Chapter Nine: KissesThey return to work as if nothing had occurred, though there is a palpable tension in the air that has Jason turning from one to the other several times, as if trying to figure something out.
Dinner is brought up to them that evening and they manage to steal a few bites in between all the paperwork. Some time during the evening, Alpha Castle receives an urgent message from the city that required his attention instantly and they spend the better part of the night and into midnight handling some of the more time-sensitive work before he has to set out again.
"You are so busy," she murmurs, yawning sleepily as she steals a sip of his coffee. He reaches across the table and steals it back immediately.
"You aren't allowed," he says.
"It was just a sip," she pouts. "And i
