Episode 27 - My Alpha Boss Gave Me Triplets

My Alpha Boss Gave Me Triplets – Episode 27

Evie returned to the mansion with the damaged drawing and a deadline. Paula secured the study while Max delivered every file she was legally entitled to use. Leopold offered a team of senior designers; Evie refused. Darleen had accused her of borrowing the Alpha’s authority, and Evie would not answer by borrowing his employees as well.

She worked through the afternoon, converting the concept into a modular model that could be built within budget. The triplets seemed determined to object to every hour she spent at the desk. Hunger arrived without warning, followed by a wave of exhaustion strong enough to blur the dimensions on her screen.

Leopold felt it from the adjoining room. He appeared at the open door with food, stopped on the threshold, and waited.

“You can come in,” Evie said without looking up.

He placed the tray beside her and studied the model. “You changed the central hall.”

“The original looked impressive but made guests feel watched. This version uses sight lines for security without exposing every private space.” She glanced at him. “Protection without confinement.”

Leopold recognized the criticism. “I am learning.”

“Slowly.” Evie ate enough to quiet the nausea. “Tell me what Darleen can do. Not socially. As a wolf.”

He explained that Darleen came from an old Alpha line and possessed influence beyond her formal position. She was fast, disciplined, and skilled at manipulating pack expectations. More importantly, the Blackharts controlled resources Stonehearth needed for several projects. Challenging her openly could turn a private rivalry into conflict between packs.

“So she can attack me politely and call any response political.”

“She will not attack you again.” Leopold’s certainty belonged to the Alpha who expected the world to obey.

Evie remembered Francesca smiling before pouring boiling water. “People who want power do not stop because you tell them to. They change methods.”

The next morning, Evie arrived at Stonehearth with the revised model five minutes before noon. Darleen had already assembled the contract team and placed a different designer’s proposal at the front of the room. The alternative used expensive Blackhart materials and would give Darleen’s pack control over the supply chain.

Darleen had also changed the room assignment without informing Evie, forcing Paula to redirect the model through a crowded public corridor. The inconvenience looked minor, but it exposed Evie to cameras and curious employees while consuming the preparation time she needed. Evie recognized the tactic from Francesca: create a disadvantage, then call the victim disorganized. She photographed the revised notice, recorded the delay, and entered the meeting without apologizing for a problem she had not caused.

The scale model drew immediate attention. Evie had built removable sections showing how human accessibility standards could coexist with concealed wolf exits and reinforced shelter zones. Rather than pretend species differences did not exist, the design used them to improve safety for everyone. A human guest would see welcoming architecture; a wolf guard would see defensive routes. She had also replaced the Blackhart stone proposed for interior walls with a regional material that retained less scent, protecting guests who might find wolf senses intrusive. The concept challenged Darleen’s assumption that only wolves could design for wolves and showed how an outsider could notice needs tradition overlooked.

During questions, Darleen repeatedly interrupted before Evie completed an answer. Leopold’s fingers tightened against the table, but he kept the promise not to intervene. The client finally asked Darleen to let the designer speak. That correction mattered more coming from an independent partner than it would have from the Alpha. Evie finished her cost analysis and watched Darleen realize that every attempt to diminish her was making the board more protective of a fair review. She concluded with a phased construction schedule that preserved the opening date even if one supplier failed. The client asked for copies before Darleen could propose another condition, giving Evie independent witnesses who would remember both the quality of the work and the hostility surrounding it.

Evie presented her revision without mentioning the trap. She demonstrated how local materials lowered cost and reduced dependence on a single supplier. The client immediately preferred her plan. Every practical advantage weakened Darleen’s leverage.

“Convenient,” Darleen said. “A human design that excludes wolf resources.”

“It excludes monopoly risk,” Evie replied. “If Blackhart materials win competitive review, they can still be used.”

The client approved the next phase. Leopold had remained silent throughout the meeting, honoring Darleen’s demand that he not assist. Only after the decision did he allow satisfaction to show. Evie had defeated the challenge through competence, exactly as she intended. The victory did more than protect her job. It established that removing Evie would now harm a contract valued by both packs, giving her a kind of institutional protection that did not depend entirely on Leopold’s feelings. Darleen understood the shift immediately, and her polite applause sounded like claws dragged across glass.

Darleen approached while the board dispersed. “Enjoy the victory. Humans measure time in careers and contracts because their lives are so brief. Packs measure it in generations.”

Her gaze dropped to Evie’s abdomen. The triplets moved at once, responding to the predatory energy in the room. Leopold felt their alarm and crossed the distance between them, but Darleen’s expression had already changed. She inhaled once, slow and deliberate. “Three,” she whispered. She had not merely confirmed the pregnancy. She knew exactly what Evie carried.