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“Right.” I hadn’t been paying attention to the time and had gotten distracted by the email I was drafting to Sora.
Standing, I followed Xavier out to the large conference room in the middle of the floor. Elias and Simon were already there sitting as they talked. We all wore suits, the alphas just made theirs look smaller because of the muscles. I was muscular, but not as much as my friends. I swam while they lifted weights and bulked up.
“What’s up, Julian? This is rather sudden.” Simon didn’t wait for me to be sitting before he asked the question. His crisp British accent was straight to the point. Knowing him, he had about four projects going at once and needed to get back to them before they collapsed.
Xavier closed the door to the room before sitting down next to me.
“This doesn’t really have anything specific to do with work.” I didn’t know how to begin.
“Julian, we’re all pretty busy, please don’t tell me you called us to a meeting about something unrelated.” Elias tapped his fingers on the table.
“Okay, it has something to do with work and not.” Damn, I was messing this up.
“Okay. Just tell us.” Xavier demanded from his seat next to me. That damn alpha never had any chill. Straight to the point and don’t sugar coat it. That was Xavier.
“We have a new employee that I want to bring up here as our only secretary.” There. I said it.
They just stared at me before Elias laughed, breaking the silence. “You want us all to share one secretary? How would that work? What about the current girls? Why?”
That last question was the biggest one. I took a deep breath. “This new employee is an omega I’m drawn to.”
They all stared at me silently for several moments. We’d grown up together knowing that we’d be a pack when we found an omega that was just for us. We’d been so busy over the past few years to not really care about that, but it had always been on my mind.
“I guess we should listen to him. What do we do with our current secretaries?” Elias grumbled. He wasn’t good with change, but the idea of an omega interested him.
“They just get reassigned to a different floor. We won’t change their earnings so there are no hard feelings.” Simon spoke before I could, his British accent crisp and to the point now that they knew why I wanted to do this. He ran a hand through his light brown hair before looking at me. “You’re serious about this?”
I nodded. I might not be an alpha, drawn to her perfume, but I could recognize the signs of someone meant to be ours.
Elias stood. “You have my vote.”
It was good to be boss.
CHAPTER2
Alena
The rest of the day flew by. I spent most of it in HR, watching corporate videos about sexual harassment and bullying. Sora said everyone employed had to go through the torture, so I didn’t feel so awkward about it.
The last hour I spent down on the first floor. I received my login information, so I set up my desk so that it was comfortable for me. It felt incredible to have a workspace of my own. My trainer, Gladys, was a wonderful older beta with graying hair and a warm smile for everyone.
By the time five rolled around, I was exhausted with information overload. I was ready to curl up in my bed at the hotel and sleep. I still hadn’t gotten the badge that would show me as an employee, so they said to keep the temporary one until security was able to get me my real one.
I also couldn’t stop thinking about that man, Julian. He had the prettiest and kindest eyes. Sora said he was the director of Human Resources and her boss.
“See you tomorrow, Alena!” Gladys waved to me as she stepped around her desk.
“Bye!” I returned the smile as I grabbed my purse and phone. I had some time before my bus arrived, so I stayed behind the desk. There was an employee handbook that I could read to pass the time. At least I only had to take one bus back to the hotel instead of two like in the morning.
* * *
XAVIER
I tapped my finger on the mouse as I looked at the screen. This omega had secrets. The first being she gave us a fake name, or at least a secondary name. She hid it well, or whoever had helped her with her new identity had.
I looked up at my friends who stood together in front of my computer, waiting for my go ahead. Sometimes being a brilliant hacker had its drawbacks and other times it came in handy. Like now.
“She has a hidden past. She comes from Society but is staying at a rinky dink extended stay hotel.” I picked up a pen, twirling it between my fingers. I wasn’t a stranger to hidden pasts. My own could put hers to shame, and I didn’t even know the full story.
