Chapter 17

William kept his face carefully controlled in a perfectly neutral expression, naturally perfected over the years, and followed closely behind his aunt without saying a word.

Not that he needed to since Veronica dismissed any other questions, making her way through the crowd and entering the building, saying goodbye with a slight gesture of her hands that the family's security group took as a signal and stood in front of the vultures, blocking their way.

The alpha didn't wait for anything and saying goodbye to his aunt with a slight nod of his head he went straight to the garage of the place where Bentral was waiting for him with another vehicle, this time accompanied by Xander.

Once the duo of alphas and the beta were reunited, they chose to get into a silver 2024 Lexus GX 550 Luxury and left, followed moments later by 2 security cars, one close while the other was separated by a block so as not to attract too much attention, but close enough to give help in case it was needed.

Once the vehicle was a few meters from Veronica's property, the black-haired man began to review some documents that Xander had given him. He wanted to take advantage of the trip to have some free time.

Normally he didn't have to work outside his building, since he had a group of trusted associates who were in charge of reducing the load. Still, recently they acquired several charities that required more direct contact due to their poor management.

He was barely signing his second document when his cell phone started ringing.

"What's wrong?... I'm busy" -the alpha would say as soon as he answered the phone without even seeing who was calling him since there were very few people who had his number and he didn't have to worry about any of them-

"So busy that you don't want to know about the situation of an omega that a certain dark-haired alpha mafia leader ordered me to interfere with?" -I could practically taste the smugness in his voice with every word-

"Deimos..." -William would sigh exasperated-

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Deimos Pertant is a 24-year-old man with delicate and soft features, with pink-dyed hair with purple stripes along with a soft body. He is an omega with Peach-scented pheromones.

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"Just tell me what you achieved. Right now I don't have enough patience to pretend that I'm nice" -the black-haired alpha would pinch the bridge of his nose with his fingers. Deimos knew exactly how his night had gone- "(If he wasn't twice as good at what he does as he is being a pain I would eliminate him with my own hands)"

William would think with slight mockery as he remembered how he met Deimos by chance after the omega bit off more than he could chew, putting himself in the crosshairs of a mobster the alpha killed for butting in where he wasn't wanted.

The Aballay was interested in the Pertant for his ability to attract attention, mainly wanting to use him as a distraction or cannon fodder, but the omega surprised him with his information-gathering skills along with his fact manipulation techniques and his strangely effective ideas so he decided to keep him by placing him in a position in the family where he could exploit all his capabilities without fear of getting into a problematic situation without backup.

From meeting by chance to developing a mutual respect that bordered on friendship, not being able to fully realize it due to the way Deimos liked to express himself. But despite that detail, William did not trust anyone else to take care of the important things when he was busy with other matters.

"I think kindness is overrated in our relationship, Aballay" -Deimos chuckled- "anyway. I'm calling to tell you that the omega you had your eye on, in addition to the many jobs she had and has, curiously been looking for a position in a very famous bakery for the last year has been rejected multiple times. Something that I allowed myself to rectify by accepting her last application from a branch that mysteriously conveniently opens on the same block as your main bar"

"That's good news… tell me, do you already have the name of those responsible for repeatedly rejecting Erika?"

"Yep" -the omega popped the p- "I assumed you wanted them so I took the trouble to write them down for you while I was monitoring your future girlfriend's work history"

"Well… expect to receive a juicy reward in the next few days"

"Thanks, boss, it's a pleasure to receive rewards for just having fun… by the way if you need any advice because you forgot how to please an omega properly due to your downtime, ask whenever you want. Especially if…"

"Goodbye Deimos" -William would interrupt about to hang up-

"Wait!!" -Deimos would shout from the other side of the line interrupting the alpha who would raise an eyebrow with a bit of curiosity- "will you be at the club tonight?"

"Yeah, I have some paperwork to do," -the alpha would reply distrustfully, hoping to receive some sort of punchline or joke-

"I thought so," -the omega hummed- "Listen, I wanted to let you know that some rats have been hanging around here looking to get their noses into our beautiful cheese… and the mousetraps I put up don't seem to be doing any good."

"Really?" -the Aballay would open his eyes in surprise and then narrow them- "it seems that we will have to speak to the fumigator and remind them of their place"

"Yes… we have to solve this before the rest of the rabble starts getting the wrong ideas and seeing ghosts where there are none, forcing us to have to cut back… it would be a real nuisance to find new foremen to replace those we fire"

"Let's hope not" -William would put his fist under his chin and look out the window- "but just in case, go look for people we can train"

"At your command, my captain!!... I will start looking for people you can send to serve you to please your nocturnal whims"

"…" -the alpha would blink a few times repeatedly and then sigh and cut the call- "(Deimos will always be Deimos)"