The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna (Avery and Gideon) novel Chapter 323

Chapter 323

Avery’s POV

The next morning, I found Bjorn at the breakfast table, picking at his toast. I walked past and told him to get his shoes on.

“Why?” he asked.

“Because you got kicked out of school, so you have to come to work with me today,” I said coolly as I filled my travel coffee. cup.

Bjorn sighed. “Can’t I just stay home with Grandma?”

“What, so you can just play video games all day?” I tossed him his jacket. “I don’t think so, bud. Come on, we’re gonna be late.

Bjorn groaned, but to his credit, he didn’t argue further. The drive to the office was quiet, and he spent the entire time looking out the window with his arms folded.

“I need you to behave today,” I told him when I pulled into the parking garage.

He didn’t respond.

“Bjorn.”

“I heard you. Geez!”

I decided to just let it go.

Claire met us at the elevator on the fortieth floor. She took one look at Bjorn and then lifted her brow at me. I just shook my head, silently telling her not to ask right now.

“Hi, Bjorn,” she said, smiling.

“Hey, Claire,” He stuffed his hands into his pockets and dragged his feet.

Claire fell into step beside me as we walked toward my office. “You have the Hartwell meeting at ten,” she said under her breath. “And the supply chain call at two. Also, you got a follow-up from Alpha Sebastian’s office this morning.”

“I already told you to decline that.”

“I did, but they want you to reconsider.” She shot me a look. “I want you to reconsider.”

“The answer is still no, Claire.”

My assistant pressed her lips together and nodded, dropping the subject. I pushed

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open the door to my office. Bjorn followed me in and immediately flopped into the chair in the corner.

“Uh-uh, we’re not here to lounge around,” I said as I took my coat off. “You’re going to be my little assistant today.”

“Seriously?!”

“Yes, seriously.” I dropped a notepad in his lap. “Write down anything that seems important. We’ll go over it at the end of the day.”

I knew he was just going to doodle, but at least he would be occupied.

For the first hour or so, it was fine. Bjorn was quiet, and I managed to get through most of my emails and review the notes for the Hartwell meeting. At one point I asked him to take some files down to Claire’s desk for me. He did it, came back, and sat back down without a word.

The Hartwell meeting started at ten sharp. I was in the large conference room on the top floor. Six people from Hartwell’s team were already seated when I arrived, plus my own team on my side. Bjorn trailed in behind me, and I pointed him toward a chair in the corner, away from the table where he could still see.

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