Lilly giggled softly leaning her hip against the edge of the stage as her initial shyness entirely dissolved "Oh I’m not that technical about it!" said Lilly gesturing with her hands "I mostly just care about making my farm look pretty and putting flowers everywhere.

Though I did spend an entire weekend decorating the town square in the game just to make it look like a spring festival."

"Wait wait back up a second!" said Leo eagerly jumping into the space between them his complete stage fright vanishing in a fraction of a second "Did you say cozy simulation games?

Ben don’t lie to her you literally broke your desk last week playing a tactical shooter!

But Lilly if you like strategy and pretty aesthetics you seriously have to try the new fantasy kingdom-builder that came out last month.

The graphics are absolutely spectacular and the storyline changes completely depending on how you treat the villagers."

"Oh really?" asked Lilly her eyes widening with genuine curiosity "I’ve seen the trailers for that one but I was worried the interface would be a bit too complicated for me."

"Not at all!" said Ben completely forgetting that he was supposed to be performing an acting drill under his boss’s strict supervision "The tutorial is incredibly smooth and honestly with a perfect 10 GPA you would absolutely dominate the economy management side of the game in like five minutes.

Leo and I have a shared co-op server you should totally join us sometime!"

"Yeah we can totally carry you through the early game resource grind!" said Leo a massive unforced grin spreading across his face as he laughed "It would be so awesome to finally have someone on the team who actually knows how to manage finances properly instead of just spending all our gold on high-tier weapons like Ben does."

Alexander watched them from the edge of the stage a satisfied quiet smirk playing on his lips.

Moving with absolute silence he glided up behind Lilly like a phantom.

Before she could even register his presence he wrapped his strong arms completely around her from behind pulling her back against his broad chest while casually placing his large hands firmly over her heavy sweater-clad breasts "You know" said Alexander his low dominant voice cutting straight through the boys’ animated chatter "if you two weren’t my incredibly dear theater companions I would honestly have to beat you both half to death for trying to steal my girl right in front of me."

Ben and Leo simultaneously froze mid-sentence their eyes bulging as they let out a choked unified gasp of pure unadulterated panic.

The sudden terrifying shift from a friendly conversation to Alexander’s intense possessive alpha aura was too much for their fragile nerves to handle.

Seeing their utterly horrified pale faces Alexander couldn’t hold it in any longer.

He let go of Lilly and literally collapsed onto the stage floor laughing at the top of his lungs as he clutched his stomach.

Lilly’s face exploded into a brilliant burning shade of crimson.

She hurriedly pulled her oversized sweater down her chest heaving as she glared down at him with a mixture of intense embarrassment and deep affection "Alex!

Oh my god you are so incredibly mean to them!" said Lilly stamping her foot as she tried to soothe her burning cheeks.

Alexander slowly pushed himself up from the floor wiping a tear of laughter from his eye as he stood up and dusted off his trousers "Alright alright fine" said Alexander his chuckle finally fading as he looked at the two trembling boys "It was just a little joke.

I needed you both to feel a sudden spike of raw pressure.

Trust me a live audience in a packed auditorium is infinitely more terrifying than me and I’m deeply concerned about your stage fright.

So... do you two want a reward for finally making it through the exercise?"

Ben and Leo slowly calmed down pushing themselves up from their defensive stances though their hearts were still hammering against their ribs "Honestly Boss... just being able to sit here and talk to a girl like her feels like a massive reward for us" said Ben slowly lowering his gaze to the floor with a bittersweet smile "I mean it.

This is literally the closest I’ve ever been to a girl in my entire life."

Lilly’s heart instantly softened at his words.

Looking at the two awkward vulnerable boys a deep wave of pure sympathy and compassion washed over her.

She turned her head giving Alexander a sharp reproving look silently scolding him for playing with their feelings like that.

Alexander caught her look and smiled stepping closer to her. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

He leaned down his lips brushing against the shell of her ear as he lowered his voice to an absolute whisper "Would you be willing to help them out a little with a proper motivation...?" whispered Alexander his voice a low teasing rumble "Just a quick touch to shatter their fear of women once and for all.

What do you say?"

Lilly’s breath hitched.

A fresh intense blush rushed up her neck and she nervously bit her lower lip as she processed his scandalous request.

She looked at Ben and Leo who were still looking down with those vulnerable lonely expressions and then back up into Alexander’s dark captivating eyes.

Slowly with a quiet trembling hesitation that quickly turned into absolute resolve she gave a firm determined nod of agreement.

Alexander stepped back a wicked triumphant smirk playing on his lips as he looked at his two disciples "Alright then" said Alexander clapping his hands together once the sharp sound echoing through the room "Since you both did so well breaking the ice here is your official reward.

You just need to actually have the balls to claim it."

Ben and Leo looked up blinking in confusion "A reward Boss?" asked Leo.

"Each of you is allowed to touch one of Lilly’s breasts" stated Alexander his tone completely nonchalant as if he were offering them a piece of candy "and you can keep your hand right there for as long as your nerves can possibly hold out."

Ben and Leo instantly went entirely blank their jaws dropping as if a massive bolt of lightning had just fried their internal software "D-do... do what?" stuttered Ben his eyes bulging "Touch a... a what?!"

"Hold on Boss you can’t be serious!" yelled Leo his face turning an aggressive shade of crimson "Like... grab... grab her?!"

Trembling from head to toe both boys slowly turned their gazes toward Lilly expecting her to scream throw a prop at Alexander or run out of the room in tears.

Instead Lilly stood right there in the center of the stage her face completely red and her eyes averted but she gave a tiny shy nod of confirmation.

In that exact fraction of a second something shifted profoundly in the minds of the two young men.

Lilly ceased to be just the intimidating girlfriend of their powerful theater leader; she was instantly elevated into the living breathing waifu of their absolute dreams standing before them like a fragile sacred prize they never believed could exist in the real world.