Chapter 52. Runaway Alpha Ii

Jolting myself awake from the pain at her sharp words that I was feeling in my heart this time, I put back my bad boy grin on my face and masked my true feelings by saying, “I love what you do- for the kids, I mean. I came here to help. Seems like you could use it!” I replied as I settled in the chair and called out a number.

A wailing pup grabbed onto his father’s legs, who wobbled towards me with the said numbered token in his hand. Oh, that pup reminded me of mini me.

“Leave this place, Lex. No one likes you. Everybody is just tolerating your presence. No one wants a mother killer and pup murderer here,” Joy said before the father-son duo approached me.

Shock and pain washed over my features before I quickly drained a whole bottle of water down my throat in one go.

“What happened? Cat got her tongue,” Joy smirked at me before turning her attention towards the bespectacled pup sitting across her chair.

“You didn’t just say that!” I exclaimed through t