Kayla straighten her clothes and looked at her reflection in the mirror. “Do you think I look okay?” She asked Jasmine, who lay on the bed with her phone in her hands.“It’s just dinner with your family, Kayla. I don’t think you have to dres fact for something as simple as that.” Jasmine said, with a reassuring smile on her face as she set the phone aside to focus on Kayla.The fact still remained that on that table, she was going to meet Dean. And damn if that didn’t make her feel like a nervous wreck. “It’s not everyday you get to sit with the man who rejected you. I mean, the pain is still there, only from thinking about it. I don’t know what it would be like, seeing him.” Kayla murmured, rubbing at her chest as she moved away from the mirror, to go back to the closet where her shoes were.Being in this house, didn’t feel right in any way.“The pain is still there, because you are thinking too much about it. Even if you don’t want to admit it, the fact is, you still feel a certain
Confusion.In fact, the word confusion didn’t even cut it, for what Kayla felt as she walked into the dining room and saw Dean and Bella sitting on opposite sides of each other, while her father sat at the head of the table, and her mother, next to her daughter. Weird.Kayla kept her face void of any expression as she walked over to the table, wondering where to sit, and going with the seat on Dean’s side of the table. Well, with one seat between the both of them, as she would rather sit next o him, than sit close to her mother.“Hello, Kayla.” Dean said, smiling at her. Kayla waited for the seating pain that she knew was surely going to come, at seeing her mate, but was surprised as the only thing she continued to feel was the dull ache she had been feeling in her chest since. Even her wolf, who was always so excited to see Dean, just sat back, with her back turned to him.Great.And she wasn’t even complaining.“Hello, Everyone.” Kayla said instead, not wanting to speak to him dir
Kayla remained seated, and watched her dad rise up from his seat, doing the same as others, and throwing his napkin to the table, just as the cook and one other staff rushed out to clear the table. “Dad, is there anything you want to say to me?” She asked desperately, but was met with a sad smile. He shook his head. “Go to sleep, Kayla. We’ll talk tomorrow.” He said, and tried to move away, but Kayla stopped him with eher words, eyeing the cook as she picked up her plates and walked away.“Don’t think I don’t have eyes, and can’t see that there’s is something terribly wrong with your health. I’m not blind, father. I can see that you are not okay.” Kayla said, turning to face him, but not looking directly at him. The fact still reamained that she was forever going to card for her family, and would be there for them if they needed her. But it didn’t mean that she was going to forget how they cast her out, at the face of the very fear problem she encountered.Alpha Dawson looked at her
Kayla looked at everyone in the room skeptically.She had been sleeping soundly, when a pack hand had been sent to rouse her from her much needed sleep. Neither she nor Jasmine had gotten enough sleep the previous night, as they had lain awake, talking throughout. She had planned to sleep in, and had almost gotten away with it, when there had been a sharp knock on the door, followed by a bush eat the pack link, which had seen her getting up from the bed to answer the door.“I was asked to call you downstairs.” It had been a really young boy,who seemed clueless on what exactly he was doing in front of her door. He had been like…twelve? Thirteen?And so she had tiptoed around her room, getting ready, and trying as much as she could not to wake Jasmine. And she would have gotten away with it, if the crazy antique vase had not wobbled, and in her attempt to save it, kayla had accidentally hit the plates they had used he previous night. And had sent it shattering to the floor. Oh dear.No
Kayla stared at her father in disbelief.“But why would you want to do that? The pack and the business had always stood on its own, hey change that? Have you tried investors? Have you tried to take loans? What do you mean by going so bankrupt you want to merge?” And though it wasn’t a bad solution for the problem they currently had at hand, kayla couldn’t help but be calculating about what would happen, if they decided to merge the company with another. If they were that bankrupt, a lot of things could go wrong if her father was not careful.“We do have a solution, kayla. And it is something you are familiar with, but probably wouldn’t take liightkybwhej you hear it.” Dean said to her, and for the first time, Kayla actually turned to speak to him.“And what do you mean by that?” The animosity she felt as she spoke to him was new to her. There was a little pool here and there, but still, she aasnt going to forget the fact that he had rejected her.“Kayla….” Dean started, but trailed of
Jasmine was dressed and ready to go out, by the time kayla rushed back to the room and slammed the door shut behind her in an attempt to run and escape the nonsense she had just heard her father say.Hell, she wasn’t even sure whether to laugh, or cry about it all. “Where are you going?” Kayla whispered, panting as she frowned at her friend. This was obviously Jasmine’s frost time in the territory, so she didn’t eclxactly know any thing here. Jasmine gave Kayla an apologetic look that had Kayla narrowing her eyes at her. “I don’t know how best to say this, but the Bernardi’s are around, bad Damon said he was coming to pick me up in five minutes. And I don’t know Kayla, I think I heard Oliver’s voice in the background, so you had better get ready too.”“What!” Kayla shouted in a whisper. “What do you mean Damon is here? I know you said something about telling him where we were yesterday, but you don’t tell me he was coming here!” She stalkers towards her as she spoke. Her mind a clear
Oliver was pissed.Hell, pissed didn’t cut it. He was fuming. And it was because of a certain woman who was now standing in front of him. He had called and called, and called, and called, and she had ignored him. And he knew it was intentional because Jasmine had picked Damon’s call, and had refused to devulge anything concerning Kayla to either Damon, or him, when he had asked. So he had forced Damon to use the excuse of wanting to see her, to carry him along.Oliver hadn’t cared that his voice wa probably being heard by Jasmine, but he sure as hell knew he wanted to see Kayla. Thankfully, Jasmine had complied, which was why they had gotten into a private helicopter, and made their way over where, wher a ca was already waiting for them. Oliver had made it a point to dismiss the driver, and Damon not wanting to risk an angry Oliver taking the steering wheel, had decided to drive.“Can you tell me why you ah e refused to pick any of the over a hundred calls I have put through to you?”
