46. Truth about Email

All it took Eric was to find camera footage of the video of that day. The Alpha saw the screen, his eyes widening when he noticed all too familiar face on the screen. Paris. She was dashing out of Alyssa's office, a worried expression written all over her features.




His jaw clenched at that. She’s the only one who was got caught at three in the morning. Eric didn’t remember asking Paris to stay back. What was she doing back then? Furious, he stalked out of his office, not paying attention to anyone on the way.




“Paris” He yelled, startling her in the process.




The beta jumped at his tone; her mouth fell slack when she saw the anger evident on his face. It was like she knew why he was angry. He didn’t even need to explain it to her.



“Uhh...E-Eric I can explain...”




He growled, narrowing his eyes at her. Anger coursed in his veins at the sight of the beta. “You bloody will! Why did you think it was okay to do that horrible thing and pin it on Alyssa?!”




Then there was a brief silence, Paris breathing loudly as she stood up. There was clear hesitance on her face, her lips quivering as he stalked closer. The beta tilted her head, meeting his eyes.




“Because I was jealous of her!”



Eric stilled. He would never have thought of that, considering Paris pretended to be friends with Alyssa. They both along pretty. Why would she do that to her?




“Jealous of what?!”



“Of all the attention you were giving her! And don’t tell me it was only physical for you. I could see the way she challenged you and how you went out of your way for her” Paris gritted her teeth. “What’s so special about her? Huh? Is it because she’s an omega?”




Eric breath hitched, well that certainly wasn't what he’d expected.



Before he could say anything, she added. “I tried! I tried to forget you and find someone, but you are all I want Eric. She’s already dating your friends. We can be together.”



Paris inched closed, seductively blinking her eyes. “It can be just you and me. Like the old times.”



The Alpha scrunched his face, slapping her hands away from his chest. “You are fired. I want your desk cleared by the afternoon.”



Paris gasped. “You can’t be serious! I have worked here longer than her.”



“And? She’s still more important to me than you’ll ever be.”




Paris scoffed, probably seeing red right about now. “Should've guessed you’d say something like that. I was right, after all. You are in love with her”




Eric's breath caught in his throat. Was he in love with her? There was a brief pause of silence, and his mind was reeling. Love. Is that what the irksome feeling is? Is this the feeling he thinks about every day? It doesn’t feel quite like it should like it used to. The Alpha didn’t love a lot of people; he tried to do but look where that got him. Penelope cheated on him. After that, he never sought out for life. The thought of Alyssa leaving would surely hurt him.



In love, that’s the palpable explanation. It terrified him because he didn’t see the same look in her eyes that he’s sure his own have.



Fuck!



The omega was off-limits. They aren’t meant to be more than whatever it’s they are. She’s just supposed to be his personal assistant and nothing more.



“She’s isn’t anything worth fighting for.”



“We’re done here.” The Alpha snapped.



Paris let out this bellow of a growl, angrily stalking to her desk, muttering curse words under her breath. He didn’t care.
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Instead of going to his office, Eric walked to Adrian's office very well knowing that his friend can give him some answers. He went in without even bothering to knock and sat in front of his desk. “Did you talk to Alyssa?”




Adrian grind his teeth together. “I could punch you right now.”




Eric winced. Yeah well, he wanted to punch himself too. Nothing new.




“Get in line! Nicholas is also waiting.”




His friend rolled his eyes. “Haha very funny.”




“Adrian, please tell me when is she coming in?”



“I don’t know.”



“Come on! She might have told you something.”



Adrian looked reluctant to talk to him. “Um…Alyssa told me to tell you to fuck off. She also told me to tell you that she thinks you’re one of the biggest jerks she has ever had the displeasure of meeting and that she’s glad she doesn’t have to see your sour face ever again.”




Eric just stared at him, shocked. “Please tell me that’s what you think of me and not what she said”



The Alpha just couldn’t believe that Alyssa would ever say such things. The omega had always been pleasant and kind to him, no matter what he said or did to her.




“No! It’s all her. She really did tell me to tell you that.”




“So…she’s not coming back at all?” Eric asked in a small voice. Dread curdled, sinister and hideous, in the pit of his stomach—the thought of never seeing Alyssa as his assistant made him want to throw up.



“Not until you apologise to her”, Adrian answered, and Eric couldn’t stop the groan that came out of his mouth. Apologise? It had been years since he last apologised to someone; he never had any reason to. This was something completely new for him, and he didn’t like it one bit.




“Apologise to her? I just yelled at her.” He argued even though he knew his argument was stupid. He knew that he was in the wrong, but that didn’t mean he was about to say it out loud.




His friend rolled his eyes. “Face it, Eric, you messed up. You messed up, and you need to fix it. We are not going to lose our best assistant, so you forget about your pride and apologise!”




The Alpha knew Adrian was right. It’s been years since he last apologised and he was not sure how to start with that. But he wanted to. Just then he heard the knock on his door.




His eyes widened when he noticed Alyssa on the other side but in casual clothes. She still looked pretty.



“Come in” He croaked.



“Mr Bellini just wanted to tell you that all my things have been cleared. The office is empty now.”




Eric's gut clenched at that. She looked so blank and emotionless. There was no way he was letting her leave.



He turned to his friend. “Would you mind leaving us alone for a while?”




Adrian pinned him with a look before nodding his head. He softly smiled at Alyssa and left the office, closing the door behind her. As soon as he was sure that Adrian was gone Eric turned back to look at Alyssa who was still glaring at him.




“You know I didn’t mean to yell at you yesterday.” He said with a sigh. “Well not say all of those things at least.”




Eric hadn’t meant any of it to be honest. His words were harsh, sure.





The anger stemmed from the thought of her betraying him. He should’ve known that she would never do something of that sorts to him. The Alpha lied to himself, thinking that he didn’t feel anything for her. She’s the only one who made him feel guilty for firing her.



Her glare only intensified, a scowl on her face. “Of course you didn’t mean it”. She said in a sarcastic tone. “You meant every word, Eric. You’re never wrong, no? I tried to explain it to you; this would have been proven a lot earlier if you just listened to me. But you never do! No ones word matters to you. And what drives me completely insane is the fact that no matter how bad you treat me; no matter how much you degrade me I still continue liking you!”




Alyssa's chest heaved, up and down with the furious breaths, face red with anger.




Eric froze as he registered the last part. He blinked his eyes, repeating, making sure that it was real, and he wasn’t dreaming about it.




“You like me?” He blurted out. The Alpha couldn’t believe that. All this time he thought that he must be the only one pinning after her like a lovesick Alpha. His heart fluttered when she lifted her head, cheeks bright red as if she wasn’t meant to say that out loud.




“That’s all you got from that?” Alyssa huffed, twisting her mouth. “I think you forget the part where-“




“I like you too. A lot” He cut her off before she could go on another rant. Eric just wanted her to know.
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