Chapter 41

Alaric’s POV

Something felt… off.

I knew it from the moment I stepped into the building. The frantic side eyes that the employees and security officers exchanged with each other gave it away.

There was only one person who had the power to make my employees feel uneasy with just her appearance, even without saying a word.

And when Tyler greeted me at the elevator, the bastard was pale as fuck, eyes wide like he was terrified.

My eyes turned hard as I looked at him. My jaw clenched, hands curling into fists as I tried to fight the urge to slam him against the wall and squeeze his neck until he gave up the ghost.

He made her cry. 

Above all other things, I was pissed that he still had the power to make Meadow feel that way. And no, I didn’t give a fuck that it’d been only two weeks since their breakup.

I wanted to kill him. But right now, there was a more pressing issue in my office.

“Sir,” he said. “There’s… a