Reject My Alpha President (Iris and Arthur) novel Chapter 49

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“Next!” the security officer calls out.

I say

“Miles, buddy, it’s our turn,” I say gently, holding out my hand. “Come on, let’s take our shoes off. Remember how much fun you had last time we did this? Getting to walk through the big scanner?”

Miles suddenly stops, his big eyes turning as wide as saucers as he looks up at the stern security officer. He looks around at the line of people, the buckets of shoes and bags going through the scanners, the woman on the other end checking people with a handheld wand.

And then, out of nowhere, he just… snaps.

One moment Miles is standing upright, holding his little dinosaur carry–on, and the next he’s on the floor, kicking and screaming and pounding his fists.

Everyone turns to look at us. Brian and Liam try to make their way over, but are stopped by security since they already went

through the checkpoint.

“Ma’am, please control your child,” the security officer huffs, folding his arms across his chest.

Sighing, I crouch down to Miles‘ level and try to scoop him up. “I know it’s tough, buddy, but we have to-”

He doesn’t hear me. He just screams even louder and kicks me firmly in the chest, making me lose my breath and drawing the

attention of half the airport at this point.

I curse softly, scratching my head. Miles hasn’t thrown a tantrum like this in years, but when they used to be more common when

he was a toddler, the best thing to do was to allow him to let it out and then take him somewhere safe to calm down.

But here, obviously, we don’t have the luxury of doing that. People are staring, security is getting frustrated, and every time I try

to touch Miles, his screaming just ramps up until it feels like my ears are going to start bleeding.

“Miles,” I say, my voice trembling, “please, let’s just go-”

More screams. More kicking More frustration.

“Lady, get out of the way!”

“Control your kid!”

“Humans and their unruly spawn…”