“Reassess everything once your office is established, ensuring you have all the invoices and are aware of your purchases and their sources.”
Stella gazed up at her as they descended the stairs. “However, Brianna, that was my initial experience selecting office furniture; I desire my belongings.” She rolled her eyes and sighed, “Stella, it will be more economical to acquire everything anew than to pack and ship it incrementally as it arrives.” Presumably also more expedient.
Brianna acquiesced with a pout, stating, “Fine. On one condition.”
“Yes,” Stella replied with a smile. “You must also sign a new contract with me, as your position within the company has changed.” I will be incorporating several new clauses to accommodate my preferences, and your consent is required.
“Given that you are departing from me for him,” she indicated with a thumb towards Carlos.
“I am not departing from you, Brianna; I am merely working for you at a different location.” It is essentially the same as my employment here.
“If that is your assertion.”
Devon secured the premises and departed after expressing his farewells.
“I still require coffee,” she sighed, and indeed, she did.
“I desire a beverage for mother.” She acquiesced but wished to converse with Stella privately for a brief moment. Gazed at the woman, wishing for Carlos’s absence during the encounter. The woman had secured her position at Goddess Gowns, and Brianna sought to elevate her to an official partnership with the company.
“I will procure refreshments for us; you may remain here.” Carlos’s decision to leave her and Logan alone surprised her considerably, as it presented the potential for them to escape. The man’s hand then descended directly onto the boy’s shoulder. This young man is able to assist me in transporting all items.
Logan shrugged, appearing indifferent, and she placed her order for a caramel latte, while Stella requested a latte macchiato. She informed Logan that he could acquire anything he desired and presented him with her credit card. Her Platinum American Express. Subsequently observed him as he proceeded down the street alongside Carlos, Ryder’s Gamma.
She was aware that Carlos would prevent any harm from befalling Logan. Ryder would probably eliminate him, unless she and Layla executed it first.
Accompanied Stella to their vehicle. It was parked four spaces away in the opposite direction, after which they simply leaned against it. “Do you have an affinity for Nolan?”Stella enquired of her.
“What prompts your inquiry?”Brianna enquired in response.
“You merely allowed him to depart with Logan.” “I did not anticipate that.” Stella was smiling at her.
“Hm,” she remarked, “he will not harm him.” Brianna replied, “I am aware of that.”
She turned at the sound of her phone ringing, retrieved it from her handbag, and frowned at the unfamiliar number. After dismissing the call, she turned to Stella and said, “I wanted to discuss the new position with Goddess Gowns.”
Heard her phone emit a sound as a text message arrived. It was opened with a flick: “Brianna, please answer; it’s Ryder,” it stated.
She exhaled in irritation; she had not provided that man with her phone number. Bloody Carlos must have retrieved it from her phone during her meeting. I heard it ring once more and almost pressed the reject button again. Directed it towards Stella instead.
“Observe the actions of your boyfriend.” “That is Ryder,” she murmured.
“Apologies, Brianna, I will discuss boundaries with him.”
“None of them comprehend boundaries,” Brianna muttered as she pressed the answer button to accept the call, aware that he would persist in ringing or texting until she responded, insistent Alphas always demanding their desires.
“Yes,” she replied, visibly irritated that he possessed her phone number, as she distanced herself from her vehicle and took several steps away.
“Greetings Brianna, I am faced with a dilemma. “I require your assistance in tidying up,” he informed her.
“Highly improbable,” she remarked, already disinterested.
“Highly probable.” My movers were apprehended at your location, and my moving van remains at the police impound. Brianna remarked, nearly laughing, “I require you to make a call to have the charges dismissed so they can retrieve the van. That is indeed a predicament.” She nodded. As she continued to walk down the street, thoroughly entertained, she momentarily forgot that she had instructed her neighbour to contact the police regarding his associates. “That is not my concern.”
Brianna, please. I possess the contact number for the police station; they are anticipating your call.
“I am uncertain if I am capable of that or if I desire to do so,” she revised her statement. “You dispatched individuals to my residence without my consent.” She pivoted to return to her vehicle, wearing a frown. Stella was absent; I checked the car, but she was not inside. “That is, in fact, theft,” she stated. Her gaze was drawn to movement across the street while searching for Stella, causing her phone to slip from her grasp as she witnessed two men forcibly placing a struggling Stella into an SUV, one of them covering her mouth.
Brianna was unaware of her friend’s abduction; she had been engrossed in Ryder’s call and had left her alone, not anticipating any harm would befall her. Layla seldom utilised her wolf hearing, as it was largely unnecessary in the human realm.
“Stella,” she shouted in alarm and rushed into the street after her friend, oblivious to the fact that someone was attempting to abduct Stella. What was occurring?