Kayla followed the duo as they walked over to a table for four, wishing she could just run away. This wasn’t the time to see Oliver. Her heart was torn between wanting to be with him, and wanting to just disappear.Her father had asked her for what she could only describe as a pound of flesh. Once again, they hadn’t chosen their favorite daughter. Bella. Wasn’t she worth exchanging for their company and pack? Why hadn’t he told them that he now had only one daughter since he had disowned the eldest.She would have thought that news was everywhere by now.But funny enough, it didn’t seem like it was. Because knowing how packs operated, if they so much as got a hint of what had happened in the past, then they wouldn’t have even bothered with asking for her hand?And who was this aphas son? Didn’t he have a mate? Didn’t they think she would have a mate?“Earth to Kayla!” Jasmine’s voice filtered into her ears, dragging her out of her thoughts to the present.She had been so absent minded
Two days later….Oliver groaned as he made his way down the stairs making sure to avoid any kind of confrontation with either his siblings, or anyone at all.He past couple of days had been hell for all of them. After the whole saga with Laura, Damon had called her father, and a new agreement had been signed, just to keep her away. Turns out she didn’t want him. Apparently, Frank Richardson was deep in debt, and Laura as usual, had come to stir trouble.“Oliver.” A soft voice called from behind. Making him turn around to see who it was. Hell, he didn’t even need to turn to know who it was.“Don’t tell me not to go, Jas. I simply can’t stay away anymore.” He said, swallowing hard as he placed his shaking hand into his pocket and tries not to look at the friend of the woman he loved.Jasmine laughed lightly. “Actually, I was coming to tell you to go to her. My friend can be quite stubborn at times, but I think she has gotten enough space to last her a lifetime.” Jasmine said, then whist
It took Kayla being dragged to the back of an alleyway to come to a screeching halt, pulling her hand away from Dean. “What the fuck do you think you are doing, Dean?” Kayla gasped, hair flying as she rubbed her sore arm. “Where did you even come from?” She already had a bigger problem to deal with, and he thought he could just materialize from nowhere? “I just wanted to talk to you.” Dean said softly, stepping back and running his fingers through his hair why Kayla watched. And for the first time since he had pulled her away from the front of that office building, she allowed herself look at him.Really look at him.And what she saw was far from the Dean she had known and grown up with. He loooked a mess. A hot mess. “And what do you want to talk to me about? I thought I made things clear to you on the phone?” Kayla not out, looking around discreetly to see if there was an exit from the alleyway apart from the one which he had put himself in front of.There was.Thank goodness.Dea
Kayla followed Jasmine outside and into the elevator as they continued to chatter about what Jasmine envisioned her dream wedding to be like. “You know I like my things sparkly and girly. I’m not gonna miss any of that on my wedding day!” Jasmine proclaimed, raising her voice a little in the empty elevator as it closed.Oliver had texted her that he was about thirty minutes away, and had asked her to come down to meet him in the parking lot, since there was no time to meet each other in the office because heading to their destination.So Jasmine had asked her to accompany her to her office where Kayla was to help her organize while she waited for Oliver. “Well, you know what suits you, ma’am.” Kayla laughed, waiting as the elevator started it’s journey down to Jasmines floor.The doors opened with Jasmine mocking Kayla. “As my chief bridesmaid, you would wear a silver sparkiling dress with orange shoes. My wedding needs to he aesthetically pleasing. And you won’t be left out!” She was
Kayla was smiling when she roused from the satisfying sleep she had had the previous night. She blinked as she stared at the ceiling which faced her directly, trying hard to quench the inflow of memories that came at her the moment she opened her eyes. She had been so close to confessing her love for Oliver the previous night. So close!With a sigh, she pushed the blanket off of her, and got off the bed, stopping briefly when her sore muscles hummed deliciously from how much she had used them the previous night. But admist everything, she couldn't help but remember something that had plagued her mind at different moments of the night.They hadn't used protection. And they hadn't made love only one. Or even just on the rooftop.Oliver had taken her back to the bedroom, and proceeded to show her what she had been missing in the bedroom all this time she had tried to put didtance between the both of them. As she got into the bathroom, Kayla couldn't help but rub at her belly, while she s
