Alpha’s Badass Mate novel

---- didn't want to. "Good morning, Ashly. How are you?" Alex said as he pushed open the door. His lips twitched into a matching smile, his eyes on Ashly and Ashly alone. Sorry if I'm interrupting your work." "No. No bother at all," Ashly replied in a soft, sweet tone. Allen glanced between the two of them, her head turning frantically this way and that. She looked to Sebestian , but her partner was ignoring everyone as he continued working through the documentation .

"In fact, I think we were just about to take a break," Ashly noted with a glance at her watch. Alex nodded. "Would you like to join me in my office for lunch? He gestured over one shoulder, out toward the hall. "We could discuss a few business matters over the break." Ashly parted his lips, his eyes widening ever so slightly. For a second, she wanted to tell Alex off for being too obvious. Instead, she simply let her expression relax into a smirk.

"Of course ," she said, quirking a brow at the man. " Buy me lunch, and I'll meet you there." Alex's eyes widened a little at the request, but he quickly nodded and left to do just as he was told. He seemed a little too pleased with himself , but with a ---- shrug, Ashly allowed it. He stared at the Alpha through the clear glass windows for a moment before shaking her head and focusing back on his files. "Hello to you too, Mr. President," Allen scoffed as soon as the door behind Alex closed.

Leaning forward toward Sebestian, he patted a hand on the table. " What the fuck is going on, Seb? Do I need to prepare my knife to kill that fucker?" Sebestian ignored his partner with a beleaguered sigh. Allen sat back in her chair. Staring down at herself , she patted her chest. "Am I a bad person or what?" Sebestian glanced upwards briefly, casting Allen a look as if to say, I wish. But after a pause, he simply shook his head and let out an amused huff.

"I'll buy you lunch later," he muttered, earning himself a wide grin from Allen. "Then we fuck like we did the first time." Sebestian wants to bang his head, but he can't. Allen is obsessed with their first sex; God knows how many times they repeat everything like some play. "After lunch, we are going to our place, and then we will play everything like the first time." Allen grins widely , which makes Ashly roll her eyes.

When lunch rolled around ten minutes later , Ashly was tapping her pen impatiently against the papers in ---- front of her. Since Alex's appearance , she's read and reread the same paragraph on the technical director's employee review about four times. She just couldn't focus. Ashly was consumed with a softly radiating warmth, knowing Alex was going to buy her lunch.

She didn't even need to specify what she wanted because , even after only a weekend together, Alex had already memorized most of her favorite dishes. Biting her lip, Ashly realized she wouldn't be able to concentrate again until after she'd eaten something. With a heavy exhale, she capped his pen and set it down. "I'll see you guys tomorrow; have a good anniversary," she said to her associates, leaving them with a tight smile as she stood and left the room.

Sebastian and Allen cast each other an identically curious glance before they both shrugged and went back to finishing up their work. Ashly is grown up now; they don't want to meddle in her business.