Ellis.
Love, my heart stopped beating when I entered the conference room. Her addictive scent filled my senses, and Lias was howling in my head at the sight of her. I froze. I couldn’t believe it. She was even more beautiful now. She cut her hair to shoulder-length and styled it differently, more elegantly and maturely.
I didn't talk to the employees as my gaze was stuck on her. I was making her uncomfortable with my staring, and the others were exchanging glances, but I didn’t care. It was MY LOVE sitting in front of me. The woman of my dreams. I didn’t expect to see her.
The meeting commenced, and I was still speechless. The only words that left my lips were
" Dismissed, " when it was concluded. Then Love left in a flash.
Lias growled in my head, urging me to run to her, and I did. We didn't want to lose sight of her. I followed her to the parking lot. She was pacing and cussing softly. I could feel the frantic beating of her heart. Love tensed as she sensed my presence, and when our eyes locked, I almost died. Those stunning blue eyes that could fix my broken heart were staring at me nervously.
" Love," I caressed her cheek. I needed to make sure I wasn't hallucinating as I'd done before. The warmth of her skin told me she was there, alive and well.
" Hi, Ellis,"
I pulled her close to me and hugged her. I was aware I caught her off guard by how stiff she felt in my arms. I clutched her tightly to me, I didn't want to let go.
' I want her more than anyone,' Lias growled at the back of my mind.
' Me too,'
I had never wanted anyone more than I wanted her. I needed this woman. It was only now I was holding her that I felt life returning to me. I was inhaling her scent, her familiar endearing scent that calmed every part of me.
She pulled away from me, and my alpha lycan whimpered. Love looked at me like we were old friends. She wasn't excited but wasn’t vexed either. That worried me... A lot. She needed to show me a feeling. I wanted her anger, but it wasn’t there. I wanted her to hit me or do something. However, she was tranquil as a river.
I watched her interact with Jace, still unable to believe she was there, and when her gaze fell on Michael, he smirked.
‘ Michael, what happened?’ I asked tightly. He was my friend and the human resources head of my company, but the fucker was a manwhore, and from the look on Love’s face, something might have happened between them.
‘ Remember when I went to New York?’
‘ Yes,’ my voice was chilling.
‘ I saw her in a bar, and we went to my hotel room.’ I lost my shit but still kept my composure in front of Love. My lycan was growling in my mind.
‘ Get the fuck out of my company before I kill you,’ I growled. I couldn't hold Lias if he stayed any longer.
‘ Please relax. We’ll settle it back in the office,’ Jace joined the mind link. Michael turned and walked away.
“ Excuse me,” I heard the quiet voice of Love. She turned around to walk to her car, but I seized her hand. I didn't expect the sparks to rush through our skin, and she tore her hand from me forcibly.
“ We have nothing to talk about, Mr Carter,” she said coldly and walked away. What did she mean? We had so much to talk about. I needed to beg for forgiveness.
I felt a hand on my shoulder and I looked at my best friend.
“ It won’t be easy.”
I knew that. I wasn’t expecting her forgiveness instantly. I needed to earn it, and I would, but first I needed to find out why she was working for David.
I went back to the office, fuming mad. I found Michael sitting on the chair. He stood up and bowed to me in respect.
“ Alpha, I’m sorry,”
“ What happened,” I growled, my eyes were flashing.
“ She was drunk, both of us were, and we went to the hotel...” he paused, eyeing my reaction.
“ We started kissing, it was hot... She is so freaking hot-” I lunged at him over the table and punched him in the face several times. Jace tried once to push me off him, but when I shoved him away, he gave up and watched me.
“ Nothing happened! Nothing happening, I swear!” Michael shouted. I stopped my punch mid-way. He spat blood from his mouth and weakly opened his eyes.
“ She started crying and apologized profusely before leaving the room in a hurry,”
His words filled me with relief. I got off him. His nose and mouth were bloody.
“ Go clean your face. It's disgusting, and get back to work,” I grumbled. He smiled at me in reassurance... He was worried I'd fire him.
“ Thank you, Alpha,” He stopped on his way out and smirked at me.
“ No wonder you still have the hots for her... She’s fucking drop-dead gorgeous.”
I almost pounced at him again, but he bolted out, and the echo of his laughter could be heard. I took my seat and closed my eyes.
Love. I needed her number to call her.
Ten minutes later, my secretary got me her number. I didn't know what I wanted to say to her even as I dialed the number.
" Hello," her voice came.
" Love," she was silent, but I could hear the pounding of her heart on the other end, and it went dead.
***
“ Love Jane Chasia, an heiress to a billion-dollar empire. Why would she work as a manager for K-Corp,” Jace grumbled in thought.
“ Love doesn’t like things handed to her. She has always been like that. That’s why she started from the bottom in K-Corp and climbed her way up,” I said, proud of her. She was an intelligent woman. Even when she could take over her family company, she didn’t do that and wanted to work hard.
Michael pulled out some photos from K-Corp company events, and we watched them.
“ It seems she and David are close, working her way to the top,” Michael winked, and I growled at him. I knew the hidden meaning in his words. I grabbed the nearest thing to me and threw it at him, but he dodged it. He enjoyed aggravating me.
“ I was joking, boss,” he laughed. I glared at the pictures. Indeed, she and David seemed close.
“ What else did you find out?” I growled.
“ Nothing. Her life is pretty private, and all her social networks are locked.”
“ What is her current address?” I asked.
“ She doesn’t have one, Sir,” he replied.
" I want her working close to me... I don't know how you'll do it but DO," I ordered Jace.