Gai’s eyes widened in shock. The emoji choice seemed so out of character for the Alpha that it left him stunned.
Meanwhile, Mike simply nodded his approval. He didn’t mind his Alpha showing a bit of character.
In fact, he welcomed it.
Watching the different reactions, Olivia pulled out of her phone and quickly began scrolling on instagram. And when she saw it, her reaction was perhaps the most dramatic of all. She stared at her phone screen, completely speechless. She couldn’t begin to comprehend why Alexander would choose such an emoji.
But they all put the matter to rest, filing out of the house, into their respective cars as they drove to the office.
Olivia was still in a state of utter confusion when they arrived at the building. Even as they rode the elevator, she couldn’t stop thinking about that emoji.
But then Gai couldn’t contain his curiosity any longer and asked the question Olivia desperately wanted to ask. He leaned close to Alexander and whispered, “Did you use the wrong emoji by mistake? What you used is typically associated with shy young girls.”
The Alpha didn’t like this line of questioning. He responded coldly, letting Gai know that he may have slipped and made a mistake.
Olivia, however, had been listening intently. Her eyes widened as she realized that Alexander hadn’t made any mistakes at all
No… he was doing this on purpose in an attempt to tease her.
Alexander then proceeded to make it abundantly clear that nothing would be changed. He didn’t care about whatever chaos he was causing.
And chaos it certainly was.
His Instagram update had caused such an uproar that his comment section exploded. His private messages were filled with concerned inquiry and some amused texts. Even his own siblings joined in, jokingly asking if their usually stiff brother had been kidnapped.
Among all these were several flirtatious messages from friends. Alexander was not having it. He simply blocked each sender.
Meanwhile, across town, at Green Pack, Neil was just about to make his usual drive to work when his wife, Helen pulled him right back out of his car. She announced that there was a situation that required his immediate attention.
Neil was naturally worried. His mind immediately jumped to the worst conclusion, and he asked his wife, “Is this about our kids?”
Helen gave him an easy smack and shoved her phone in his face, to show him the picture of Alexander eating a strawberry cake.
“It’s something girls like to eat,” she pointed out in concern. To Helen, it looked like someone, a girl in particular, had forced strawberry cake on her son. But then, when she considered Alexander’s personality, he wouldn’t post something so
‘scandalous’ if he didn’t like it.
Neil was truly shocked by Helena’s theory. He didn’t think it was a girl. Even if it was, neither of them know who this girl could be, or perhaps if it was the same girl who had called
Alexander the last time.
That idea didn’t last long. Neil realized that girl had been Olivia’s friend. So there couldn’t possibly be anything between her and
Alexander.
“What girl?” Helen asked.
Neil almost doubled over. If Helen had no idea about that, then she was also in the dark about the injury their son had sustained while trying to save Olivia.
But Neil recognized that his wife was not a woman who typically concerned herself with gossip. She was used to a comfortable life. In fact, those close to family had been specifically instructed not to burden her with news of her son’s recent injury, knowing how deeply she would worry about such matters.
Helen was well aware of Olivia’s existence, and her role as
Alexander’s new secretary. She was fully open-minded about this, believing that hiring decisions should be based on competence.
But that only begged a very important question for Neil. would his wife still remain so open minded if she knew how Olivia had impacted her son’s life? First, he’d blocked both Hawthorne and
Windsor Group loan applications and then, he’d rushed to
Olivia’s rescue.
Neil studied the picture again. His son was clearly in his apartment, and he knew that Alexander was only ever accompanied by one woman.
Helen nudged her husband who had fallen into deep thought.
“What are you thinking about?” she asked.
“Maybe we’re overthinking this whole thing, and we shouldn’t be jumping into conclusions, but the only woman I can think of is Olivia.”
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