Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 164

As the words sink in, Carson turns to leave the kitchen abruptly. "The gym sounds great, Bri. Let's go."

"Carson-" she starts.

He's already gone. She follows him quickly, but then pauses. "Don't worry," she says to me with a tight smile. "I'll get him to come talk to you soon. Maybe just... give him some space? For now? He's kind of-"

"I'm not angry," he screams from somewhere in the hallway, in a seemingly 'calm' tone. "I don't need space. I'm okay with this," he growls.

My eyes widen. She gives me a wary look. "Just..." She can't even finish the sentence. She just leaves. Onai and Ethel trail behind her-far behind her.

In the end it's just me and Axel again, the way it started. With the addition of Krys just staring between the two of us. "Alright, I've just gotta say it." She frowns. "I hope you didn't do your business in my room."

"What?" Axel asks.

She glares at him. "You guys were both talking about how you saw my room and how pink it was. Tell me you turned Mr. Huggles away." She holds her heart.

I smack my forehead. "We didn't do anything in your room, Krys. I don't know why you'd think that in the first place."

"Well sorry." She puts her hands up in defense. "I just had to make sure, because I knew you'd have to do it in someone else's room. I was just hoping it wasn't mine."

I raise an eyebrow.

She looks at me funny. "Because you guys wouldn't be stupid enough to do it in the same room Carson sleeps?"

I cringe. Each words seems to put Axel more on edge.

When she sees our faces, she falls silent. She nods, saying, "Alright. I'll shut up now."

I glare at her.

I raise an eyebrow. "Yeah?"

She can barely contain the grin on her face. "Sometimes, if no one else is around, and I ask really, really nicely..." She pauses for dramatic effect. "Aiden'll let me put a face mask on him. And he'll even girl talk with me."

I fight the urge to laugh. "No way."

"Way," she says. "And I'm gonna get him to do it today."

"What do you mean you won't wear this mask?" she gasps, flailing the coconut hydration in front of his narrowed eyes.

"What do you mean you won't wear this mask?" Krys gasps, flailing the coconut hydration in front of Aiden's narrowed eyes.

He swivels around to face us in his desk chair, looking way too professional for his own good. He's already intimidating on his own, but now, casually leaning back in a computer chair, at a business-y desk, arms bare of his usual grey hoodie... it's too much. He looks like he's ready to swindle someone out of their car, insurance, and property and put them in debt for three generations without even blinking. "Krys, I don't know what gave you the impression that I would allow you to put that on my face," he says flatly. "But I'm in the middle of important work."