He’s an Alpha She doesn’t Care novel Chapter 57

Jared

His morning had been one long meeting after another, as his father and Alpha Braxton sat and discussed the new deals they were making. He’d not seen this Alpha in a long time, and they shook hands and greeted each other warmly. Had a bit of chat between topics and printing of agreements about his new venture in France and how it was going.

How the sales of Brax’s new yachts were going, the discussion of Mates came up. He could see that Braxton was now mated, having been given a second chance, Mate, the man had smiled. “Got me a Warrior Luna,” he’d stated.

“One that can actually out–muscle him even.” His Beta Lockey had laughed. “It’s fun to watch them spar.”

That had surprised Jared quite a bit. “Alpha blooded then?” he’d asked.

“Mmm, and of better blood than myself,” Brax had nodded.

“Difficult to bring in or easy?” Jared asked curiously. He knew Alpha females could be a real handful at times.

“Hmm, difficult, but I understand why. I wasn’t exactly what you’d call nice to her before we scented each other out, kind of hindered things. Though we managed to overcome that with much talking and getting to know each other.”

“Good to hear.” Jared had nodded.

“You’re still un–mated and wearing that band, I see.” Brax had shaken his head a little.

Jared’s eyes moved to it and he nodded. “I’ll only accept a Goddess–Gifted, even if I didn’t have this band on, I’d likely just patiently wait for the day I scent someone out. We live long lives.” He’d smiled, and they did. He wasn’t even a tenth through his life.

Business had resumed after that. He was now sitting a few hours later frowning at a text message he’d just received from Wynta, and it was not something he’d been expecting. She’d just denied their relationship? Though he did recall how she’d dodged his attentions this morning when he’d dropped her off, it had kind of irked him a little. He liked putting his lips on the she–wolf.

This message he was now looking at while his father was talking to Alpha Braxton, came across as more than annoyed; she was definitely angry, and for her to sign it off as Ms Morgan. He knew she was fully ticked off. He reread the message more carefully, taking in the punctuation of it this time. Don’t come near me, don’t you dare touch me in the office or outside of it. The rest was self–explanatory to him, people were clearly still gossiping about what they’d seen going on between him and her.

He sighed internally, he wasn’t even there to go and deal with it, which he would if he could be, and he supposed right this minute he was lucky they’d not had to head up to Redding, where Braxton’s head office was. That the man himself was here in San Francisco, checking over his new warehouses where they were making his yachts, so this meeting was in his office here in the city. He was only an hour from Wynta, but he didn’t think his father would let him head back early.

A part of him knew it was going to be his fault, she was clearly also blaming him for whatever was going on in her department as well. He didn’t actually have eyes in her department, they were all human. But he was more than unhappy about reading that text. He liked playing with Wynta. It was actually fun for him.

He texted her back, “I’m out of the office but what happened?” and sat there with his phone in his hand waiting for a response from her. His phone, however, stayed stubbornly silent. He glanced down at it, she’d not even opened his message to read it. Five full minutes passed, and still nothing. She didn’t even access her message from him.

A frown touched his face as he wondered just what the hell had happened, only to get a text from her security detail ‘Wynta Morgan is on the move, left the building.’ It read.

He did sigh this time, though he waved his father and the man’s unit’s attention off when they all looked at him, “Pack related message.” He told them by way of explanation.

She was angry that much he did know, likely someone inside that office had triggered her rogue mentality, and she needed to be away from them or on the move. Most wolves, when angry, would just rip out of them and tear through the woods. She couldn’t actually do that, being wolf–less, so stalking from the office for her was probably the same equivalent.

He texted back, “Track her, but don’t interfere in anything she does. Unless it’s absolutely necessary, is, I believe, ticked off and currently of rogue mentality, will be aggressive, argumentative and defensive in nature. She could be looking to lash out if she’s pissed off completely.”

Then he clicked back to Wynta’s message, and she’d still not read his text. She was as mad at him as she was with those in the office, he thought. “Where are you going?” he tried to tempt her into arguing with him. She needed an outlet, and those words would tick her off when she saw them. See it as he was keeping tabs on her and thought he had a right to know her every move, not something a rogue would like, which would see her want to and likely take her anger out on him. That was fine with him.

He left the screen open to the message, and a much deeper frown marred his face when she also didn’t read that message. He didn’t know her well enough to know if whatever had gone down, would see her actually quit her job or not. Though if she did, his father would be furious and with him, he was going to be on that shaming post, taking another lashing if she quit.

Jared’s eyes moved to his father as that man’s phone chimed with a message. He knew he was also getting reports on Wynta. He watched his father read the message and then his eyes were on Jared a moment later, “I don’t know the reason, father, I’m here.” He stated for all in the room to hear, and his father nodded and went back to the meeting.

