Faking it with the Grumpy NHL Alpha

a's

d slid down my skirt, eyes locke

the only witness was Sean Ferrars's glossy face st

y brain rewound to three weeks ago-his hands yanking my hips back,

-transparent glass wall t

s I chased the feeling, my thighs pressing together as I m

or interrupted me

rough and low-"you feel so good, Flora"- an

KNOCK

down, crossed my legs, and pressed the

I called

had just hit a jackpot. Her eyes swept across the room and finally landed on the magazine on

ely, straightening on my seat in an attemp

he said conclusively, her li

lking about." I said, fake-r

ff while looking at your HOT BOYFRIEND'S PICTURE-" I

cille...I h

umbled through my palms in th

r what?" I withdrew my palm from he

scanning my face. "Oh fine." She rolled her eyes as she got the message

e sentence, my legs still slightly unste

n the wall glowing with the broadcast. I felt the shift the moment I walked i

rgan, Sean Ferra

aighter, my heart po

he was made for this, and there-there- spinning lazily between his f

ightened w

ear's advance from my

eap junk was on sale at the end of

e keys on his twenty-fifth birthday had b

rward, her lips stretching into a flirtatious sm

ut, moistening his lips in that se

ad slightly to face the ca

le's gaze on me as

ahead-and I let myself bask in it, in the warm gl

t there's a special someone.

Everyone was staring at me, probably waiting to cl

ing in his tone made the smile free

ght of every eye stare at me, eagerly

I chuckled, and everyone nodded, chattering live

d and focused

delivery, waiting for everyon

ised an eyebrow. "Her social media

shit." Sean shrugged, like he was talking about a probl

ould hear the fluorescent

y wrist. "Sean...that

e screen, my palms shaking as my brain s

s smiling now-that smile, the one he reserved on

just stepped out of a magazine. She was extremel

, pulled her closer and kissed her in front

ye in that lunch room

e pressed

ened, my heart racing so fast I

rdroom. Miss Morgan to

er was behind it had seen my despair

droom door. I pressed them flat against my thighs, m

d the d

whose names I didn't know, and a fourth person-a woman in a grey blazer seated slightly a

ill running. Sean's voice filled the room b

hs now," Sean said, his gaze fixed on her

sion off without looking at it, like she had been wa

lmly, leaning forward in h

moment till I fin

nds." She opened the folder in front of her. "

everything I did for him

s Mo

s Mo

ack to reality. I blinked and suddenly the room was very bri

d it across the desk towards me. "You have been embezzl

ezz

beat as the words l

e came out lo

ut blinking. "Transferred into your account, with

exact amount I collected as

fog burning off fast now, replaced

S MO

ompany funds. I would never-" My voice cracked, and I hated it. I

oway's voice didn't waver, not even slightly. "Yo

idence

ou are in right now. This is not a conversation." She paused for a moment. "You have three months to return the f

er. "- your appoint