He’s an Alpha She doesn’t Care novel Chapter 60

Wynta

She was sitting in her office working, she had left the marketing floor and closed herself into her office. The door was actually closed, so no one could come in. It wasn’t something she had ever done before. But honestly she wasn’t in the mood to deal with hearing the comments out there that were being made about her.

There was a knock on her door and she looked up to see a woman standing there holding a large round box of white flowers. She nearly ignored it. But couldn’t be that rude to the woman standing there and waved her in, “Can I help you?” she asked as the door opened.

“You’re Wynta Morgan?” she asked, pointing to the sign on the door.

“I am.” She nodded.

“I was told to personally deliver these to you, not your office. Glad you’re in.” She smiled as she walked across the room and placed them on the desk.

“By who?” Wynta asked.

“There is a card the gentleman stated to hand them to you and no one else.” She smiled, and then she walked from the office.

Wynta sat there and just stared at them, not knowing what to do with them, or who they were from at this point. Nolan had sent flowers the other day to the office, but she thought that was more about him telling her he was here in town than anything else.

She didn’t think Jared would send her flowers at all. They didn’t have that kind of relationship and, after what she’d sent him today, there was no way she’d get flowers from him, she’d firmly ended that game he was playing, told everyone a lie about him, to keep him from coming anywhere near her.

Her eyes moved to the marketing floor and several people were looking at her. All eyes moved away when she looked out there, just bloody great. Regardless of who they were from, there was going to be more gossip.

She turned her eyes back to the flowers, two dozen white roses from a place called Luxe Bouquet. She finally plucked the card from the bouquet and opened it, “I’m sorry, Wynta. I never meant to hurt you. Please have dinner with me, Nolan. I miss you.”

She stared at the words written there on the card and wondered if he actually thought that would work on her. He never meant to hurt her! She didn’t believe that for a single second.

Not when he had tried to coerce her, he knew exactly what he was doing when he asked her, tried to convince her, his intent was to have him and his Beta bed her and then just toss her aside.

So, it was meant to hurt her, those very words on that card were all a lie. As for having dinner with him, he couldn’t even come and talk to her, or get her to go and talk to him. So, like that was going to happen, the man was clearly delusional. As for the ‘I miss you‘, what a crock of s**t. She did not believe that for a single second.

He’d not even missed her when she’d been chained up and missing from the pack, and he’d not cared one iota about her even rejecting him, just headed off to Alpha College the very next day. Left after telling her they’d come back to it in a year. He didn’t bloody care at all back then, so why would she believe that he missed her now?

They were also rejected Mates of 14 years. She certainly didn’t miss him and his lying ways. She flicked that card right into the bin under her desk as she saw Dwane and Jared walking towards her office. Her jaw tightened as her eyes met his. Then his eyes moved to the flowers on her desk, and he stopped walking altogether.

She could see everyone out there was watching him, then their eyes were turned on her, and she knew why. They were all about to get more gossip to run their mouths about her. She didn’t know what he wanted right this minute, didn’t really care either. Her day had been s**t and him being here was only going to make it worse.

Wynta was still looking at him when she reached out and hit the button to frost over the windows of her office. It was the first time she’d ever done that, and everyone out there would know that. Then she just returned to her work. That should tell him exactly how she felt; that she didn’t want to see him.

A part of her wondered if he’d not liked her ignoring him all day. She’d not expected to see him looking annoyed, and he did actually look a bit on the annoyed side standing out there with his jaw ticking after seeing those flowers on her desk. But after all she’d put up with in this very office, she just didn’t want to deal with him.

She heard much goings–on out there and orders being rapped out, and then after several minutes her door opened and Jared stood looking at her. “Ms Morgan, come out here to the floor please, I have something that needs clearing up.”

“And if I choose not to?” she asked without looking at him. She had no idea what this was, or what he was going to do, but she didn’t think she wanted to be a part of it.

“I guess Dwane, your direct manager, is coming in here to make you,” he muttered, “seeing as I have nothing to do with this department at all. I don’t want that, you don’t want that. Dwane certainly doesn’t, he respects you as a diligent employee,” he told her. “Please step out here to the marketing floor.”

She sighed and got up, shot him an unhappy look, and he nodded ever so slightly, and as she walked past him, “I understand you’re annoyed, and I’m here to fix that.” He stated as he stepped back to make sure his body didn’t come into contact with hers.

She could see all the teams and supervisors were out there standing or sitting around. He’d pulled everyone to this meeting. “Now that you’re all here,” he nodded to everyone. “It has been reported to HR and then passed on to Mr Miller, Marketing’s direct CEO, that there are many vicious and unfounded rumors rolling through this office.” He shook his head.

