The Cause

"His rut?"

Devyn finally calmed down. She's now sitting at the table across from Miss Anna. The two of them headed out for lunch.

She hadn't continued the conversation earlier in the stockroom since she was called for a meeting. That's why she told Miss Anna to eat lunch with her.

They are in the restaurant not far from the company. Devyn considered the other lady's driving skills, and she didn't have that much time to walk around to some fancy restaurant. The president told the lady that she's not really in the mood today for a heavy lunch, so a sandwich with a coffee was enough.

"Yes, President!" Miss Anna munched her sandwich and nodded.

She's not nervous anymore compared to earlier. The heavy aura from Devyn already disappeared and she can tell that it was just because the president was worried about Mr Kiel.

Devyn pondered for a minute. "But he told me that he only took medicines." She replied, sipping from her coffee.

"Actually, Miss President–" Miss Anna leaned closer. "Mr Kiel really didn't want me to tell you this because he didn't want to worry you, but I'm going to tell you since you still have the rights." She whispered.

"Is it because of the party last night?" Devyn said first.

The other lady nodded. "It must be," she agreed. "I don't want to ask, President. But there must be something that triggered Mr Kiel's rut last night at the party." She gulped her sandwich with juice.

"Miss President, even though recessive alphas have less intimidating pheromones during their ruts, they still can feel sensitive when it comes to stronger omega pheromones. It might have triggered them." She continued explaining.

"Even though Mr Kiel didn't want to admit it, there was something in the party last night that triggered him to turn out this way."

Devyn gazed at Miss Anna, she seemed amused. "I didn't know that you have a lot of knowledge about this."

"I'm a recessive omega, President, so I partly understand Mr Kiel's side." she admitted.

Devyn fell silent for a while, thinking. Then Miss Anna spoke again.

"President, could it be–that there's someone who put something in his drinks?" she asked.

It rang a bell to Devyn that she turned to the lady, agreeing to her suspicion.

The commotion last night came back to her thoughts. Those medicines Luca used to those alphas who tried to corner her didn't work. Could it be that her pheromones mixed with it? Does it affect Kiel?

Come to think of it, she already caught a glimpse of him holding back last night inside the car. And she can't deny that it left her in a daze. How can Kiel, a recessive alpha, had that sweet scent?

"President? Are you alright?"

Only Devyn realized that she's already making that irritated face again. "Miss Anna," she called out.

The young lady across from her jolted. "Yes, President?"

"What will happen if a recessive alpha's rut gets triggered?" she asked without even blinking.

Miss Anna got surprised by the question. However, she's the only one who had the knowledge about this. She's not the only recessive in her family. She has a younger brother who's a recessive alpha, too.

"President, they might get caught up in a high fever or sometimes result in something like not knowing themselves or losing their cool. Excessive inhaling of stronger mixed pheromones for recessive ones is a bit out of control."

"We can take medicines, but being triggered by a lot of pheromones is harder. I suspect that Mr Kiel inhaled mixed pheromones last night."

Miss Anna turned serious, too. "Even though medicines help us during our heat or rut, it still leaves us sensitive to other pheromones around us."

Devyn felt his jaw tensed. If she had a plastic cup of coffee, she would have already crumpled it to pieces.

'So it was because of the party. It was because I took him with me last night, despite knowing that he's in his rut. I should have known. I asked him to give me his rut schedule. Did I get too confident? I left him and chose to talk with that jerk Luca'

All of her thoughts made her more frustrated.

'Or did Luca put something in his drinks? Was it because of the effect of the medicines on those useless alphas that got accumulated in the room? Ws my pheromones that strong last night?'

Devyn unconsciously gritted her teeth and before her disappointments emitted pheromones, Miss Anna tapped her shoulder.

"President, lunchtime is already over. Please go back to the company with me." she bowed.

Devyn flinched and gathered all her thoughts back. She picked up her hand wallet and walked outside with the lady.

She stayed quiet until they took the elevator, going back to her office. Miss Anna followed her attentively. She's not nervous around her anymore. She fully understood that Devyn was only concerned.

They reached the president's office.

Devyn sat down on her swivel chair, opening those newly arrived folders.

"Miss Anna, what's my schedule for this afternoon?" she asked.

The other lady immediately tapped the tablet and checked everything on in front of her eyes. She walked closer to the president's desk and answered politely.

"You only have one meeting this 2pm and some clients' emails checking. Also, the U company already submitted their proposal and was asking for another screening. Would you like me to reschedule it?"

Devyn agreed. "Reschedule it, and told them that if they gave me another trash proposal, I will not waste my time reading it."

Miss Anna nodded. "Yes, President."

Devyn tapped her desk. "Also, Miss Anna. Cancel that 2pm meeting. Reschedule it for tomorrow." She took her coat and hung it on her arms as she stood up.

The other lady, who was surprised, nodded, but followed her. "President, where are you going?" she asked the lady who's already standing at the entrance.

"I need to go somewhere important. I will leave everything in your hands"