Page 127 of Knight Life In Vegas

“Let’s put our lawyers in touch to sort out the paperwork.”

With the important part of the meeting over, we settled in for lunch to get to know one another.

“Do you have an omega?” I asked him.

His cheeks turned pink. “No. Fate hasn’t blessed me yet, and trying outside of that has not been kind to me.”

“Fate has its own timelines in mind,” I said, laughing lightly. “I know that more than most.”

“I would hope fate would give me at leastoneopportunity if it’s doling out second chances to my business partners.” Alve gazed wistfully out the window. “You said your team is going to be taking over in New York?”

“That’s my plan, but I haven’t discussed it yet with my executive assistant if she’s comfortable with a promotion that drastic. I would rather elevate her than have to find someone toreplace one of the other executives when they would still have to spend time learning my role.”

“That’s a considerable amount of trust. Do you think she’s up for the task?”

“Iknowshe’s up for it. She’s been managing everything since I came to Las Vegas. She sits in on every meeting, knows every aspect of the job. Honestly, I think she would do an even better job than I have, and it’s about time we put omegas at the top.”

Alve’s smile was bright. “Another excellent philosophy to have.”

By the time we finished lunch, we had hashed out our preferences for working together. Alve had the real estate connections, but browbeating local officials into letting lucrative spaces go to an omega-exclusive building wasn’t one of his specialties. Safe housing was only as good as the community that surrounded it, and buying cheaper land on the outskirts only served the purpose of reducing costs. No omega who wanted to live in a city, especially one who had children, would be happy to live somewhere that had no grocery stores, schools, or clinics nearby. We wanted to get them into the heart of things, surrounded by everything they needed, without the exorbitant prices that often came with that.

“It was a pleasure tofinallymeet you,” Alve said as we got ready to depart. “Have you found somewhere for your entire pack to live together yet?”

“No. We haven’t had time to look.”

“I’m going to send you a listing. It might not be your personal taste, but from what you’ve told me about your pack, I think it would suit everyone just fine.”

“I look forward to seeing it.”

After we parted ways, I went back to the apartment and called Autumn to video chat.

“About time,” Autumn said with a laugh when her face popped onto the screen. “Did omega leave go well?”

“The whole pack is bonded.”

“Is that good news?”

“Yes, but I wanted you to be the first in the company to know that I’m going to be staying here permanently.”

Autumn’s smile faltered. “What does that mean for the company? Are you going to stay working remotely?”

“I was hoping it would mean a fresh new face at the helm.”

Autumn scrutinized me. “Do I get to help with the interviews since I’ll have to be working with them?”

“You certainly do not get to assist with interviews.”

Her brows furrowed with hurt. “But?—”

“Autumn, I wantyouto take over.”

She stared at me, mouth gaping. “Say that again.”

“I want you to be the CEO.”

“Me?” she squeaked out.

“Of course you. You practically run the company now, just with my guidance. Who else would be better at the job than you?”

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