บททั้งหมดของ Alpha Daddy, My Se(X)cret Desire: บทที่ 41 - บทที่ 47

As lunch neared its end, the atmosphere in the room grew quiet. Gabriel had not spoken much. He only ate slowly, occasionally observing my face as if making sure every detail of my expression was recorded in his memory.After swallowing his last bite, he placed his fork and knife down with movements that were almost too precise, then leaned back slightly. His eyes remained on me without blinking.“Sera, there is something I need to give you.”“For what?” I asked carefully.Gabriel lowered his hand to the inner pocket of his suit, then pulled out a small black box. A velvet box, the kind that held only one thing.My entire body tensed.“Gabriel?”He did not answer. Instead, he opened the box quietly. Inside was a diamond ring. Not a small, simple ring. It was elegant, sparkling, with a single main stone that looked simple yet captivating, the kind of thing given only to someone who means a great deal.Gabriel held the box with one hand, and with the other he gently reached for my hand.

A week had passed since the night Gabriel said, “The time will come.”Since then, I tried to live my days as usual. Classes, assignments, campus exhaustion, everything went normally. Today I came home earlier from campus. My head was slightly dizzy after long classes and endless discussions. I just wanted a warm shower, to lie down, and maybe wait for Gabriel to come home.But everything changed when I entered the apartment parking area. There, a few meters from the entrance, was a car that immediately slowed my steps. A luxurious black car, still shining the same way, with a license plate I still remembered. A very familiar car, Selly’s car.“Why is that car here?”I tried to think rationally. Maybe it was a coincidence, maybe it only looked similar. Maybe not. No, it was her car, I knew it, I remembered it. My hand automatically brushed the ring on my finger. I took a deep breath and decided to go up anyway. There was no point drawing conclusions before knowing the truth.The elevat

I close my eyes tighter, trying to drown the incessant ringing sound into the darkness behind my eyelids.Punishment.The ringing stops again. The brief silence feels more suffocating than the sound itself, followed by the vibration of message notifications. One, two, three times.I do not move. My body is stiff, every muscle tensed to resist the urge to look. But finally, my eyes open on their own. With a slow movement, as if fighting gravity, my hand creeps toward the phone on the bedside table. The screen lights up, displaying several new lines of messages from him.Gabriel: Your time is up, Sera.Gabriel: I'm on my way.Gabriel: Don't you dare leave the apartment.My heart stops for a moment before then beating wildly, pumping adrenaline through all my veins. On his way? But he said he had business out of town! Or... was that just an excuse? Or was his business canceled because of my not answering the phone? My mind spins wildly.I jump out of bed, pacing back and forth in the roo

Arriving at campus.“Will you be all right?” Gabriel asked as he walked me all the way to the front of the faculty building.He had to immediately attend a meeting with the dean regarding something he had deliberately arranged so he could “coincidentally” be on campus today.“I will be fine. Do not worry too much.”“Always,” he murmured, placing a quick kiss on my forehead before turning away with steps that still looked cautious.Marcus had already arranged for someone from his security team to guard the campus area, but it did not completely ease my anxiety. The walk to class that morning went smoothly. But at every corner, I felt like someone was watching.David called out to me in the hallway after the first class.“Sera. Hey, wait a second,” he called, catching up to me with a smile that was usually warm, but today felt slightly stiff.“David, what is it?” I asked, not slowing down, wanting to reach the library quickly to work on a report.“I need to talk. It is important, about