At the end of the weekend, Mike arranged to meet a dominant Omega who was a friend of Rose. Accompanied by the woman, they went to the Cafe and waited for the Omega.
Meanwhile, Victor, Daren and Wilfred sat at another table to oversee the meeting. They were tasked with keeping an eye on the surroundings to see if Aiden would suddenly appear or not.
"Do you think it will work?" Daren asked.
"I don't know, just hope so. It all depends on Mike, whether he'll be interested in the omega or not, and vice versa," Victor replied.
He knew that Mike had liked Daren for a long time, but this time Mike would get an omega, so he supported the idea.
After 10 minutes of waiting, a blond man walked into the cafe holding his cell phone. He looked confused until Rose called out to him.
"Louis! Over here!" Rose called to the pris.
She walked over to their table and Mike turned to the omega named Louis. He paused to stare at Louis who turned out to be quite cute.
He was wearing a white t-shirt with a cream colored sweater.
"Sorry I'm late, I got a rush order this morning. I hope I didn't keep you guys waiting too long," he said frantically while bowing apologetically.
Daren, Victor and Wilfred who saw Louis also had the same thought about the omega.
"Ohh he's cute too. If I were an alpha, I would definitely date him," Daren commented.
"If you were an alpha, you would have died at my hands a long time ago," Victor retorted.
Wilfred laughed at that, because Victor would have killed Daren because he was an alpha and Victor didn't like him.
The blond Omega then sat near Rose and looked at Mike. His face was flushed with embarrassment, but he was impressed with Mike who looked gentle as an alpha.
"Well Louis, this is Thompson. The guy I told you about on the phone. And Thompson, this is my best friend Louis," Rose said introducing them to each other.
He extended his hand to make his acquaintance. "Mike Thompson, I'm sorry I suddenly asked to meet you because I'm looking for an omega to be my partner," he said honestly.
"I'm Louis Channing, nice to meet you Thompson," he replied shaking Mike's hand.
"Just call me Mike, so am I interrupting your work time?"
"Not at all, I'm actually looking to get into a relationship with an alpha. I'm... I'm not that attractive, that's why I was too insecure to approach an alpha first. Then Rose said there was an alpha who wanted to get to know me, so I thought it was a good opportunity," Louis replied.
The alpha smiled when he heard that, making Louis smile in embarrassment as he saw Mike's smile which he thought looked very handsome.
"Good then, it's my first date. I'm... Not experienced in this at all. So it'll probably be very awkward," he chuckled.
"That's okay, it's my first date too. We can learn together."
Seeing that the situation was getting better, Rose left the two of them as she had important business to do. Likewise with Wilfred who finally left them.
"It seems to be going well, huh? They both started chatting casually with each other," said Daren.
"Yes, it seems that way. But it's still early days, Mike needs to be more in control of his alpha nature to have that omega."
"You mean it shows that Mike wants Louis?"
Victor nodded, saying that usually alphas do that on their first date. If he was interested, there would be pheromones coming out, showing how interested he was in the omega.
The blond-haired man just knew it, even though he often met many alphas for dinner together because of his father's arranged marriage. But he didn't realize that the pheromones they gave off were a sign of their attraction.
But he is sure, most of them must have felt disinterested because of Daren's attitude towards them which seemed very cold when they first met.
Luckily, he ended up with Victor who wasn't so pushy as long as Daren didn't betray him. Although the risk was that he could have died right away in the alpha's hands.
'Yes, good things have great consequences too,' he thought at the time.
He enjoyed his ice cream as he continued to watch Mike chatting with Louis. For some reason, this was the first time she saw Mike being so friendly and even laughing at people, especially an omega.
Previously he had only done that with the maids and servants at his old mansion, and Daren thought it was normal.
'But... Why does it feel different this time? It's like Mike, who's always been spinning in my world, now has a world of his own. And slowly... He will definitely leave.'
"So I hear you're a florist, you must be very familiar with a lot of flowers, huh? I also love taking care of flowers in the garden. I grow camellias, roses and also small flowers like forget me not," said Mike.
"Yes, I am very familiar with them. I've loved flowers since I was a kid, and my mom taught me about them," Louis replied happily.
"Your mom? It must be nice to like the same things as your family. Are you close with your mom?"
Louis nodded his head, saying he was close to his parents and the siblings he had. He then asked Mike about his family.
"I've only been with my dad since I was a kid. My mom died when she gave birth to me, so it was just me and my dad."
Mike has always been lonely because he never felt the love of a mother. However, his father took good care of him and the maids who knew him since childhood also pampered Mike until he finally met Daren who became his first friend.
And also, his first love.
"I-i'm sorry, I don't know about that, I hope I didn't make you feel uncomfortable with my question," he said in a panic.
But Mike chuckled at that, finding Louis' reaction quite sweet for panicking like that.
"It's okay, I'm fine with it. After all, I'm used to living with my dad and my friends since I worked for him for a long time," Mike replied, reflexively patting Louis on the head.
A reflex he had always given to Daren before. They continued their conversation which was becoming more and more enjoyable for them. He was even amazed by the smile and laughter of the man in front of him right now.
'It's not bad either, he's very pleasant to talk to. I hope everything will go well and I can move on from Daren to Louis.'