Page 16 of The Breeding Cave

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

LUCIANO

“Alpha Theo paid me a visit yesterday afternoon,” I said to Brent, who stood in my office.

Just outside the window, I spotted Yeosin reading through some documents. I had made it to work just before she did—a half hour later than our typical start time—and I planned to question her about her tardiness later …

Just to make her squirm.

“Oh, yeah?” Brent asked, lounging in the cushioned chair across from me and tossing a tangerine in the air. When he caught it, he tore into it with a single claw. “What’d that asshole want anyway? Probably something?—”

“He’s made a pact with the Colossals.”

Brent stopped peeling the tangerine and looked over at me through wide eyes. “He what?”

“I’d warned him against it, but he already made contact. One of his many surrogates was taken by the Dragon Clan, and I fear that Yeosin is next.”

“Who’s Yeosin?”

A low growl escaped my throat, and I hardened my gaze. “Alana.”

Yeosin’s American name tasted sour on my tongue. She had told me to call her that last night, but by the look on her face, I could tell that she was lying. Plus, every time I did say her name, her arousal became stronger.

“You’re mating with Alana?”

“We’re not mates.”

A grin stretched across his face. “Sure you’re not.”

“We’re not.”

“Fine,” he said, wiggling his eyebrows. “But you’re still mating.”

“Get out of my office,” I growled. “I came to warn you about Theo and the Colossals, not talk about my love life.”

“Love life?” Brent harped. “So, you’re in love with her now?”

“No!”

“Mmhmm. Sure. We’ll say that.”

“Brent, I swear to the fucking Goddess, you’d better?—”

Brent hopped up from his seat and walked to the door. “I gotta go anyway. Work calls.”

“Send Yeosin in,” I said to Brent.

He bowed his head with the biggest smirk ever, walked out of the office, and stopped at Yeosin’s desk. After leaning against it, he flashed her an innocent smile and crossed his arms, speaking quietly to her. She leaned forward and kicked her legs underneath the desk.

Her smile quickly faded to fear, and she lifted her gaze to look at me through my office window, eyes huge. After standing and straightening out her skirt, she smiled at Brent— I wanted to kill him for it —and turned toward me.

“You wanted to see me?” Yeosin asked, peeking into my office with those huge brown eyes.

After I gestured for her to come in, she stood in front of the slightly ajar door and pressed her full lips together.

“If this is about yesterday afternoon, I didn’t mean to run out like that. I?—”

“Miss Cho”—I clicked my tongue—“you were late this morning.”

Yeosin’s eyes widened, and she stiffened in front of me. “I know. I’m sorry!” she said with a slight bow of her head. It was as if she didn’t want to make eye contact with me anymore, like if she did, then I would know her dirty little secret. “It won’t happen again!”

While shaking my head, I walked over to the door and locked it behind her. My back was turned toward her, hers to mine, and I couldn’t hold back the smirk that crawled across my face. I was a terrible person for asking her a question like this.

But I loved watching her squirm for an excuse.

“Where were you?” I asked, turning toward her, her smaller body nearly trembling.

Suddenly, her cheeks blazed bright red, and she shuffled her feet. “I, um … I was …”

“You were …”

“I was … out!”

She pressed her thighs together, and I inhaled the scent of her arousal still lingering from this morning. I was sure I had made her come—not once, but twice—but her pussy was still wet for me. Smelling so sweet.

“With a guy?”

“No!” she exclaimed, dropping her voice. “He’s not just any guy. I was with, um …”

I raised an eyebrow and tilted my head to the side slightly. “Hmm?”

“I was with my boyfriend.”

“You have a boyfriend?” I asked, the nickname making me feel … things.

“Sorta,” she said, her face scrunched. She wrapped her arms around herself, tearing her gaze away from me. “I forgot to set my alarm, and he snored all night, and?—”

What? Snored?

“I don’t—” I began, but stopped myself before it was too late.

I cleared my throat and walked around toward my desk, leaning against the front of it and crossing my arms. I needed to change the conversation quickly before she caught on.

“You weren’t off gallivanting through my building yesterday afternoon? ”

“Shit!” she murmured so quietly that a human wouldn’t be able to hear it.

“What was that?” I asked, teasing her.

“D-did you see the security cameras?” she asked.

I lowered my gaze. “Something like that.”

“S-sorry, I was lost. It’s so n-new to me here.”

“You weren’t … getting yourself into trouble, now were you, Miss Cho?”

“No, sir,” she said.

And I had to stop myself from correcting sir to Alpha.

“Because if you were, then you’d have to be punished.”

She stared up at me, her nipples hardening underneath her shirt and her arousal becoming so strong that my beast was slowly claiming hold of me. “P-punished?!”

“Punished.”

After shuffling her feet on the floor—rubbing her thighs together in the process—she tilted her head down and looked up at me through her lashes. “What kind of punishment?” she asked, her heart pounding so loudly that my beast could hear it.

Is she enjoying this?

I kicked myself off the desk and stalked closer to her. She sucked in a breath and craned her head up, furrowing her brows together. I grabbed hold of the beast inside me, desperate to stay in control. Yeosin couldn’t see my eyes change color or the beastly qualities inside me.

I stared down into those big brown eyes. “The good kind.”

“Oh, yeah?” she whispered, her arousal so strong that I knew I wouldn’t be able to hold my beast back much longer.

But I couldn’t stop pushing her. I wanted—needed—her here, on top of my desk, screaming out my name.

Right when I was about to respond, she sucked in a sharp breath and swallowed hard, her cheeks becoming even redder. “It, um, won’t happen again! I promise, Mr. Bates. I’ll be here on time tomorrow.”

“And if you’re not?”

She grabbed the door handle. “Then you can punish me any way that you’d like.”