Sebastian was smiling faintly all the way back to his office until he arrived and was met with a grim-looking Matt. The little happiness he had felt with Viola, the fleeting joy that had momentarily made him forget everything, including his own problems and duty, was suddenly wiped away as Matt, exhausted and utterly drained from ending a phone call, turned to him.
"Thank the moon you're back! She's not backing off me until she meets you!" Matt exclaimed in exasperation, ending the call with Laila for the tenth time this afternoon, each time telling her that the Alpha was too busy to answer her calls.
Matt had come up with all sorts of lies to keep the shewolf from suspecting that the Alpha had gone to see Viola and stayed the entire night and morning without once attending to his duty. But he had run out of excuses, and now she had told him she was on her way to meet Sebastian in his office since he was too busy to come back to his place.
