Chapter 9
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Killian's pov
She explained that she had returned hunting for Greek yogurt and there was no sign of Clara or their previous purchases. Then she called me, after our call ended she kept looking and later, found out that Clara had been arrested earlier and taken to this station. she had been accused of theft by a very idiotic man, who claimed to be familiar with her. He said that it was not out of place for her to steal.
By the time she was done, I had heard enough. With a wave of my hand I signaled for the officer to take the moron out of my sight. He struggled, and another officer had to come to force him, into the nearest cell while another one went ahead to go get Clara.
I wiped out any record of Clara being arrested before she even came in front of me.
When I saw her looking disheveled and disheartened, something inside me snapped even as I maintained my cool exterior.
"Maid Clara, you can take the rest of the day off, Martha escort her to the car. I'll be joining both of you soon."
When the Omega maid, Clara and Martha were out of sight, I called the officer who had dragged the idiotic man into a cell earlier.
"That fool was really disrespectful to me, so I hope you all give him the proper treatment he deserves, for as long as possible."
The officer eager to have the alpha's favor drawn over to the police force was nodding his head enthusiastically like it was about to fall off. I grunted my acknowledgement and went outside. When I joined Martha and Clara in the car, she had already dozed off, and Martha was kindly stroking her hair.
"Poor thing..." She said empathically as I got into the driver seat. When she noticed she panicked, "Alpha Killian, it's all right we can take a cab... It's not proper for us to sit in the back seat as passengers and let you drive..."
"Martha–"
"No, please... If anyone should drive then it should be me,"
"Are you saying that I should allow you to drive my car? what if any damage comes to it on the road? Will you be able to pay me back, Martha?"
This knocked her down, and she shook her head from side to side, easily giving in and quietly retreating back to just stroking Clara's hair. She remained asleep for the entire drive, even after we arrived at my Mansion she was still dozing off.
"Should I wake her up?" Martha asked, looking up at me for a response.
I scratched the back of my head, already regretting what I was about to do and say.
"That is completely unnecessary. I can just carry her to her bedroom, she looks exhausted so we should just let her sleep for as long as she needs to..."
Martha looked like she was about to argue with my decision, speaking about formalities and proper etiquette but I didn't let her get the chance to keep talking my ears off. I swept Clara into my arms, she was just as soft as I imagined... So incredibly fragile, like the slightest pressure would just make her turn to dust.
I met her gaze but avoided letting it turn into anything personal, it felt unnecessary. I feared I might discover something that would spark my curiosity about her. She was already dangerous enough; if I allowed myself to be even a little kinder, it would only invite trouble.
I should maintain a distance with my employee... A professional gap that should not be crossed.
"That's rich coming from you right now especially since you're carrying her straight to her bedroom," Rex piped up
I squashed my eyebrows together, "Rex, i suggest that you don't get your hopes up right now because nothing is going to happen between the both of us whether you want it to or not, so, you might as well just go back to giving me the silent treatment again because I'm afraid that you are going to be terribly disappointed very soon."
"Yeesh, we're not pigs, are we? Why would I even think of us doing anything to her while she is like this? What we need to do right now is to stand as a supportive pillar for her so that she will trust us,"
I growled, "I don't need hers or anybody's trust at all, "
"There you go again being stubborn, you've already admitted to yourself that you find her attractive so why are you holding back like this. You're making things difficult for everyone. You might as well just give In to your needs and let's things flow naturally,"
I decided that it was best to just shut Rex out of my mind completely at least for now, it was hard enough to hold myself back and it was not getting any easier with him echoing in the thoughts, I was trying to ignore over and over again. It felt like a hammer repeatedly going at my skull.
My hands laid her on the bed. Just as I turned around to leave, she grabbed my wrist or at least covered as much as her fingers could go, then she started whimpering... goddess, why was she whimpering? And why was I reacting to it like this, like I have never seen a woman before in my life?
I tried to pull away from her touch, it wasn't as if she even had half of my strength to hold me down but yet, I found myself in the same position even after moments of struggle. It felt like I was even getting closer to her from the looks of things. When I thought I had finally hardened my resolve to tear away from her grip, she said something that pierced right through my chest.
"Please ... don't leave me..."she sobbed, "...I love you,”
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