replied.
“Would you mind calling him and explaining what happened, Shar?”
“Sure,” she said with a nod. “What are you going to do?”
“Get out of here for a while and give the brothers time to cool off.”
SHARNA WATCHED ALEX leave as sadness filled her heart. She truly believed he cared for Miya, but because Christian had to be such an ass about the whole thing, Alex refused to do anything about it. She looked at Cara, who appeared to be just as worried about Alex as she was.
“Alex is in love with Miya,” Cara said sadly. “I think he has been for a long time.”
“Where do you think he’ll go?” Sharna asked.
“Probably the club. He was planning on going there later this week anyway to check on things.”
Sharna nodded, then grinned. “Let me call Sidious; then I’m thinking you and I should pay a visit to Miya.”
Cara grinned in return. “Agreed.”
Chapter Eleven
Lord Sidious Marcone closed down the computer screen and reached for the remote to turn on the television. As the picture came in, he sat back and frowned. There it was. Chancellor Dorn kissing his daughter.
He didn’t give a rat’s ass what Alex said. That was not a kiss for show. He wasn’t quite sure how he felt about that either. He liked Alex. He was a good man. He was a good leader. And he was a damn good negotiator. But what he apparently wasn’t good at was lying.
Alex was a Dom, and Miya a headstrong, stubborn young woman. That did not make for a good combination, which was probably why he’d gotten that call the other night about their little argument.
Sidious’s lips twitched. He remembered a similar argument with his wife that happened when they’d first met. He scowled and turned off the television. Alex’s argument with his daughter better not have ended the way his had with his wife.
He’d hate to have to kill the boy.
His wife, Mikayla, strolled into his office and held out a warm cup of korniga.
“Hey, baby,” he said with a smile as he took the cup from her hand. “You read my mind.”
“You okay?” Mikayla turned and sat on his desk. “You looked as though you were pissed about something when I came in.”
Sidious reached out and rubbed his hand up and down his wife’s calf. “Not mad, really. Just concerned.” He stared up at her. She looked just as beautiful today as she had the day he met her. And Miya looked so much like her. “What do you think of Dorn?”
“Alex?” She frowned. “He seems nice. Reminds me of a younger you.”
Sidious twisted his lips and snarled softly in annoyance. “Yeah, my brother said the same thing.”
“Why do you ask?”
“I was just curious.” He frowned down at her leg as he continued to absently rub the back of her calf. “I have a feeling we’re going to be seeing a lot more of him.”
“Does this have anything to do with Miya?” Mikayla asked.
He glanced back up at his wife in surprise.
“I saw the way he watched her at Hayden and Cara’s party. The man is smitten.”
Sidious frowned as he remembered the way Alex watched her when he thought no one was paying attention. “Yeah, I noticed that too. That’s not the only party I’ve seen him watching her either. But he’s a Dom.”
Mikayla’s hands froze as they brought her cup to her mouth.
“And we both know how Miya is,” Sidious drawled.
His wife set her cup on the desk. “True,” she smiled devilishly, and Sidious’s cock sprang to life. It never failed to amaze him just how fast she could get him hot for her. “But look at us. You’re very dominant, and we’ve worked out fine.”
He smiled softly. “That is very true.”
She jumped from the desk and leaned down to place a quick kiss on his lips. “Leave them be and let them work this out on their own,” she whispered.
He chucked her under the chin. “I think I might need you to take my mind off it,” he murmured, then gripped her arm and tugged her onto his lap.
Mikayla squealed, then giggled as he