Alpha Crusher: A BWWM Romance Novella by Shani Greene-Dowdell

Author:Shani Greene-Dowdell [Greene-Dowdell, Shani]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Imperial Publishing House
Published: 2019-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Ward

“Why are you avoiding me, Mira?”

“Because I’m busy,” Mira replied and turned to give directions to one of her workers.

It’d been five days since she stormed out of my house. She didn’t take my calls or respond to them. She had her secretary call me to tell me to email any information I wanted to pass across to her. I had been to her house twice, and she didn’t let me in. She didn’t answer the door, but I knew she was inside the house.

“I know you are upset with me,” I said.

She folded her arms across her chest, and I swallowed hard. Her hair was twisted in braids, which fell down to her back, and she was wearing a black skirt with a yellow floral blouse.

“Ward, I don’t have time for this.”

“We all have a past, Mira,” I said. “Rebecca was part of my past.”

“So why was she at your house? What was she doing there? And why didn’t you tell me about her before now?” Mira asked, then her expression hardened. "Look, I don't have time for games. If you want to be with that old witch, it's your choice."

“I don’t want her. It’s you I want,” I replied. “She came uninvited because she wants to change that.”

“You don’t owe me an explanation, Ward. We are not in a relationship, right?”

I paused and stared at her without a reply.

“Exactly! You have nothing to explain to me,” Mira said, waving me away.

“But we have feelings for each other. And I owe you an explanation because you cared about me enough to be jealous when Rebecca showed up,” I said.

She scoffed. “I wasn’t jealous. I was upset. There’s a difference,” she said through clenched teeth. Her phone started buzzing. "Excuse me. I have to take this. You can see yourself out, Ward.”

She turned her back to me and took the call, but I didn’t move. I knew something was wrong when her shoulders quivered, and her hands trembled as the call ended. She turned to face me, and my heart dropped down to my stomach. She looked so broken.

"Mira, what is the problem?"

"There's been a fire at one of my building sites," she said in a shaky voice. "The firemen were able to put out the fire, but Joe was trapped in one of the rooms, and he jumped through a window to save his life.”

“Jesus! Is he okay?"

“I…I have to go to the hospital now,” she said. “Joe needs me.”

She ran toward her car, but I stopped her and took the car key from her.

“I’ll drive you there,” I said.

We didn’t exchange any words on our way to the hospital, but our silence said a lot. Mira was trying to be strong. It tugged at my heart to see her struggling so hard to remain unfazed. She jumped out of the car, sprinting toward the hospital building when we got to the hospital. I ran after her. I could hear her voice from the entrance, issuing commands to the healthcare workers who were sitting around leisurely talking before we walked in.

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