Lisa’s POV
I stood quietly in the corner, watching Alpha Nathan as he sat behind the work table in his room. He seemed completely engrossed in his work, never once sparing me a glance since we had come out of the bathroom.
My eyes flicked to the wall clock, and I realized it was already 11 p.m. Alpha Nathan didn’t show any signs of heading to bed anytime soon. I frowned, glaring at him from where I stood. Why had he ordered me to stay here, doing nothing but standing like a statue while he buried himself in a mountain of documents?
His focus was elsewhere, not on me. His attention, his thoughts—everything was absorbed by the papers spread across the desk. As I watched him, resentment bubbled up inside me. My glare deepened until suddenly, his head snapped up, and our eyes met. I froze,
