" would you look at that? I mean you should totally take a look at your face, it's priceless. If I only I had a camera with me right now, I would have just captured it... No wait, I do have a camera" said Carter pulling out his smartphone from his pocket and that was when Thalia jerked her face away from him.
She didn't like taking photos, much less when anyone catches her off-guard and clicked a picture of her. Was there any need for another brutal reminder of her beast-like appearance? Not at all, in fact, if possible she would like to have no reminder whether alive or not, that served as a reminder of her cursed marks.
" Are you scared again?"
Thalia stared at him, she didn't know what exactly was going on in that head of his. Sometimes she wished she could rip his head apart and see for herself, how exactly his mind worked. One second he was holding her against her will in a dark dungeon and then the other day, he was acting all chummy- a big leap, don
" what do you want Carter?" even to herself Thalia sounded like she was on the verge of snapping. He was driving her crazy and going by that overly pleased smirk of his, he knew it too.His answer was simple " I don't accept answers that I don't like, Darling. I thought by now you should have learned that"Smiling, faintly Thalia looked at him " well that's too bad, isn't it? If anything this sounds a bit unrealistic to me. Everyone has to listen to answers that they don't like, sometimes. That's what we call life"" for some people that might be applicable to," said Carter matter of factly, like what his stubborn ' I owe the world' pace was totally justifiable.And maybe in his world, it was."That's where you are wrong, it's for everyone. No one can win all the time"Carter studied her for a while and when he spoke again there was something like subtle fondness in his voice " I'm giving you chance to put a stop to everything Thalia,
"How did you -?" Thalia studied his features trying to get some inkling about how exactly he found about her passion for painting or anything of the sort but Carter gave away nothing. It was said that eyes were the windows of one's soul, well that saying definitely cannot be applied on those warm brown eyes that seemed to glitter with sadistic emotions, other than that it was hard to detect any other emotions in those eyes.Carter was so tightly controlled that even Thalia had a hard time reading him, and she was supposed to be a seer who could see the future of a person - with her powers bound because of her curse, she couldn't do that but at least her seer senses came in handy when she wanted to read someone's emotions. But when it came to Carter she couldn't tap in anything that would help her explain what exactly went inside his head.But since she couldn't ask her Alpha outright whether or not he was stalking her, she could only go about in a roundabout way
Carter lifted a brow as he snatched the business card from her and tapped it with his forefinger " look, did I ask you to suck me off? Sleep with me or did I ever once mention in our entire chat that I wanted to do something to you? I think I haven't so your question of whether or not there is a catch, really doesn't make sense. " he pointed out " I am just trying to do something nice to you as your Alpha, I am giving you a decent paying job so that you are not stuck with just dirty laundries and picking up used condoms from the floor. That's all, so relax" Carter threw back the business card in her lap as if he was done explaining whatever he wanted to, it did make sense in a way. As her Alpha, he should be giving her his protection but it was weird as hell when he wasn't so inclined to do so, in the past. Thalia narrowed her eyes " you don't do anything without a motive Carter, so I call this bullshit" She was right. He wasn't the type of man who doe
the Previous chapter was mistakenly updated and I modified it to the original one but it will take 24 hours to show the real chapter, sorry for inconvenience.Thalia shouldn't be here, she knew that if she acted on impulse she might be a total idiot. But the temptation was all too much, after Carter gave her permission to leave the pack territory and do a proper job, Thalia had returned to her room in a daze and searched everything up she could about Jonathan Newman. She searched away for an entire night and the more she found out about Jonathan Newman the more she realised that he was a total beast.Not literally but in the field of art. His works were not only displayed in art galleries but he also had a very established reputation in the circle. Much like Carter who was notorious in the business field even though he didn't resemble a serious nine to five worker.If not for the tempting allure of that Jonathan Newman's name brought her Thalia would
" that's spooky" rubbing his forearms, Jonathan said, " But I like it, it really brings out the essence of this one, but to name it like this - you must be having an extremely creepy nightmare, so much that you want to bound them."Thalia did have nightmares when she was young, but just like all her memories, she could only remember flashes of them now. She remembered the screams, the nerve-rattling snarls, fire and scary shadows. Every time she would wake up from her dreams sweating like a bucket but those dreams were like clipped movies, always the same but never making any sense. She couldn't put those dreams together to make a complete picture." so did I get the job?" asked Thalia, not wanting to answer that particular question, that made terror seize her." You did" affirmed Jonathan as he tapped on his wristwatch " every morning at ten, I will see you tomorrow then, now goodbye."-" Seriously, you got a job? At Jonathan Newman's studio?" sa
Thalia dropped the boxes she was holding in her hands, she could see the raw need in Carter's eyes but she was sure that was as harmless as it seemed. She could feel stiffness all over her body as she stared at him like he was some monster that seemed to have barges right inside her world and was determined to conquer it. And Thalia had a sick suspicion that he would and could do that. " Jesus, just look at your expression" chuckled Carter with a touch of lazy hum in his voice like he just didn't say something that might flip their upside down and change everything about them " I didn't ask you to give birth to my firstborn"Thalia narrowed her eyes as she eyed him wryly " I'm pretty sure that's this is worst, giving birth has a limit to it but becoming yours, seems like a tough job without a determined timeline but you are not serious are you?"His mouth flattened and Thalia could see his nostrils flare but she really had to hand it to him, his expressio
" and what if I am your mate?" he asked tipping her chin up so that she was looking right in his Chocolate mocha coloured eyes. " it's impossible" " and how are you so sure about it?" " I have always been waiting for my mate, nothing is jamming on my side. I have yearned for my mate like my next breath - so save your lies for someone else Carter because fate will let me know when my mate comes for me" Her unexpected bluntness surprised him and he paused momentarily. For the damndest silver of second, he started reconsidering his plans. He does agree that her defiance sometimes entertained him, and her scent was something that seemed to have been designed just for him. It enticed him, his cock and his wolf. If he does what he initially intended to do then he might burn her out, but then again it was highly impossible for her to agree with him, not after he kind of manhandled her, let her get bullied and now seem to lure her in for the sak
" what are you doing with her?" asked Scarlet her gaze fixated on Carter but Thalia could hear the acidic note in her voice, that biting edge was a promise that she should start watching her back, in case she didn't want her head to be bitten off by a crazy she-wolf. Thalia could feel her stomach churn, she has never considered this possibility where Carter might have a girlfriend. She knew that this could be Scarlet ' piss off from the man I like' tactic but Thalia still felt sick in her stomach.Ripping his arm from Scarlet, Cartee bristled " fuck off," before he turned around to leave. He didn't once look back much less help her up after he pushed her down on the ground.Thalia watched him go, and her rage burned more and more in her heart. She was really a fool, wasn't she? Just a few sweet words and fake promises and she let him wind her up as he liked. Though his short concise answer did refute the claim Scarlet tried to make on him but it didn't change the fact