The meeting with Gabi's sister, Natalia, was scheduled for lather that day in Alex's office.
When he stepped inside, he froze.
Kelly was inside his offce. Until now, he'd avoided her at all costs - ignored her calls and message, stayed away
from his own aparment, even hid out at Adam's, just to avoid her.
 
She ran to him, throwing her arms around his neck.
She started to whine, her pheromones thicking the air. A wave of nausea hit him. 
He pushed her bake gently and walk straight to open a window.
When he turned back to her, what he saw in her eyes wasn't tears - only anger and confusion.
She try ones again to get close to him but he quickly moved to his chair behind his desk. “I don't think it's a good idea for you to show up here without informing me beforehand.” He said, colder then he intended.
She crossed her arms under her chest, makes them stand out.
 “You never returned my calls, and Adam blocked my number a while ago." she said "I had no other choice but to come here. You don't even go back to the apartment anymore." Once, he used to loved that spoiled little voice she had. Now, it got on his nervers. He pressed his fingers on the bridge of his nose.
“At the very last, you should've let me fknow, I have a meeting now. You need to leave.”

That was the first time Alex had ever rejected her, and she couldn't let that happen. She walked around to him and sat on his desk, crossing her legs in a way that made her dress rising well above her knees, she gives him a sweet smile, leaned over, and just as she opened her mouth to speak, Adam enters the office with Natalia.
|Kelly glanced at them, exchanges hostile look with Adam, “I think it's your time to leave, Kelly.” Alex said.
The shock hit her when she realized the it was talking was Alex who had spoken, A smug grin spread across Adam's face.
“Ok, baby. Talk to you later”  she said, then she grabbed Alex's face with both hands and kissed him deeply for a long minute. after that, she walked out of the office with her head high, brushing past Adam with a sliht shove. Natalia stepped aside to let her pass through the door.
Adam closes the door behind her, Alex embarrassedly looks at them, “ho.. god.. don't laugh… please.” He muttered as Adam and Natalia tried to hold back their laughter.

“I'm sorry,” Natalia giggles. “it just...kinda felt like highschool for a moment here.”

She laughed again and Adam joined her, “Man, she really hates you.” she said, looking at Adam.
Alex gasps, but Adam doesn't get offended.

“I'm sorry, please let's sit.” Alex said quietly, looking almost defeated.

“You don't need to apologize," Natalia replied with a soft smile. "My parents always said things have a way of sorting themselves out . So don't worry about it.” She clapped her hands and rubbed them together. “Now, shall we talk business.”

The connection between Adam, Alex and Natalia was instant - both on a personal level and in business.
They had been trying to expand their brand to include products to females and male omegas, but kept hitting a wall when they failed to find due to the lack of proper representation.
They don't want to be like a so many other companies that only made products for alphas.
Natalia loved their vision. she agreed to promote their products at her studio in exchange for a discount for her members.
She even mentioned she could connect them with a product development team that specializes in pheromones -   for create a unique fabric that doesn't trap or hold onto scent.
After she was gone and everything singed, Alex finally felt himself relax.
Adam chuckled and dropped into the chair.
“you realize how lucky we are?, how much time we spend looking for someone like her?"

“I'm so glad it'sbehind us. I don't worry about our products, I know they're high quality. I'm happy we finally managed to pull this off.” Alex smiles at Adam, “I hope you'll be at home for celebration,” he give Adam a teasing look.

Adam laughed, “if you insist, I suppose I can spare some of my precious time with you.”

Alex rolled his eyes “come on, we finally expanded, I feel just like when we made our a first sale, when I finaly didn't need to depend on my family's money”.
Financial independence meant to both of them. Adam, who grew up in the foster system, had never truly owned anything of his own.
Alex, despite growing up un a wealthy family, never felt like he truly belonged. As the nlack sheep, he was constantly reminded that nothing was really his.
Fortunately, his grandfather had left him a trust fund, and together with Adam's smart investment during college, they started a small business. over the years, they grew it into something bigger, enough to finally live without financial worries.

