18. VALIANT

I kept telling myself that the interview went well.

They asked Alex a bunch of questions that I didn’t even think of when I wrote the little speech for him. They asked him questions about Daisy’s kidnapping and Elias’s involvement. We hadn’t expected them to ask about that.

I tugged at my tie as we stepped into the elevator.

“That was a fucking disaster,” Alex growled.

“Yeah,” I agreed.

“I hope they took my hesitation to their questions as a sign that I know shit about the little omega I ‘rescued’ from the cafe,” he muttered. “This was a stupid plan. I thought if I did this, it would make them forget about what happened but it feels like I made things worse.”

I nodded. We just dug a bigger hole for ourselves.

“Do you think they were watching the interview?”

That reminded me…I pulled my phone out of my pocket and checked the text I received while we were setting up for the interview.

“Probably not,” I muttered. “They seem to be otherwise occupied.”

I turned the phone