The Alpha’s Dynasty

Harry.

“Supper is ready,” Kim said, placing steaming dishes on the table in the dining room. That’s right Kim, Maya’s worst nightmare was in my house. And no, I didn’t like it.

On the previous Friday as I descended the stairs at the company, I skipped a step because I was in a hurry and sprained my ankle. Since Maya and Micheal, my closest friends at work weren’t around, I couldn’t call anyone else for help. Not that I disliked everyone else but I didn’t want to be a bother. Damn that stupid elevator for malfunctioning on the day I had the highest amount of work to do. I met Kim on my way to the office and she helped me out, and gave me first aid when we got to the office. She even offered to help me at home and she had been preparing my meals in the evening every day since that time.

I had tried to call Maya but ever since Zane found us together at the resort, she had been avoiding me like the plague. It made me so angry that I had devoted my time to make her happy but she never cared about me.

I had been doing everything for myself for so long and it felt good that someone was doing everything for me. I was finding it hard to adjust but even when I told Kim to leave out some tasks, she insisted on doing them. I was beginning to see a side of her I had never seen before. Maybe she wasn’t as bad as I initially thought.

I lived in my parent’s house with my lazy aunt who only cared about boys and make-up. She was in college and even if though I was excellent in mathematics, I couldn’t count the retakes she had. I was pretty sure she was going to spend at least six years in the University instead of the three she needed to get her Journalism degree.

Two years back, my parents had decided to move to Europe. They were tired of having lived in the same place all their lives and extended family drama that comes with living in the same city with relatives. My younger brothers who were twins decided to join universities in the UK leaving me alone to take care of the family house. My parents set up a chain of pharmacies in England which were keeping them financially stable along with their retirement packages.

Kim went back to bring some other things from the kitchen and the delicious aroma drove me to the dining room.

“Smells good,” I said, taking a seat. She finished setting up everything and sat down to eat. As we ate, all that could be heard was the sound of cutlery and plates with the distant sound coming from the television. Kim and I didn’t have a lot in common so conversation between us is still quite low. Besides, my mind was full of thoughts about Maya.

Later as we watched a movie together, Kim started acting weird. She kept glancing at me when she thought I was paying full attention to the movie and couldn’t notice. But I had noticed. Just as I had noticed that she’d gotten closer. Ever since we hatched our plans to destroy Zane and Maya’s budding relationship, we had not slept together.

For some reason, I didn’t feel like sleeping with her but it was getting really hard not to look at her. She was really beautiful and I could feel her warm thigh against mine. I shouldn’t have worn shorts with such a thing material when I knew she’d come. I swallowed and focused on the television.

“Harry,” she said.

I turned and our eyes met. I couldn’t seem to tear my eyes off hers. Usually they looked ordinary but up close, they look really lovely and intense. Despite that, my mind kept bringing up images of Maya. No part of me was in the mood to kiss Kim. She may have been beautiful but I couldn’t seem to forget what kind of person she was. She had told me how she slept with Miller and Harlow just to get what she wanted. I didn’t want a woman who belonged to the streets. As I was turning my head away from her, she threw her hands around my neck and kissed me, her lips moving slowly. Somehow I lost myself in the kiss but suddenly pulled back a few seconds later.

“No,” I stood up, getting away from her. “Maya isn’t treating me so well but I still want her. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I was close to getting her but that idiot interrupted us. Despite that, I still have some hope. Let’s not make this more complicated than it is. You want Zane, I want Maya. There’s no need for us to sleep together.”

“You’re an idiot,” she said, looking up at me. “Maya may never love you. Besides, you’re horny, I’m horny. Let’s just do it.”

“No, you do it with everyone,” I wanted to say but I knew she would become furious which might make her take an impulsive decision.

She grabbed her things and left. I hoped she would not say anything to the woman I loved.

I sat down and placed my head in my hands. How could I have been so stupid as to let Kim into my house? Into my life? I could have prepared my own food like my mother taught me but I had to go ahead and accept her offer to help. Maya would never want me if she ever found out that I had been sleeping and working with her enemy.

I realized that what I needed to do was stay away from Kim and confess everything to Maya before Kim put her spin to it and made me look like the evil one. I knew that it would probably make Maya really angry but keeping up with the lie until she found out from someone else would be worse.

If there was one thing I knew, it was that this was going to come out at one point or another.