Chapter 13


    me.


    The ghost smile on my face vanished, and | faced Jace.


    “What are you doing here, Jace? I’m in no mood to talk about business,” He sighed and put some documents on my desk.


    “It''s been five years, Man. You need to get your head back in the game,” he said.


    “| do nothing but work,” | grumbled.


    “| mean life, try to go out. We should celebrate your birthday this


    evening,”


    “No,”


    He tried to convince me, but | was adamant about not celebrating.


    “K- Corp wants to resume the deal we started five years ago,” he informed me. Several years ago, the CEO of K- Corporation,


    Kenny Kofflin, approached me to buy them out of thepany’s shares because it was slowly going under, but heter changed


    their mind. | picked up the documents and browsed through them. Why are they suddenly interested in selling? Are they broke?


    “We''ll be controlling their enterprise once we sign. Are they that desperate?” | asked, intrigued.


    Word on the street is that they are drowning in debt because of the old man’s gambling habits, and they need the money


    urgently,” he informed me.


    Does David know of this?” | asked.


    “Yes, he was holding back the takeover, but now, he’s given his concern. I’m sure he was looking for a way out but failed,”


    | smirked. It must have been hard to do so. | read the numbers, and indeed, thepany wasn’t doing very well, but if the


    takeover was


    sessful, it would pick up, and mypany would grow bigger.


    This is the deal of a lifetime.


    “Do their employees know this?” | questioned.


    ‘No, only the board of directors knows, but they closed down their


    New York branch and came to the main one, in a neutral domain here,


    ” he informed me.


    Jace and | discussed the new move. The merger of thepanies


    will do well.


    My phone rang, and | saw it was Charlotte calling me. | didn’t answer it. Charlotte, | had no feelings towards her whatsoever. In


    these years we''ve been together, | felt nothing for her. The strong bond | felt the night we met was suddenly gone, as if it wasn’t


    there.


    However, she was madly in love with me. I''d try rejecting her, but her wolf was too weak. | trained her for thest four years in


    the hope of strengthening her, but she didn’t improve.


    Just reject her!’ My inner lycan said. Just like me, he lost his


    emotional attachment to her and couldn''t even stand her.


    ‘Answer the f ucking call, she’s now calling me,” Jace looked pis sed as he red down at his ringing phone. Both he and Lc


    didn’t like Charlotte, they made it clear in their actions towards her and didn’t


    hide it.


    She’s annoying sometimes,” | murmured.


    Then reject her, kick her out of your house, and pack!” he said.


    “I can’t, she’s weak, Man. | can’t let her die,” | told him. She was still


    my mate, no matter what | felt about her.


    “This sh it again, man, she’s just using that to keep you. That woman is f ucking obsessed with you,” he said.


    m her mate,” | defended her. | felt bad for her. This wasn’t her


    me, it wasn’t her fault that | couldn’t love her the way she was supposed to be loved.


    So, you''ll stay with a woman you don’t love or desire because of that? Try dumping her a ss, and see if she dies,” he smirked, his


    fingers tapping against each other with a malicious look in his eyes like some viin.


    “| won''t do that until I’m sure she will be safe,” | told him sternly. He


    was disappointed.


    Later in the evening, | shifted into myrge Lycan and ran through the forest. It was freeing being in my form like this, and | was


    at peace my heart.


    Home is unpleasant for me.


    | pushed open the door and stood in the foyer. The ser vants were


    warily gazing at me.


    What is-” and then, | heard it. The piano ying. My heart was thumping violently in my chest as | took steps toward the piano


    room. | knew that tune, Forever Amen, Love yed it for me often. Was she back? | hurried over just to be dejected at what |


    saw.


    Charlotte was wearing Love’s favorite deep red silk gown, and her red hair was blonde now. She was ying the piano. She


    stared at me. lovingly and smiled. | snapped instantly. This woman had no right to wear and y Love''s piano. | grabbed her arm


    and pushed her away. | must have used more force than | intended because her back crashed against the wall painfully. She


    was shocked, but I was too angry to


    care.


    What the f uck are you ying at?” barked, Lias growling at her. Her breath shuddered, and her hands were trembling.


    was s0 close. “Love, | want to be with you. | love you,” he confessed. | swallowed thickly. My eyes fell on his lips, and mine were


    suddenly dry. David had a knowing smug smile on his lips. He leaned in to kiss me, and | kissed him back. It was our first kiss. It


    was slow and passionate. His hands were on my waist, and | ced my palm against his chest. | pulled away and stared into his


    eyes. They lit up.


    Davi-”


    We''ll take it slow. | won’t pressure you,” | inhaled and nodded. David kissed me again in happiness as the front door opened, and


    we pulled


    apart.


    “Mommy!”


    ‘My little monsters!” | ran to them, and they pounced on me, almost knocking me to the floor.N?vel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.


    “How was school?” | asked them. They started talking at once about how much they loved their new school and teachers. The


    kids noticed David and went to greet him fondly. He got on his knees and interacted with them. My eyes found Luis, and he eyed


    me suspiciously. | gave him the look that said I''ll tell youter.


    “Is lunch ready?”


    We cooked braised short ribs!” | announced it was their favorite food.


    “Yes!” They cheered.


    Frustrated


    Ellis


    | woke up to a beautiful morning. The sun was shining through the window. | stayed in bed and smiled, suddenly feeling happy. |


    dreamed of Love. We were pleasuring each other with a burning sensation. It felt so real, and | woke up to wet pants. It had been


    happening a lottely, and couldn’t get enough. | even weed blue balls. | was snapped out of my thoughts when the door


    opened, and Charlotte walked in. The smile on my face vanished, | hated that she still kept the blonde hair. She had a mug of


    coffee in her hands. | haven’t talked to her since the stunt she pulled on my birthday, and she left the pack. | didn’t care where


    she went.


    Good morning, honey,” she greeted me.


    Morning,”


    She ced a mug of coffee in my hands, and | put it on the side table. | grabbed my buzzing mobile phone. It was Michael, the


    company’s HR manager, calling me. They have been wanting me to address the heads of the department. | didn’t do that, but


    Michael and Jace


    insisted | did.


    We finished talking and put the phone away. | sighed, looking at


    Charlotte.


    “What?”


    I''m sorry for what happenedst time. | overstepped,” she said. Her eyes were already wet with tears.


    “I''m sorry for pushing you,” It was unlike me to hurt women, but | was caught off guard.