‘What’s going on?‘ Dwane mind–linked to him a moment later.

‘Something happened in the office and Wynta is ticked off.‘ He answered and then turned his phone for Dwane to read the message Wynta had sent him, plus the two he’d sent, and she’d yet to even look at. He wasn’t concerned about his Beta reading them, his unit all knew he was playing with Wynta.

Dwane read it and frowned, but then mind–linked him. ‘I got eyes on that floor, give me a minute to see if they know what happened in marketing today.‘

‘Who?‘ Jared asked right back. He didn’t know his Beta had eyes on what was going on down on the 6th floor, that could have been handy for him to know.

‘That is my business, Dwane answered him, though there was a touch of amusement in his tone.

Jared watched as his Beta messaged someone. The contact read ‘marketing cutie‘ and just from that one thing, he knew that Dwane was likely sleeping with someone from the marketing department.

‘You kept that under wraps, he commented down the mind–link.

‘Nothing has happened as of yet.‘ He chuckled softly ‘just minor flirting.‘

‘Who is it?‘ Jared asked.

‘No, she’d prefer to keep it completely out of the office, likely for the very reason Wynta is now mad at you.’ Dwane told him.

It took several minutes to get the response from his marketing cutie, and it wasn’t a short reply that woman, whoever she was, knew everything and was it appeared happy to relay it back to Dwane.

A woman named Rochelle, was spreading malicious rumors that Wynta was sleeping with

Jared in order to get a promotion. That there had been angry words going between Wynta and Rochelle in front of everyone in the break room, and Wynta had told everyone he was an asshole that was just playing a game with her to humiliate her and see her quit.

He could see that this person was still typing away as well.

‘Clear that up with your cutie, so she can defend Wynta, he told Dwane.

‘Will do.‘ Dwane nodded and started typing back. ‘What do you want me to say about what Wynta said about you?‘ He wasn’t even finished typing when he just huffed and held the phone out to Jared to read.

There on the screen was the text from Marketing Cutie, “Is what Wynta stated about Mr Hayes, you and your other friends true, Dwane? That Mr Hayes kissed Wynta over some bet you all have, just to humiliate her? If so, that is just plain cruel. It might be fun for him and you lot, because you all have money and power and are untouchable.

“But Wynta is not that kind of person. She’s just like me, an average everyday person just trying to earn a living and support herself. Doesn’t have millions to fall back on, actually needs her job, isn’t some trust fund baby like Mr Hayes, you and your friends… if that is the case, then I don’t think I want anything to do with anyone involved in something like that either.”

Jared frowned at those very words. This woman, whoever she was, wasn’t just insulting him but his entire unit. And right to Dwane himself, he had to remind himself she was human, and didn’t know what they were, though it also showed him that this woman was one of Wynta’s friends, likely one of the four women on her team.

The gossip going on in the office was now at a level she didn’t like. He thought he had fixed any kind of gossip by outing their relationship. Seems he’d only managed to make it worse. I’ll fix that,’ he told Dwane. ‘Tell her no.‘

Though how he was going to fix it all, he didn’t know. He was likely going to have to willingly put himself in a bad light. Though that would affect Dwane and his cutie from marketing, he could see Dwane was annoyed about the words she’d stated. His Beta liked the human, it appeared, though Jared had gotten that just from how she was registered to his contact list. Dwane usually just put the person’s name, nothing more.

He was going to have to think about it carefully. He couldn’t direct anything at Wynta, she was a rogue and could just up and walk away without even telling him, without telling anyone at all. Whatever he came up with was going to have to see him be the playboy with a not–so–nice reputation. It was also going to have to be seen the way she’d worded herself to those in that office.

‘I’d like to keep my cutie, Jared.‘ Dwane’s voice cut into his thoughts ‘She’s not only smart, but pretty. What do I tell her?‘

I honestly don’t know right at this moment,‘ he answered.

‘She’s going to walk away, Jared.‘ Dwane muttered.

He could only agree with his Beta and not just Wynta quitting, but Dwane’s cutie not wanting to have anything to do with him either. What if that woman was his human Mate? They’d not been home in eight years anything was possible. ‘I’m likely going to have to admit it, to get rid of the gossip.‘

‘Come up with a different plan,’ Dwane muttered.

Jared’s eyes moved to his own Beta, who was frowning deeply, and there was it appeared, annoyance in the man. He really did like the human in that office, whoever she was. His Beta wasn’t one to get upset over a human, and when he really thought about it, he wasn’t the type to flirt with a human either.

It was likely that marketing cutie was going to be his Beta’s human Mate and Jared was likely about to screw that up for him.