Tasting All My Mates by Alexis Dee

396-He Got Himself A Sexy Assistant.
"Lazio! I told you, he instigated me." I answered him quietly. His eyes were glaring into my soul, making me vulnerable.
"He had seen his father die. What did you expect from him? You were supposed to use your brain in that situation," he yelled
again, slamming his hands on the desk once more.
I felt trapped in the cage of his eyes. He seemed to be judging me.
The curse was lifted, and all the spells that ruined their lives vanished too. They all should have been normal, but the only thing
that changed was my condition.
"I have seen him die, too. I stood there watching the person die, while the person who should have been there to see that died
because of me," I murmured, pouring my heart out to Lazio. My lips quivered so miserably that for a moment, I felt bad, like I
should have stayed stronger.
"What? Where did you get that from now?" He frowned as he questioned my statement.
"He said that to me. He claimed that I was the reason Thiago died. Now you see why I lost my temper with him?" I made a point,
speaking in my mouth.
"That's just bullshit. Enya! I was there when he made a decision to save your life and give up on his own." Lazio shook his head
when he reminded me of that horrible night.
"That's what we know. But Corbin—" I was about to break down when a scoff from Lazio stole my attention. It was a surprise to
see how he rolled his eyes when watching my eyes fill with tears.
"And now you are going to use that statement to mourn some more. It's—," he sighed, exhausted, "one thing after another with
you. It’s as if we all grew up and moved on, but you are still stuck in the phase of your life where you were the lead, the centre of
attention," he said in a most tired tone, and instead of sitting down to finish dinner, he gave up. He walked out of the dining room
to call it a night, but his words were engraved in my memory.
I don't know why I expected him to understand and comfort me. He was tired of my everyday complaints.

I couldn't eat anything after that. I spent another three hours cleaning the kitchen because, while cooking for me, Lazio had
created such a mess of the kitchen.
After I was finally done with all the chores, I walked upstairs to go to sleep. Lazio had already been in the bed and fallen asleep.
He even took most of the bed.
I woke up early, like every day, and quickly prepared breakfast and Lazio's suit for the day. Except for me, he didn't like anyone
else in the kitchen. I didn't know how to cook until two months after he told me to take cooking classes and learn to take care of
everything in the house. I wasn't particularly interested in the affairs of the pack. Actually, he didn't like me poking my nose into
pack matters. He liked to take care of his pack in his own way.
"Breakfast is ready," I told him when he walked out of the bathroom in a grey suit.
"You are not ready?" He stopped fixing his tie to look at me with a look of bewilderment on his face.
"By the time you're done eating, I'll be ready," I told him while fixing the bed.
Our morning routine was always a bit busy. I had to make sure the entire mansion was clean and also keep a close eye on the
omegas. But now that he had asked me to join the office with him, my work increased.
I wore a black pencil skirt and a black coat for my first day. My curled hair bounced when I walked downstairs, wearing high
heels.
"Ready?" He barely looked my way. I kind of expected him to at least spare me a glance, but he seemed more intrigued by the
toast than by what I was wearing. After he was done with the breakfast, we walked out of the mansion and sat in the car
together.
"Valerie will show you around and be your guide for the day," Lazio said, focusing on his phone while sitting in the passenger
seat of his car with me.
"Valerie? Do I know her?" I asked, since he had mentioned his other colleagues once, but I never heard of her. In my head, I was
thinking maybe she was also newly appointed.
"Oh! I'm afraid not. Valerie Roland is the Ex-Royal Gamma's daughter and my personal assistant," he said, answering my
questions but confusing me a little more with the way he described her.

"She and I used to be in middle school. It was the time when I first joined school and wasn't in too much control of your mother's
magic because she had already died already." He said, bringing up my mother and making me uncomfortable. I didn't want him
to feel any sort of pressure whenever he recalled his past. He had every right to cope the way he wanted to. I just didn’t like how
he wouldn't talk to me for hours after remembering what my mother did.
Sometimes I felt like he might think I was responsible for everything.
"She is a good friend and a wonderful person. She will take good care of you." He then finally put his phone down and stared
outside the window. I kept looking his way and trying to understand where it all went wrong.
I mean, he barely ever noticed me. I have never seen him look at me like a mate looks at his beloved mate. We were not forced
into marking each other. We had such a beautiful history together.
Once we reached the building, he got out of the car and didn't even hold the door for me. I knew I needed to stop constantly
complaining about everything in my head, but I was pretty alone. Nia used to accompany me in those situations in the past.
"Good morning!" A cheerful voice made me raise my head when following Lazio in silence to look at the beautiful blonde greeting
Lazio.
She had such a remarkable beauty that I felt insecure just by the way Lazio was looking at her.