Ms. Palmer, come with me.” Jackson lightly touched my arm.
Only then did I come back to my senses. I followed him into one of the buildings.
The security system of the Knight pack was strict. Non-pack personnel had to have their identities verified before they could enter, no exception.
We each submitted to the facial scan, and once we were admitted past security, Tara walked over.
She greeted Jackson and then looked at me as I followed behind Jackson.
“Alpha Sterling, do you mind if I have a few words with Taya?”
“Ms. Palmer is your employee. Why would I mind?”
Tara’s tone sounded polite, but there was a hint of sarcasm in it. And by the way, Jackson had answered her, it seemed as though he had picked up on the sarcasm as well-and didn’t like it.
Jackson looked over at me. “I’ll wait for you inside.” Then, he led the members of the Sterling pack away.
As soon as he left, Tara smiled.
“You’ve treated Alpha Sterling quite well.” Tara looked at me with contempt. “Not everyone can attend the bidding event of the Knight pack, but Alpha Sterling brought you here, which means that he thinks highly of you.”
She deliberately dragged out the end of the sentence as if she were saying, “He doesn’t think highly of your work ability, but your bed skills.”
Hearing the sarcasm in her words, I didn’t think there was any point in talking to her, so I pursed my lips tightly and remained silent.
Tara didn’t like to be ignored. Her expression turned icy for a moment, and then she smiled gently and generously.
“You’ve done a good job. I’ll give you a raise later.”
Tara’s face flushed and her mouth twitched a little as she looked down at me.
“You know, hooking up with Alpha Sterling isn’t something you should be proud of.”
Tara turned and left. To everyone else, she appeared kind and generous, elegant even, but I knew better.
I walked quickly to the pa*sage next door without batting an eyelid.
Initially, Griffon didn’t see a need to attend the bidding and wasn’t going to, but he arrived after everyone took their seats.
Held’d dressed to the nines today, making sure his appearance was meticulous, that every inch of his presence radiated the powerchche wanted to remind everyone he wielded.
Everyone else in the room paled in comparison to him.
He didn’t take anyone here seriously at all. With an arrogant and indifferent look, he walked in with twenty pack bodyguards.
After he entered. d. everyone present stood to welcome him.
Even the Alphas of the most influential packs present lowered their chins to nod in dereference to him.
Tara stepped forward, ociol Griffon’s arm, and welcomed him with a charming single.
“Griffon, I didn’t think you were attending,” she said.
His presence made Tara extremely excited. Now that Griffon was here, the other shifters would definitely show her some respect.
Just as Tara was feeling happy, Griffon glanced at her hand.
“Let go.”
Tara was stunned, and the smile froze on her face.
When she saw his cool eyes, she was so scared that she immediately let go of him.
Fortunately, the venue was so big that no one could hear him. Otherwise, she would have been completely humiliated.
After she let go, he went straight to the main seat.
The Sterling pack was located right behind the main seat.
The closer Griffon got to me, the more flustered I became.
I lowered my head and didn’t even dare to look at him.
Fortunately, Griffon didn’t notice me and just sat.
Right in front of me.
All I could see was the back of Griffon’s head.
His thick black hair seemed to have grown a bit, and I longed to sink my fingers into it.
While I was still in a daze, imagining reaching out to touch him, Jackson patted my shoulder. I was so startled that I almost screamed.
Fortunately, I caught myself in time.
I whispered quietly, “Alpha Sterling, is something wrong?”
Jackson checked the time on his watch. “I need coffee before giving a speech. I need you to go get one for me.”
Initially, he wanted Beta Smith to present the Sterling pack bid, but now that Griffon was here, Jackson had no choice but to do it himself.
Griffon had always been a strict wolf. Jackson might lose the bid. If his Beta made a mistake during the presentation.
While Beta Smith heaved a deep sigh of relief, Jackson had to sort out all his thoughts in an hour.
To concentrate, he required a coffee to refresh himself.
Taya nodded and asked in a low voice, “Is there enough time?”
“We are the tenth in line to present. There is plenty of time.”
I didn’t ask any more questions. I bent down low, got up, and walked toward the back door.
I wasn’t familiar with the building. When I came out, I only saw high-tech products, not even a single person.
I searched the whole building several times but couldn’t find the break room.
It looked like I had to leave the building, but it seemed that I would need to swipe a card to get in and out. Except, I didn’t have a card.
I would have to find someone in the Knight pack to let me out and then back in.
Just as I was about to turn around and give up, I saw Preston coming in.
The moment the door was opened, I almost took advantage of the gap to get out, but fortunately, I hadn’t lost my mind.
I mustered up my courage and stopped Preston.
“Mr. Knight, please wait…”
Preston didn’t expect me to dare stop him, and his face suddenly darkened.
“Ms. Palmer, what are you trying to do?”
He looked astonished that I had called out for him.
“Mr. Knight, do you know where the coffee is?”
I wanted Preston to help open the door, but when I saw his face, I quickly changed my words. I could always find a way to come in as long as he told me where the coffee was.
No matter what, I was going to upset someone, and right now, the person I needed to upset the least was Jackson.