“I am aware that I foolishly caused this rumor to be spread. Rumors regarding myself and Ms Morgan, because I came in here and kissed her yesterday.” He stated. “I’d like to clear that up. “He looked at her and sighed. “I’m sorry, Ms Morgan, I did that on a dare after a liquid lunch, my judgment was impaired. I did not actually intend to kiss you. But up close to you and with a little bit to much liquor in me, I kind of just did it.” He sighed. “Please forgive me.”

She didn’t even look at him, she didn’t know if it was believable or even plausible to those here in the office, “Did you get all the praise you were after, while I got humiliated all day?” She bit out, turning her eyes on him now.

“Hmm,” he pinched the bridge of his nose, “I won’t lie to you. At the time, yes, it’s not so funny to me now. Considering the fallout which father has just informed me of. All the harassment in this office you have received which is now going to affect the company. My father was utterly furious, told me something I didn’t even know about you.”

She folded her arms across her chest and kept her face impassive, even though she was curious as to what he had come up with. “You’re currently being head–hunted by Obsidian Corp. Have been for a year now, have the option to move to them for the very job you have here now, and that Coral Bay Industries and Grant Enterprises have been trying to poach you for the past four months,” Jared stated.

He sighed now, “And you’ve always turned down their offers, on the basis you already have a good team and like working here. My father actually knows Braxton Blakely, the owner of Obsidian Corp. We had a meeting with him today, and he gloated about having practically sealed the deal in poaching you,

“That you’d finally called his people back. I believe it was just after lunch today, you said that you’d go up to Redding and meet with him this weekend. Dwane here did some digging and found out that you’ve now agreed to go and hear out Coral Bay and Grant Enterprises. Are looking to leave Hayes Industries.”

She nodded, she could follow along and play that lead, “Yes, I have, but what more can you expect when the employees here, not just those above me but those beneath my position, state I’m sleeping my way to the top. That’s all they’ll ever see now. Thank you for that.

“It took you all of a few minutes to ruin my entire reputation within this company. A place I’ve worked for five years without incident, or issues like this before. I’ve never once dated anyone inside the office, and they all know that; have heard me state before that I don’t believe in dating someone from the office,

“But now that’s all some people see and believe. Regardless of what they know of me, prior to your… what do you want to call it, indiscretion. And that you’re here to clear it up, tell the truth, they’re never going to believe it. It’s too late.” She grated out. “The damage is done.”

He sighed. “I can understand that is how you feel,” he nodded and turned back to the people on her floor. “So let me make this very clear to you all. My father is not a man to be taken lightly. Even for me, I will incur penalties and punishment.” He held his hand out to Dwane and took a file from him, “This is a breach of the companies code of conduct that I was issued by my own father just 30 minutes ago, when he found out what was going on down here on the marketing floor.”

He held it up. “I have now been fined by the company and suspended from the office,” he pulled the papers out to show them. “He will not go easy on me when I should be setting an example.” He turned back to Wynta. “Edward Hayes is my direct boss and the company’s CEO, before he is my father, he was appalled by my behavior, and is going to fire his own son, from the company over this.” he muttered.

She heard many gasps of shock ripple through the crowd, and she watched as he stood there and waited for it all to die down once more, then looked at them and nodded, “So you may think this is a lie, but it’s not. You all understand I’ve been in Europe for what? Eight years now. Let me tell you something you don’t know about that trip.

“This is the first time I’ve been asked to come home in eight years. That wasn’t my doing. My father saw fit to punish me for making a deal that lost the company money. I was sent away to improve myself. Now this,” he shook his head.

“What some of you here have done, is not only tarnish Ms Morgan’s reputation, and see her want to leave the company, something my father doesn’t want, he sees her potential, how hardworking, diligent and loyal to this company she has been. But you, whoever you were, and I will find out, there are many cameras on this floor,

“Have turned my father’s own anger upon me once more, as well. That’s going to see me have you fired when I find out which one of you it was. Dwane is going to investigate that, seeing as I’ll be escorted from the building any minute now. There is only one way for me to rectify this and save my own ass, in my father’s eyes.” He muttered and turned to look at Wynta.

“That being, I formally apologize to you, and convince you to stay here with Hayes Industries and not move on to a rival in business. I’d also much rather stay here than go back to being exiled in France, Ms Morgan. So, I’m here to implore you in front of all these witnesses. Not to take a job elsewhere, to please forgive me my grievous error in kissing you yesterday. It will never happen again inside this office, to cause you problems.”

“Here they come, Jared,” Dwane stated, and all eyes turned on the four security men walking through the department, one of them stating his name curtly.

Her eyes moved to his, and he nodded. “Please allow me the chance to redeem myself, not only in your eyes, but my father’s as well.” He murmured and was latched on to and hauled away.