Page 43 of Vegas Baby!

That was it?

“Harassment of an omega is a crime,” I pointed out.

“Has she pressed charges?”

I pressed my lips. She hadn’t. I shook my head.

“Then it’s not my concern. Williams, are you ready for our meeting?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Get your ass to my office.”

I glared at Lawson as I passed, and everyone stared at me as I made my way to the CEO’s office, waiting outside until he arrived a few minutes later.

“I’d been coming to see if you wanted to get coffee before the meeting, but that little stunt ruined it. What the hell is going on with you? You don’t behave like this.”

Now that we were in private, I could tell him,had toin order to get the leave I needed. “The woman he was involved with is my scent match. She and I bonded this weekend.”

My boss’s eyes widened. “You punched him because your scent match cheated on you?”

I flexed my hands, curling my fingers into fist. “No. I didn’t find out we were scent matches until after I uncovered the affair. The bond was accidental. It happened later that night.”

My boss looked contemplative. “I see. You need omega leave then?”

“And parental leave.”

“Excuse me?”

“She’s started her third trimester.”

“I thought you just met?”

“We did.”

“I don’t understand your priorities.” He shook his head.

“I don’t need you to understand them. She’s my bonded omega, which makes the child she’s carrying mine. I need to be there for her.”

“So you don’t want the promotion I was going to give you today?”

I swallowed hard. I did, but not if it meant I couldn’t support Ava.

“You’re really going to throw away your career for someone you just met?”

“You have an omega too. Wouldn’t you do the same?”

“At what point in our acquaintanceship have I given you the impression that I put my family before this business?”

“I guess never.”

“Exactly. I’ll give you the leave, but that promotion is going to someone else if you want to put Lawson’s mistress ahead of your own success.”

My stomach turned. I had never heard him put his views so bluntly before, and I knew what I had to do. “I’m sorry that this is what it’s come to. It was a pleasure working for you this past decade, but I think it’s best if we part ways now.”

I stood sharply and turned on my heel.

“You’re making a mistake, Bryce. Your father is going to be so disappointed.”

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