NovelEnglishChapter 33
Jess was walking just fine.
No staggering, no tripping, no leaning on walls for support. Her
back was straight. Her heels clicked with confidence. She even
glanced at her reflection in a glass panel and fixed a stray hair.
She wasn’t drunk. Not even a little.
She'd been pretending the entire time.
As soon as we entered the room, Jess said she wanted to take a
shower.
| glanced at her warily. “You've been drinking,” | said, keeping
my tone polite. “Showering might not be a good idea right now.
Letget you shoney water instead.”
She didn’t even look at me. “I'm fine.”
She turned toward the bathroom like | hadn't said anything at
all.
| stepped forward, blocking her path. “Seriously. | can’t answer
to Alpha Alexander if something happens to you. Please don’t
be difficult.”*
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That made her stop. Her eyes darkened and then went glassy,
reddening again like she might cry.
But this time, | wasn’t buying it.
| gently guided her toward the couch instead. “Sit. Just rest a bit, alright?”
She did, wordlessly.
| called the front desk and asked them to send up swarm honey water. As soon as | hung up, my phone
buzzed again. | glanced at the screen. Only two contacts existed in my phone-
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAlexander and Gai. This one was Alexander.
| hesitated for a second, then answered. His voice was cool and
simple: “Cto my suite.”
No explanation. No greeting.
Just an order.
“I'll be there in a moment,” | said.
| turned to Jess. She was curled up on the couch, arms crossed,
still acting like the world had betrayed her. “I'm going to check
in with Alpha Alexander. You rest. Your honey water will be
here soon.”
She didn’t reply. She just looked up atwith that frosty,
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unreadable stare-like I'd just told her | was taking her place in line for something she believed was hers.
| opened my mouth to say something, but stopped. Anything | added would only make it worse. | nodded and
turned toward
the door.
A short walk later, | tapped my room card at Alexander's suite
and stepped inside. The place was dark, the lights dimmed to a
soft amber glow.
Alexander stood near the window, taking off his watch with
slow, methodical movements. His posture was always elegant,
deliberate-never a slouch or stumble to him.
He didn’t look atwhen he spoke.
“I'm hungry.”
| blinked. “Sorry?”
His tone didn’t change. “I'm hungry.”
For a wild second, my brain short-circuited. Hungry as in-
what kind of hungry? | hoped not ‘sexually’ hungry.
| stared at his back, completely unsure how to respond. Then he
added, flatly, “To eat!””
| exhaled. Right. Of course.
“Okay” | said quickly, clearing my throat. “What would you
like? | can call the kitchen.”
He shrugged. “Anything.”
That wasn’t helpful at all. But | didn’t push. | listed off a few items off the top of my head-grilled chicken, seafood
pasta, mushroom soup, whatever | could remember from the menu-
and relayed it to the housekeeper over the intercom.
Once | hung up, Alexander finally turned to me. He walked
over slowly, stopping a few feet away.
“Gai used to handle all this,” he said.
Just that. No warmth. No thanks. Just a casual reminder that |
was still in the learning curve.
| gave a short nod. “Understood.“”
He didn’t askto stay. He just said, “You can leave.”
Dismissed. Like a server who had poured the last glass of wine.
| turned toward the door without saying anything more.
As | stepped into the hallway, | thought about the man behind
me. One minute he was sharp, commanding, and graceful. The
next, cold and clipped, like | barely existed.
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| shook my head to myself.
What a temperamental man.
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awkward encounters, too many things on my mind. Yve was
grunting in my head, annoyed, “How are you supposed to
function on an empty stomach?”
The hotel breakfast spread was gorgeous-granola, fruit, eggs,
smoked salmon, all arranged like artwork. | loaded my plate, but
ate slowly, savoring the deliciousness.
After breakfast, | walked out into the hotel garden to clear my
mind. The air was fresh. Birds chirped in the distance, and the
faint scent of jasmine wafted on the breeze. | found a shaded
bench beneath a tree and closed my eyes for a moment, just to
take in the calm.
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