Kayla pulled herself up on the slab, feeing nicely sated, but not to the extent she wanted, as there was still a throbbing inside of her that she had not yet satisfied.She said nothing as she reached out for Oliver’s neck, wrapping her fingers around it and pulling him down for a kiss. It was short, but lasted long enough to give her the energy and tingling she craved. And the taste of herself on his lips, drove her crazy.Never in her life would she have thought that she would taste her own juices. Well, until Oliver.Once she let go, pulling away, and pushed him slightly away from her, seeing him frown in confusion as she got down from the slab and was on her knees before he could even do anything to stop her. That is , if he would.“What are you_” Oliver asked, when his brows rose in realization as to what she was doing.With her abilities, she had him turned, so he was now leaning on the slab, while she was fumbling with the zipper of his trousers.It was fairly easy to pop open
When Kayla kissed him, Oliver had been a bit taken aback, but quickly recovered by pulling her closer to him, and inclining his head to the side so he could deepen the kiss. 'Please lock te doors that lead to the rooftop, and make sure nobody interrupts, Benedict.' Oliver said to his sentinel, who happened to be Kayla's driver and bodyguard some days, using the packlink. He could hear the exact time the doors locked, and heard Benedict take a stance just inside the door. 'You don't need to stay that close! And dim the lights.' 'Yes, Alpha.' there was amusement in his tone when he replied, before walking away from his position, to somewhere a bit farther down. Good. Oliver thought. H e didn't want the pack hearing of his shinanigans on the roof. Kayla moaned against his mouth, just as the partially bright lights, deemed. "Oh.." She aid, pulling away from the kiss, just to look around for a few seconds. "Did you do that?" Kayla asked, running her hands up and down his chest. Even thro
Kayla tensed at not just what he had said, but how serious im he sounded. From the distance, she could hear how quiet everywhere had gone. It was like it was just them around, with no one to interrupt. And somehow, she liked it.She and her Alpha, in their own world. Her alpha…What was she thinking calling him hers?“Kayla… about the deal I made with your father..” the way he trailed off, had her tensing up the more.What happened to the deal? Was he going to tell her he wasn’t interested in helping again, and wanted to withdraw his funding? Was that it?“Yes? I’m listening..” Kayla prompted shakily, but managed to hold her voice.Oliver leaned forward. “I’m tired of pretending Kayla. That contract….it’s void. Never existed in the first place. It was just a farce made up by me to keep you here_” his words were cut off, by Kayla lifting herself off her seat and into the air with such speed that she felt a bit dazed.If not for her wolf, she was sure she would have face planted on the
Kayla wasn’t sure why, but she felt like something was off with Oliver, the moment he came up and joined her on the rooftop.She had been standing there for a while, and staring in awe at the sight before her, unable to believe that he had in fact, prepared this for their dinner. It looked like something out of the movies.“You look beautiful.” Oliver said, walking over to where she stood, and extending a hand to her.Kayla blushed. “And you look good too.” Compared to her, Oliver straight up looked like he had walked out of the men’s runway in Paris or something. With the dark wool shirt on top, and the jeans, he looked so good. And those boots too…dang..She on the other hand, and argued with Oliver’s stylist who had just happened to be waiting g for her once she had come back from work, and had won. She had almost made him cry, but hell…And now she regretted it, because her low heel shoe, and flared midnight blue dress, was nothing compared to him. And her hair too that had been p
Flashback... Oliver made his way down the stairs for the fourth time that evening, smirking to himself as he anticipated what was to come tonight. It was his twentieth birthday, and his family had pretty much outdone themselves in preparation of what was being described as the coming of age of the century. At first, it was meant tobe a surprise. But how do you surprise an alpha's son? He had pretty much heard the very first conversation they had had about the party, and had made himself visible, unable to hold his excitement. "Oliver! Can you please get me a scissors on your way back? This one is broken!" Darcy called from somewhere outside. Oliver groaned. He should have stayed out of it when he had first heard about their plans.Oliver picked up the scissors and was making his way downstairs when Laura suddenly blocked his path, grinning from ear to ear.“I got you a birthday present.” Laura said almost immediately, pushing a box to his chest.The force of the shove almost had him