Oliver looked at Lucas with a raise eyebrow. “What do they want from us now? Is it not enough that the security here is totally in our hands?” He asked, completely worn out, even if it was not even afternoon yet. The weather was a bit gloomy and had come with a lot of wind, making him wonder when it was just going to rain. He like the rain. Sometimes.“I don’t know man. They are hosting an auction, and they extended an invitation to us.” Damon said for his position at the far end of the small conference room, where he busied himself with munching on some chocolate candies, alone. “And what is the reason why the two of you can’t go, again?” Oliver asked, eyeing the both of them as he looked from one brother to the other, then back to the other, waiting for the very corny excuses they had come up with.“I have this weekend trip planned with Jasmine. Everything is already booked and paid for. I can’t cancel on her like that.” Damon said with a shrug, tossing a candy into his mouth.Oliv
Kayla hadn’t been aware that Oliver was going on a trip, so when Jasmine had mentioned it, she had been surprised as hell. “He went on a trip?” She asked, helping her friend brush her hair. “I wasn’t aware.” Jasmine made a sound. “Sorry to be the one to break it to you. I thought you knew.” She said softly, raising the container of conditioner and squirting some into Kayla’s waiting palm, which Kayla applied on her thick curly hair. Kayla frown, laughing a little. “Why are you apologizing. It’s not like he’s my husband or my mate.” She said softly, combing her fingers through the hair, before going in with the brush.“Hmmm…” was the only thing her talkative friend said, after that, which had Kayla narrowing her eyes at her through my mirror.“You better get your mind out of the gutter, Jas. Right now, there is nothing going on between the both of us. We are just…I don’t know.,.boss and employee?” Hell, she wasn’t even sure. And it had all been her fault. After the fire, and then the
Kayla was fast asleep when her phone rang. She shuffled around in the soft bed, not wanting to move, boy forcing herself to do so, as she reached for the phone. Who could be calling her at such late hours of the night?She groaned sleeping, sliding the screen without looking at who it was, only to be graced with a harsh familiar scream from the other end of the phone. “Kayla!” Bella screeched, sounding like something out of a horror movie, which unsettled both Kayla and her wolf. She moved the phone from her ears a bit, still able to hear her sister. “What the fuck is wrong with you, Bella? Why are you screaming like that, for goodness sake!?” Kayla asked angrily, as the remnants of sleep left her eyes. “I should be asking you that question, you husband snatcher!” Bella hissed, while Kayla blinked at her choice of words. “What the hell are you talking about? Are you even sure you have the right person?” Kayla frowned as she tried to clear her head enough to come to terms with what
Oliver hadn’t been sure what had prompted him to send that message to Kayla, and the moment he had almost regretted it, hoping she was going ti reply, and that if she didnt_Well he had not been able to finish that thought as she had replied almost instantly, surprising the hell out of him. And then he had done it again. He had called her because he felt like a text message was not enough.Why? He wasn’t sure.“Yes Kayla, I am working. It’s the price I have to pay for owning so many businesses.” Oliver answered truthfully, feeling how heavy his eyes were, from lack of sleep. The fact that he was good in public speaking, didn’t mean he enjoyed it. But for some reason, it always fell on him, like a damn bad karma. He had prepare for everything else, and had somehow forgotten the last page of his PowerPoint presentation. He hadn’t even written it. Meaning if he had gone for that presentation, he would have had a whole two thousand words page, missing.Kayla giggled. “Why does it sound li
“What are you doing here, Laura.” Oliver asked without giving her time for her smile to blossom fully. The last thing he would have ever wanted was for Laura Richardson to meet him anywhere, whether public or privately. The woman was real trouble. And trouble was something he had been avoiding for a very long time.Laura raised a brow at his question. “I mean, that isn’t a way to welcome an old friend. Animosity may be your forte Oliver, but it isn’t mine.” She said lightly, flicking her fingers around as if to gesture towards the both of them. But knowing Laura, she was probably just showing off the jewelry she had on.“And how do you suppose I should welcome you, Laura, with open arms?” Oliver asked in a mocking tone which was lowered and controlled. He wasn’t about to give eavesdroppers something to gossip about. Even if the woman in front of him brought out the absolute worst in him.Laura shook her head. “How is business?” She asked, ignoring his biting statement, which surprised
Kayla rushed out of the shower in a haste, biting her lips lightly at the first hit of the cool air in the room. Why she had taken such a cold shower, was beyond her. But she had been so heated up, after the banter with Jasmine had led to her exploring the woods outside in wolf form. Damon had been more than glad to point her in the directions to which she could roam freely and stretch her wolf’s limbs.Despite the cold shattering of her teeth, Kayla sighed groaning when she realized there was no towel close, meaning she had to go to the closet to get one.“If you ask me, I would say you are trying to seduce me.” Came a rough male voice. Familiar enough to cause her whole body to grow rigid and her legs to momentarily paralyze.Kayla’s head whipped on their own accord, turning in the direction of Oliver’s voice. “Y_you!” She all but stammered, eyes wide with shock as her blasted nipples which were already tightened from the cold, to tighten more.Oliver sat on her bed with a smug expr
Kayla walked into the building, heading towards the elevator with her heart pounding heavily. First off, while it was not her first time being in a company, it was her first time being in a company as huge as this. The Bernardi company building was a freaking empire, compared to anything she was ever used to. "Why are you so free in here?" Kayla murmured to Jasmine, who already looked like she was made to be in this building with her strut. "People are looking!" She hissed, frowning as a pair of employees walked past them, looking blatantly at her and Jasmine as they were led to the elevator by Damon, who had been on the phone ever since they left the pack house.Jasminr turned to look at her without breaking her stride. "Oh please, let them look. I'm sure they are in awe of the beauty they are being blessed with this morning." she said cheerily, wiggling her eyebrows at Kayla who scrunched her nose at her friend.Damon who had been on the phone, paused just in front of the elevator a
Kayla opened the door Damnon had shown her and opened her mouth in shock and surprise. For a personal assistant, the office was quite big. Bigger than her father's office back at his company. There was a huge desk and a chair behind it, while two chairs were positioned in front for visitors. In the corber just close to the door, there was a grey couch that looked long enough and comfortable enough to take a nap in. Wow.. Kayla thought, walking in and closing the door behind her. She could feel her wolf who always craved comfort, get excited at the prospect of goin to lay on the couch. "Not now, ma'am." Kayla said with a laugh, and placed her handbag on the cleared out table, then rounded it to pull out the chair so she could sit. But befire then, the floor to ceiling window behind, caught her attention, causing her to walk over to see what the view was like from where she stood.Wow.. Was all she could think of as she watched the busy streets below with a smile on her face. From ther
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