Chapter 218 - 4: What makes Killian happy
Killian tried to focus on his work, but his thoughts kept drifting back to the man.
His mind replayed their brief interaction in the elevator, the way he had stopped the doors from closing, how his presence had triggered something inside Killian that he couldn’t explain.
Was it possible...? No.
Killian pushed the thought away. There was no way that Steve Williams was the cause of his heat. That didn’t make any sense. He barely knew the man, and they hadn’t interacted enough to justify the sudden onset of his heat.
But the lingering effects of that encounter couldn’t be denied. Every time he thought of Steve, his body reacted with a strange, almost magnetic pull.
It was unnerving.
"A...uhm, Mr. Killian..."
A voice snapped Killian from his reverie. He looked up from the figure standing on the edge of his desk and found the female omega who suffered a pheromone shock a week ago. "Ms. Ingrid. How are you feeling now?"
Ingrid Shelby bowed at Killian in a ninety-degree posture as she exclaimed, "I’m sorry for troubling you last week, Mr. Arden! I heard that you were in shock too after helping me. Thank you so much and I’m really sorry for the inconvenience I’ve caused you!"
Killian was a bit surprised at the sudden loud apology. He glanced around and found a few watching them. He quickly held the woman by the shoulder and straightened her up. "Don’t mention it. I think it’s not entirely because of the shock that I went into heat anyway. My heat schedule is in that week too, so it just started a few days earlier. It’s not your fault, Ms. Ingrid."
Killian lied. His next heat would be in three months, and the suppressant herbs he always carried were just for emergencies due to irresponsible alphas he might encounter. He wasn’t easily affected, yes, but what if the alpha targeted him and poured an intense pheromone shower on him?