Page 40 of Unknowingly Adopting the Alpha
“See you soon, baby!” Jeremy called, his tone way too amused.
I would remember this.
“Don’t worry,” Mary whispered, her tone just as amused as Jeremy’s. “The downstairs toilet is clogged. Jeremy won’t be smiling for long.”
I burst out laughing at that and she joined in. “See? I helped you out. Now, we really need to get this cleared. I’ll start collecting the piles that I’ve made. You go work over there and bring them all together.”
Nodding, I got to work. It felt nice just doing something so mundane and easy. My mind could quiet and since Mary seemed to love the silence as much as I did, we just…worked.
We’d been at it for an hour when my phone buzzed in my back pocket. I pulled it out and smiled widely at Greg’s name on the display.
“Greg!” I greeted happily.
“Um, hi, Cass.” He sounded worried, or unsure. It didn’t seem like the Greg I’d met. “There’s a man here at the shelter, claiming to be your father? He’s making Silas angry.”
Shit. Why did he have to find me today? And how would he know Greg knew me? Questions for a later time.
“I’m coming. Be there in fifteen,” I assured him. I ended the call and ran over to where Mary was on all fours gathering the leaves.
“I need to go to the other town real quick,” I said, not giving her a chance to reply. “Please tell Jeremy I’ll be back for our ceremony.”
I ran back to my car and hurried towards the shelter.
When I arrived, loud voices carried outside to the parking lot and made me question whether or not I wanted to enter.
Father stood and gestured wildly with his hands and Silas mirrored the action, both of them yelling about…me?
“That’s still not okay!” Silas boomed.
“He’s my son! I get to decide that!”
“Um, hi?” I said, staring between them from the doorway leading into the reception area.
Father pulled himself together, standing tall. “Finally,” he muttered. “Let’s go.” He went toward the doors where I was still standing.
“What?” I asked, feeling confused.
“Home,” he said, snapping his fingers at the door.
“He’s not a dog,” Greg growled.
I couldn’t help it. I smirked at Greg, then winked. I wasn’t a dog, no, but it was funny realizing that they were. Greg winked back, his arms crossed over his chest in a protective stance, but he was still the Greg I knew.
Father pinched the bridge of his nose in clear irritation. “I don’t have time for this, Cassian. I let you have your little vacation, but now it’s time to get back to work.”
“I quit,” I lamely replied. He knew that, of course, but I also wasn’t surprised he was acting like it had never happened.
“No, you didn’t. You had a hissy fit and emailed me,” he retorted.
“I’m staying here,” I declared. I rarely won an argument against the man who got paid to argue with people, but I wasn’t going to give in.
He laughed bitterly. “No, you’re not. I have people who need you back in the city, and that’s where we’re going now.”
“People?” I felt truly puzzled by his words. I didn’t have anyone there.
He waved me off. “People working under me. They apparently like you and miss you. So, we need to go.”
Silas moved to stand beside me. “Tell your son how you found him.”