“You're right, if I hadn't listened to your brilliant idea, I don't think we'd be here now," Adam said to Alex while tidying up the desk. "Tonight, we celebrate. But one day, I'd like to introduce you to Ari.”

~~~
Sam drove smoothly down th highway, a big smile spread across his face.
"Are you a little too happy? " Will asked from the passenger seat, frowning.
Sam just laughed, eyes still on the road. "Are you a little too grumpy? You know how lucky you are? Today you're gonna meet your mate. I'm still mad you keapt that a secret from me."
Will sighed and looked out the window. "I apologize," he muttered.
"Yeah, and I told you I don't buy it. I don't want to be the reason you miss your happy ending."
There was something in Sam's tone, too frim to be casual. Will turned to look at him.
"You sure you didn't know morw than you let on?." Sam gave him a wide, innocent smile, "I just know things"
.Will narrowed his eyes, but said nothing

The GPS said they'd be there in five minutes. And Will sigh.
“Cheer up,” Sam said. “it's a good thing. I always worry about you. you can be a little picky sometime."

 Will turned  to him with a frown. "What that supposed to mean? Tell me.".

"There is no time, we are here.” Sam said witha bright smile.
They pulled into the parking lot and handed the car over to the valet.

They walked into the restaurant, it was a fancy place, with private rooms and a quiet atmosphere. Sam took the lead and asked for the reservation while Will simply followed.
 As waiter guided them toward their room, Will began to wonder what his mate would look like. Most omegas were small, Sam is 165 centimerers.
would it be a female or a male. He'd never really thought much about his preferences.
before he could think about it any further, the waiter opens the door.

Sam entered first, and his mate was already sitting near the table. The waiter left, saying he would give them a couple of minutes.

Will looked at the person. He was male, with light blond hair, almost white and amber eyes.

“Hey I'm Sam, nice to meet you?” Sam started, offering his hand for a shake.

The other omega gives him a sincere smile and stood up from his chair to shake Sam's hand.
When he stood up, Will noticed he was taller than a typical omega - at least 10 centimeters taller than Sam.

“I'm Rafael but my friends called me Rafi. Please sit” he offered them.

“Can I call you like that?” Sam asked him cheerfully.

Rafi laughed and noded, “Sure, you can call me that.”

Sam turned to Will “Did you hear that? I have a new friend.”

“Yeah, it's wonderful,” Will said dryly.
He tried to avoid eye contact with Rafael but the feeling that he had seen him somewhere wouldn't let him.
He staring at him until Sam give him a little push and whispered to him “what the f-..”.
Will leaned on the table and asked Rafi “do we know each other from somewhere?”. It sounded like a pike up line,  and he was afraid Rafi take it the wrong way.
Rafi's eyes lit up, and his smile grew wider. “As a matter of fact, yes.” Will want to asked him from where, but the waiter returned take their order.

Sam and Will ordered salad and soup,
“Do you also want the salmon? The chef specially ordered it for you, and he can make anything you like.” the waiter offered them.

“I'm not sure. what do you think?” Sam asked Rafi.

Rafi smiled, “I'm a little biased - the chef is my friend. And I love everything he cooks.” it seems the answer pleased Sam, and he ordered the salmon.

The waiter looked at Will, waiting for his answer, “I need to see it before I can make a decision.” Will said. 
Some people in the industry found him difficult because he didn't enjoy trying new food. 

The waiter nodded and left with their order.
“He didn't ask you what you wanted to order,” Sam said to Rafi.
“It ok, Gabi already knows what I like.” Rafi replied.

Will looked at Sam and Rafi chatting about the chef, while Rafi strated to listing all the dishes he loves at the restaurant.

“You said we met before.Are you planning to tell me where from?” Will asks, cutting into the conversion between Sam and Rafi.

“Yes” Rafi's eyes lit up, happy that Will was finally talking to him. 

“We met about two years ago, when you came to record the songs for one of your movies.” He said, his smile faded a little when he saw Will still didn't recognize him.
