I Built A Friend By Alec Benjamin Novels & Stories

I tell her as little as possible about why I’m back, only that the situation required hands that the board would trust. It’s easy in the way things are easy when both people have already finished the harder version of the story. At the end of it she adjusts the strap of her bag and looks at me directly. “So we’re friends?” I consider the word. Friends feels accurate enough for what remains. Anything more would be dishonest. Anything less would be unnecessarily cold. “Friends,” I say. She nods once, satisfied, and heads in the opposite direction down the hall.

“I am sorry, babe.” “I wish I could stop feeling this way about her. " “ You can, with time.” “ You think?” No, I wasn't sure any amount of time would get Alex out of my system. “I hope,” that's the alternative. “ There she is,” Ben gushed as Eva approached our table. She leaned in for a peck, making Ben blush to my pleasure. “ Who is your friend?” Eva asked. “ Chris, a friend from work. “ I extended my hand as she shook mine delightfully, which made me think maybe I had misjudged her. “ Nice to meet Chris. “

I smile rolling my eyes, taking off my shirt and placing it beside my towel and sandals before sliding into the hot tub across from my two knucklehead friends. Alec and Alessandro have been my best friends since we were all pups. Alec is the son of my father’s beta and will become my beta once I take over for my father officially. Alessandro is a pack warrior but I plan to name him my gamma. There isn’t anyone more deserving of the title than Alessandro. He would go through hell for me if I asked him and I would do the same for either of these guys. Every time my father was stark raving drunk or going off the handle in one of his fits of rage, they found ways to divert his attention from me

Soren pointed his fork at the kitchen and explained, “That kitchen will never run out of ingredients, your mom can make as many cakes as you want.” “Wow,” Abby gasped around a mouthful of syrupy pancake. The morning was peaceful. Relaxed. The first morning in a long time where I had not been worried out of my mind about Abby and her health. Even my small savings account could not ruin the happy mood, until Soren spoke up again. “My friend will be coming later to meet you and Abby,” Soren said. “A friend?” Questioned Abby. “Mmh, his name is Kade, Kade Vance. He’s going to make you all better Abby.”

The voice was sort of familiar. “Ace, we’re coursemates and close friends. You don’t need to…” Benjamin subconsciously raised his hand and massaged the muscles between his eyebrows. “Do you even treat me like a close friend? You’ve kept things from me until now. Why? Are you afraid that I’ll find out? Are you afraid that I’ll get myself involved? Or are you afraid that I’ll hurt her again?” Ace asked with a sneer. “Ace, you’re a genius and an expert in psychology. You know how desperate I was at that time. That’s why I…”

What he said startled me before turning to the side, “W-Woah, Alex, I didn’t know you were there.” I was breathing heavily but all I received was a loud crackle of laughter, “Come now, we have to go home.” On my way home, I could feel my cheeks heating up. Not because of embarrassment, I am just so elated to know this was the feeling of gaining a friend. “You seemed truly happy today.” I heard Alex pointed out. I turned to him before smiling to myself. “I think I just found a friend. A genuine one.” I told him. “Sheena Malic, she is too loud for me, but if she makes you happy, then I will come to like her as well,” he said.

“I got hold of Ben from the school’s local broadcast channel this morning after I got to school. I’ve made notes and voice recordings of your little bet with those friends of yours and I only have to press one button for my little email to travel to the school’s news mail box.” “You little cunt,” Micah snarled. He curled his fists and threw away his bag. The bag hit the pavement. The resonating boom thundered against the surface loudly. He approached me and I stepped away from him. “You try to touch me and I press send.” I raised my phone high, daring him to take another step. “You think you’re worth shit because of that information? Trust me when I say this, you’re going to regret threateni

AMBER’S POV It’s been two months since Alice left and I’ve missed her. It was so good to finally find someone I could relate to. Before we became friends we were like magnets of the same poles. We were sworn enemies who didn’t wish for the well being of the other. We both became friends because of the help of Aloha Scott. If he hadn’t pushed us together in the pretext of dining we wouldn’t have become friends so I’m indebted to him. “What’s wrong, Amber? You’ve been spacing out quite a lot lately,” Beth said with a worried look laced around her face.

“God, it’s so good to be home.” The study door loomed ahead. My best friend was back. And her daddy was nowhere near finished ruining me.

Then he stepped behind his desk and rummaged through the documents there. Flora Bennett…found! “It’s very early,” he said after another moment. “The tests indicate conception occurred roughly one week ago.” Marcus went very still. “One week?” he repeated quietly. “Yes, Alpha.” The doctor looked up. Marcus’ blue eyes had grown darker. “One week,” Marcus murmured again. Exactly one week ago… Flora Bennett had knocked on his door in the middle of the night. She turned up drunk and vulnerable. One thing led to another and it happened…