Leilani.
After several hours of prying and failing, I finally was able to find out that Gavin and Maya were fated mates, and I had to literally force that info out of her mouth as she’d been very reluctant to say it.
She said she imdiately felt the mate bond as soon as she saw him, and guess that was why she’d acted so strangely around him.
However, she told imdiately that she would reject him. Especially since she knows about everything he’s ever done to in the past, and while that should’ve made feel better, it didn’t. I felt worse.
Absolutely worse.
Because I didn’t want her to lose that one thing a lot of us craved for because of . I didn’t want to be the selfish friend that would watch her regret her actions and then feel this overwhelming void I feel half of the ti.
She stayed over for a while and left later because she had another blind date to attend to, and after promising that this one would be better than the last ones, she kissed goodbye, leaving all to myself and to the tons of conflicting thoughts in my head.
The next day, I decided that I couldn’t continue to stay at ho without doing nothing, especially since my emotions were all over the place, so I dressed up and went to work.
However, the first thing I noticed when I stepped out of my house was the fact that the bouquet of roses was no longer there. And that thought alone bothered for a while; But brushing it off, I got into my car and drove off.
Jarek was shocked to see getting out of my car when I arrived at Frostclaw. Inc. His eyes instantly widened when he saw as he whisper-yelled; "What the fuck are you doing here?!"
"Good morning to you too, Frostclaw." I greeted with a smile, coming to stand beside him.
From here, I felt his usual warmth. The usual way it envelopes like a cloak. And usually, I would lean into it, But today, I didn’t. I smiled politely instead, my voice cool and steady as I drawled;
"You should close your mouth and stop staring."
"You’re not fully healed, Leilani." He argued defiantly. "You were just discharged yesterday, why are you at work today?"
"Because I’ll not heal at ho." I answered as we walked into the elevator amidst the prying eyes of people passing by. "I already feel good by the way, so you should worry less."
"And how am I not supposed to wor—"
"If you’re very worried then you should take care of !" I snapped, interrupting him. "Give sothing to do. Let work. It’s the only way I wouldn’t think about self-sabotaging thoughts."
At that, his mouth snapped closed. He turned to almost imdiately whilst grabbing both of my shoulders as he leaned down until we were around the sa eye level. And then, he drawled;
"What self-sabotaging thoughts are you thinking about?"
"I don’t know..." I answered, shrugging. And that was the truth. "A lot of things have just been happening recently. Moreover, I also need soone from the company to set up more security around my house... I need to see who brings those flowers. My cara has not been able to catch anything useful."
"Did sothing happen?" He asked softly— too softly and for a mont, I almost imagined how easy life would’ve been if he was mine. How different things would’ve been if I wasn’t affiliated with my family and my mates... but him instead.
But that wasn’t the case. He even has a mate.
I shook my head at the thought and sighed. "Yes, sothing did happen but I’ll tell you about it later."
He nodded. "Okay."
However, I was just about to shimmy out of his hold when the elevator doors opened and small gasps drifted into my ears. I looked up at him, then at the people crowded by the door, and after realizing that we were standing too close, and that his hands were still resting on my shoulders, I coughed.
He blinked. "What?"
But I didn’t speak, I only gestured to the people outside.
Jarek turned to them, his face coloring a bright shade of pink as he pulled away from and then began to fix his tie. I smiled as the people joined us in the elevator, and then deciding to shift the topic to sothing less uncomfortable, I dropped my voice and whispered to him.
"What is our schedule for today?"
"You really plan to work?" He asked, turning to . And I didn’t miss the look in his eyes. The pleading look that was begging to think this through.
I smiled back at him and nodded. "Yes."
He sighed, dropped his head and whispered; "We have a eting with the board today to discuss CUSP’s funding and implentation. But before that, I have an appointnt with the CEOs of De’Storm group."
As soon as I heard that na, my heart stopped. I froze and slowly turned to face him. "The triplets?"
"Exactly." He smiled.
"Really? What are they here for?"
Jarek’s smile didn’t falter even once as we spoke. He drawled; "Apparently, they’re interested in getting their hands on CUSP. And one of them particularly has their sights set on its central processing module, despite knowing that the brain behind it is you."
"They probably think that’s just a lie. That I am nothing but a sack of silver hair."
Jarek smiled at that. He stopped to check his wristwatch, and with his eyes gleaming with barely contained excitent, he added; "I have been looking for ways to make this eting torturous for them, but now, after seeing you, I know exactly what the real torture should be..."
"I want to co along." I said quickly, a maniacal thought forming at the back of my mind.
Jarek grinned but didn’t object. Instead he spat; "I want to put you in charge."
My smile was so bright, it rivaled the fluorescent lights above our heads, and as we walked out of the elevator, he placed his hand on the small of my back, leading the way to the room used for etings like this and whispered into my ear.
"Brace yourself." He whispered, and I turned to fix him a glare, only to instantly understand what he ant by that when the door was pushed open to reveal the triplets sitting around a large oval table, but that wasn’t all.
Chalice was with them.
My parents were there too.
And so was Gavin.
This would be interesting.
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