Sam watched from the side. He couldnt let his new friend get hurt because of his best friend.
He tried to think quickly- then it suddenly hit him.

“With a minute, you're the guy who told to Genny to stop with the fake accent,” Sam said, he, looking proudly at Rafi.“You have no idea how many times I wanted to say that to her.”

“I don't tell her to stop with the accent. I just said that if she put the same effort into reading the music notes as  she does with her accent, the song wouldn't sound so wrong” Rafi said, frowning.
Will made a sound like he finally remembered. He recalled the quarrels in situations like that, The studio apologize to the actor or actress, but somehow Genny ended up being the one who had to apologize.

Will looked at Rafi, amazed by him. Their agency called him a music genius, and every project they had done in that studio was a great hit.

Sam laughed at Rafi 's response. There was a knock on the door, and the waiter entered with a cart of food. Before placing the dishes on the table, the waiter showed Will the salmon.
“Wow, that really looks good,”. Will said.
The waiter smiled and placed the plate in front of him, Will looked at Rafi. When he saw the waiter place something else in front of him. “Didn't you order the salmon?.”

“I did, but I don't mind starting with something else. So enjoy your food” Rafi said, as the waiter placed a plate of  risottoin front of him. He thanked the waiter, who then left the room.

“You don't go through all this just to eat together,” Sam said. “Let me help you to know each other. you should know, we'er not really together,” he added, pointed between him and Will.
“We live together, but our relationship isn't like th-” Will stopped him and whispered in his ear, “Are you sure you want to tell him that?”

“Why not? He's my new friend, he's not going to say anything” Sam said, he didn't whisper like Will.
Will frowned and opened his mouth to say something else, but Rafi spoke before he could.

“Don't worry I won't say anything, I'd really love to get to know you a little better” he said, looking at Will with a  smile. when Will saw the look in his eyes, it made his heart to skip a beat.

He started to eating his food, and it was delicious, “my god, this is really good. You have to taste that it, Sam” Will said, pickeing up anter bite. Sam took a bite from his own food, his eyes lit up, and he nodded in agreement.

Rafi laughed. “Gabi will be happy to hear that you like that.” He saw the questioning look at their faces and added, “Gabi is the chef, and one of my best friends in the world”

“That's nice, since when do you know him,” Sam asked. 
“Since birth, our parents become friends, so it was neutral for us to become friends too. And you two ?Where did you meet?” Rafi asked them.

There was a knock on the door, it opened, Gabi entered  in, wearing his chef uniform and shining smile.
“Good evening, I'm Gabi, your chef for tongiht. Is everyting to your taste?” He saked, in his professional tone, his eyes landing on Will as he spoked.

“Everything looks perfect, thank you.” Will replied. He glanced at Gabi, noticing he was about thr same height as Rafi. He couldn't help but wonder if Gabi was also omega.

“Yeah, the food is amazing,” Sam said.

Gabi and Rafi exchange glances, and Gabi brust out laughing. Will frowned, but Sam found the whole situation amusing, started laughing too. Rafi bites his lip, trying not to join in.

“What's so funny?” Will asked irritably, starteing to feel like the joke was on him.
“Don't be grumpy,” Sam said, “we're are all friends here.”
Gabi cleared his throat, “I need to get back to the kitchen, but it was nice to get a glimpse of you. Maybe next time we can sit and talk little longer. I will prepar a special dessert for you” he added, befor leaving the room.

The rest of the dinner, Will stayed quiet, Rafi didn't want to be the only one to talking about himself, so he and Sam chatted about reality TV shows.
Rafi felt a little hurt by Will's, but luckily, Sam was easy to talk to,and by the end of the meal, they had exchanged phone numbers. He wasn't planning to give up on Will,  and something told him Sam is would help him.