Page 27 of My Grumpy Alpha

Chapter 10

Full Moon Grumpiness

AVA

The ride home had been uneventful.

I wasn’t sure if Xavier would try something with me or was just truly being nice. But we made small talk the entire way, he answered a few calls that seemed mundane, his driver was quiet and I just watched the city go by before we stopped in front of the corporate apartments.

He kissed my hand again, waited for me to get in safe, and I slept like crap.

Now, I’m almost late for work.

I grab Eli’s latte and quickly shuffle into the office. Gabe is nowhere to be seen until I knock softly on Eli’s door and hear a gruff get in.

I’m wearing a simple black pair of trousers with purple heels and a loose white shirt tucked into them. I kept my hair away from my neck at first, then decided to let it down.

“Good morning!” I force as cheerfully and painfully awkward as I can and quickly go over to Eli’s desk and set down the latte,he’s on the phone but immediately gets off of it the minute he sees me.

Gabe gives his head a small shake in my direction as if to say, not the time to say good morning, as if it’s the worst sort of morning.

Eli points a pen at the latte.

“What’s this?”

I frown.

“You’re morning latte.”

“You keep it,” he grumbles.

“Apparently, anger is fueled by caffeine, so my therapist cut me off.”

My eyes widen, I internally panic.

“Do you think that’s a good idea?”

His nostrils flare.

“Yup, okay.” I quickly grab the latte.

“I’ll take this far, far away.”

“Take it into your stomach and get me my schedule for the day, it’s a full moon over the next few days.”

Is this some sort of weird astrology thing?

“Um, okay, is there a reason we avoid full moons?”

“The transformation.” Gabe winks.

“Totally kidding, he’s just suspicious, and he’s been working like a dog for the last few weeks before his assistant quit, so I told him it would be wise to take some time for himself.”

“I don’t need time for myself.” Eli chucks a pen toward Gabe, but Gabe catches it midair and calmly sets it on the table.

Gabe smiles down at the pen.

“Could have been worse, that stapler hurt like shit last week.”