The Omegas Second Chance

Chapter 16

Shayna

His eyes searched mine as if he could find every single answer just by looking at me. My skin tingled where his hand cupped my cheek, and I wasn't sure whether it was from my flush, my hormones, or his touch. Perhaps it was all. There was nothing but silence as he waited for me to speak, but I couldn't find the words. I wanted to tell someone. I wanted to open up about my past. To Levi though?

Levi was an enigma. He had caused me so much pain before, but now he seemed to be the object of all of my late-night dreams and desires. Could I trust him though? Was this just an act? Was I a charity case to him? Was this his way of absolving his guilt? Could he possibly be interested in me? Nonsense. Levi was perfect in every physical aspect. He was every bit the alpha I imagined he would be. It made my skin tingle and my mind race with inappropriate thoughts. I was boring, plain and, as Derek liked to say, used up. It made even more sense that I was nothing special or important to him with the way he was always so standoffish with me here. He was never animated or particularly kind. Granted, he was never mean or outright cruel to me, but he had never shown any interest in me before, which was why this moment was so confusing to me. Why was he touching me like this if all I was to him is his secretary? What was he so worked up over someone who had hurt me before? Why was he looking at me like he didn't want to let me go? Why were his eyes drifting to my lips like he was curious about what they tasted like, what they felt like?

Muffled chatter sounded off in the hallway, and it broke whatever spell I seemed to be under. I pulled back from his grasp, pushing further into the counter. The bite of the hard granite digging into my hips. His hand reluctantly dropped from its position on my body and he took a step back. His throat bobbed, and his brows furrowed as if he was asking himself a million questions. I noticed how he refused to walk away though. Was his wolf riding him as hard as mine was? Could this be just because I'm an omega and he's an alpha?

"My office" he spoke lowly. His voice was husky and deep, but the command wasn't there. He wasn't forcing me. "We don't have privacy here, and I'm not dropping the subject. And something tells me you don't want the entire firm hearing about any of this."

When I refused to move, he clicked his tongue.

"You can walk willingly to my office, or I will pick you up and throw you over my shoulder and carry you there myself". The horrified look on my face must have amused him because he chuckled, and the sound rumbled in his chest almost like a pur. It was hypnotizing, and I wanted him to do it again. I wanted to hear him laugh. Realizing I still hadn't moved, he stepped towards me about to make good on his promise before I squealed and slid out of his way and twirled around him, moving hastily towards the door.

I didn't look back to see if he followed me. I knew he would. I passed by several coworkers as I made my way to Levis' office. They gave me pleasant smiles and nods in greeting. When I crossed the lobby to my desk, I saw Christina standing there looking around for me. Hearing my heels clicking against the floor, she turned and smiled. But when she saw the look on my face she frowned. Her eyes went to something behind me. Not something. Someone. Her eyes bounced between Levi and I, trying to piece together parts of the puzzle.

"Not now, Chris" Levi barked. "Shayna and I need to have a discussion. Can you clear my schedule for us for the rest of the day?"

"Of course. Is....everything alright?" Christina's voice was hesitant.

"It will be soon. I'll make sure of it," Levi answered for me, ushering me into his office. Christina gave me a pitying glance before strutting off to her office.

When I crossed the threshold, I heard the door click shut and the glass walls dimmed to the opaque privacy setting. I looked at his desk, still sitting the way I left it this morning when I first got here. It was lacking the coffee I made him and the breakfast I had heated up for both of us and my stomach picked that moment to growl its protest at the emptiness inside. There was a plate placed on the desk in front of me and two coffees sat beside the food. I looked at him and saw he had his own plate in his hand, and I was curious how he carried all of that without dropping any of it and without me noticing.

"Eat." The command was there and the inability to say no irked my nerves, but i focused on the fact that I was really hungry, and I was looking forward to eating the food anyway. I took a bite and the flavors blended together on my tongue so well that I couldn't help but groan in pleasure. Forgetting that Levi was in the room, I grew embarrassed. When I gained the courage to look at him, I saw he was staring at me with his coffee cup frozen halfway to his mouth. I looked away, unable to hold his stare. Shaking his head out of his stupor, he pulled the papers I had printed out of his suit jacket, and laid them on his desk spread out, so each paper was visible. How he had room in there with how form fitting it was to his body was beyond my comprehension. The fucker could wear that suit well. The deep navy blue brought out the blue flecks in his gray eyes.

"I want names. I want details. I want every step you've taken so far and what you want going forward"

"I..uh.."

"Your ex is clearly a piece of work. I'm guessing that's who this is. And these are messages to your son? Has he messaged you like this? Has he spoken to you like this?" He shot off question after question in rapid-fire succession.

"Um. Yes. It's my husband in the messages" I said ashamed. I hated how I had let it get this far. I hated how he spoke to our son. I hated how it made Miles feel. I hated all of this.

"Your husband? Not your ex?" He asked confused.

"Yes. He's technically still my husband. I haven't uh...I haven't divorced him yet."

"f*****g hell, wildflower. You're still married to this f*****g asshole? You haven't started the divorce process? How did you leave the state with your son?"

"Its uh. It's complicated" I started.

"I have time. I cleared the day and we aren't stopping until we have a plan in place. I wont let him hurt you or your son anymore."

"Why?" I asked softly.

"Why what?"

"Why are you doing this? Why are you helping me?" I was genuinely curious.

"Because regardless of who I am and who you are and our past, no one deserves to be treated this way. No one deserves to be spoken to this way. I learned my lessons from my mistakes and our past and I wont stand for alphas or anyone treating anyone less than they deserve. It takes a weak-minded fool to verbally abuse anyone, let alone his mate and his child."

"He isn't my mate, it was an arranged pairing", I trailed off. Levi froze and anger filled his features.

"God that f*****g archaic. I'm sorry, Shayna. But I wont let him verbally abuse you or your kid anymore."

"About that..." I interrupted, and he looked at me wide-eyed as if to ask what was worse than what he had seen. Oh buddy, you haven't seen even the start of it yet. "It wasn't just verbal abuse..." I said as I wiped at my face. The concealer started to smear away. The bruises were for the most part healed but the lingering greenish-purple color still lingered beneath one of my eyes. I was positive the socket had been broken and that was why it was taking so long to heal.

"I'm going to f*****g kill him"