OFF LIMITS: FAKE DATING THE ICE KING のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 31 - チャプター 40

JAX POV It had been two weeks since the ultimatum I gave to Rhys, but he was yet to give me feedback on how he was progressing. I was literally bored and the nagging from Sylvia didn’t let me have any peace of mind. I always reminded her about what the Doctor said about stressing herself, but it didn’t look like that was going to make her change her mind about bugging me like I was a teenager. She was very suspicious of every movement I made, and she monitored me like she was certain that I was trying to do something she had always feared. She thought I was still in search of Thelma even though everyone believed that she was dead, but there was no evidence of that. But she was right, and I knew that it was going to cause some more trouble in the future. I had successfully secured some deals with two of the reputable companies in the new City after having several meetings with about five of them. Luckily enough, we had not been wasting our entire time while waiting for Rhys to com

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINEJAX’S POV Sylvia totally refused to listen to me no matter what I said in order to convince her. The fact that she refused to give me a good reason why she didn’t think we should have accepted the deal was most annoying. “You can’t just tell me not to accept this deal because you don’t feel good about it, Sylvia. That’s ridiculous.” I grunted inwardly, trying to keep my voice down. “Well, that’s how I feel about it. You don’t want us getting into something that we would regret in the future, I am sure of that. Those people look like they are trying to lure us into a trap.” “And how do you know that? You don’t even know them!”“Exactly! That’s the point, Jax. We don’t know them enough to determine if they are trustworthy or not.” Sylvia rolled her eyes at me and hissed. I didn’t know what else to say. I turned toward the living room where the Alpha and his son were seated and our eyes met with each other. I pretended like everything was okay with a smile on my

RHYS’ POV The sight of Thelma standing so close to her boss gave me crazy chills that made me realize that I really didn’t want to lose her. But it felt a bit awkward because it was the first time I was going to be burning a genuine feeling and affection toward anyone. Usually, whenever I had a rival who was trying to compete for a lady with me, I would never be anxious. But with Thelma everything was different. It was as if my heart stood still each time I saw her alone, and when she was with someone else, my heart would pick a race. That was a condition I couldn’t explain. Things were not going the way I planned. I thought that it was just going to be a temporary euphoria, but I couldn’t imagine that thoughts of losing her kept me up for two nights. Just when I thought that she was going to be sleeping in my room, she moved back to Dave’s room after that crazy encounter with her boss. I am sure that I felt like kicking the fool on his balls. In the midst of everything that was

RHYS’ POVSylvia pleaded that we meet where she was, and from the way she sounded, I couldn’t say no. I drove to the address she gave me, and there she was, seated on her bonnet with her arms folded. I could easily tell that she was bothered about something. “Are you okay?” I asked, seating next to her while I looked around slowly, wondering why she chose such a hidden place for our meeting. It was already getting dark, and I knew that Dave must have been anticipating my return by that time. I promised him that I was going to read one of the new bedtime storybooks I got for him. “Sylvia? Talk to me.” I said calmly, but that was before I saw the tears gathered in her eyes, ready to drop at any given chance. “You are crying. What’s happening? Did you lose someone? Did anybody threaten you?” I was ready to defend my sister no matter what it was going to take. I had to move closer to her while expecting her to say something. “I don’t know what’s happening to me, Rhys. My life is in

THELMA’S POV I remained speechless even after I saw that it was Brian standing right in front of me with a smirk on his face. He didn’t look happy that I was seated at the table with my Boss. “I see you guys are having lunch.” He said calmly, turning to look at Anton who cleared his throat twice. “Mr. Denver? What are you doing here?” Anton asked aa though it was a taboo for Brian to be there. “Well, you are not the only ones who love to have lunch at fancy and new restaurants. I heard this one is new, and I decided to try it out.” Brian looked around while he nodded in satisfaction. “Mr. Garrison? I hope you and your employees are hastening up the process of the project. You know we can’t risk doing this at the wrong time.” “You have absolutely nothing to be worried about, Mr Denver. I and my team are set to give you the best.” “Hmm. I see.” Brian couldn’t stop himself from scoffing, unmoved by the reassuring words he heard from Anton. For a while, he pretended like it was o