Chapter 37 : The woods

AJAX. Father is going to kill me. The words keep echoing in my head as I drive home. The closer the mansion gets, the more afraid I feel. In fact, when I pull up to the driveway, I start to get nauseous. I can barely get out of the car, and once I manage to do that, I have to force myself to go up the stairs and open the main door. I’m having flashbacks to the time when I fired Amarantha. The people, the looks, the quiet disappointment in my father’s voice. It was almost like he was too fed up with me to even get angry. The butlers open the door for me this time, and I’m relieved to see that the house is pretty much empty. That means no scandal came up. Maybe I was struck with luck this time and Father actually knows nothing about what happened at the university. If so, I can quietly clean everything up. “Good afternoon,” I greet the butler who bows to me. “Where is everybody?” “The Alpha and Master Draco are in the conference room, Master Ajax.” He sinks into another bow. “They