Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 258

"Where are you?" There's a crazy look in her eyes.

"Hey." His voice drops. "I don't want any trouble. Just calm down-"

Suzie tears him a new one, threatening him with this, cursing him with that. "I know what division you're in." Then she goes on a diatribe about how the allies are coming tomorrow. We need to know this information today. "You better start talking."

I let her work her magic, turning to Michael. "Are you getting all of this?" I ask, barely containing my fits of laughter.

He nods, saving the recording.

It's eventually decided that Dante will let us talk to Mr. Reynolds over the phone in a few hours. He just has to figure out how to make it discreet.

Suzie sits down, fanning herself and indulging in some calming chocolate. She still has a death grip on my phone. "The audacity," she mutters to herself.

A few hours can feel like days when you've got nothing to do but wait.

I mainly stare at the walls, looking at Michael's posters. He's got inspirational workout quotes on one side and Morph fanart prints on the other.

Suzie points at the TV. "Are you gonna play or....?"

"No. Knock yourself out," Michael says.

Michael refusing Morph? Someone call the doctor.

Suzie wastes no time putting on Chicago Med, crying every time Dr. Choi and Nurse April get into a fight. "It's so tragic." She holds her heart. "What a handsome Asian man. And what an... attractive Black..." She looks at Michael. "Person."

He lifts a brow, and she gives him a painfully obvious wink.

I cringe. I don't know how she knows, why she knows, or where this is coming from, but the last thing I need is Michael thinking people are talking about him and Onai. "You wanna go get a drink?" Before Suzie says something else that I'll cringe for, I grab Michael's arm. "Come on."

She doesn't stop us. "Finally." She smirks. "Now I can get on with my life."

Once we're out in the hallway, Michael asks, "What's wrong?"

I gesture towards him.

He cocks his head back. "What?"

I give him a look.

He gives me one back.

I sigh. "Listen."

"Mia-"

"No, don't Mia me." I look into his eyes. "Onai likes you."

He shakes his head, turning back towards the room.

I get in his way. "I'm serious."

"If he likes me so much, why didn't he tell me that?" Michael says it in a joking tone, but his eyes are anything but.