The Germaphobic Beta

FOUR

I sat in my office fidgeting with my pen. It'd been over an hour and I had got nothing done. Luckily, all documents for the conference were ready and with Minka. Mildred made sure of that.

I kept my mind preoccupied with this morning's events. I had never had such a vivid dream in my entire life. Part of me craved it, desperately wanted for that experience to be repeated, but the restraining part of me fought that thought. For the first time in a really long time, I began to consider if the pleasure was worth the risk.

I couldn't stop myself from thinking about how Tiana laughed as well. It looked like she had a halo around her. She was as beautiful as she could only be. What was King up to? The way Tiana laughed was cute, but at the same time concerning. I had no control over King. I had the feeling he was keeping secrets from me, and I, on the other hand, was completely exposed to him.

Three knocks on my office door distracted me from that thought.

"It's time, boss," Mildred said, and I sighed. Just thinking about it gave me goosebumps and made my stomach turn.

Time to face the music. I had to suck it and face people, strangers, lots of them. We would all be in the same conference hall, breathing the same air.

-Sniffing each other's farts...

-Don't!

I stood up from my chair, got frozen for a few seconds, and sat back down.

-Ah, shit! Not going. I shook my head.

-Can't do it. My hands were shaky.

-Get your ass out there or I'm telling on you.

I knew what he meant. I shook my head.

-Just another minute. I was trying to find an excuse. But of course, he knew that. He fucking knew everything.

I heard my phone's notification going off, and I checked it. It was a message from Tiana, 'I'll see you there in thirty, OK?'.

-Oh, you wouldn't leave her waiting, would you? King teased me.

-Let me think. I said, tapping my fingers on the desk.

-A cute little beauty like Tiana, holding a warm homemade meal, in the middle of a hall full of horny males. Alphas and Betas, to be precise. So many big, throbbing dicks...

-Oh, hell no!

That did it. I stood fast, took my jacket, and walked out of the office, not even stopping to disinfect everything or wash my hands as I usually do. Hand sanitizer would have to do. Lots of it.

"I'm heading out, Mildred," I said hurriedly, not giving her time to respond. I took the napkin out of my pocket and opened the door. As I arrived at the elevator, Aaron's door opened as well.

I pressed the down button, and Aaron walked out, followed by Scarlett and Natalia. Light brown short hair and green eyes like Dad's. His square, stupid face had a ridiculous smirk on it. As usual, he was wearing a navy blue suit a size too small to make him look stronger than he was. I bet that if he squats, it would rip in half.

-I'll like to see that.

Minka was a few steps behind them with three large bags of documents and other things. One of those bags was surely today's handouts.

-What a fucking idiot.

"What do we have here? Did you grow some balls and decided to grace us with your presence?" Aaron said, in his condescending tone, as always.