“Someone’s on our tail,” Marc whispers to me. We were on our way to the house when Marc noticed a car following us. “Speed up,” I told him calmly, trying not to scare Tia. Before we could react or plan, a car came out from the side of the road and hit ours. Marc lost control and we hit a tree. Damn. We are surrounded. Four men come out of the car that just hit us and four from the one that followed. I know Tobias sent them. The battle rules stop him from attacking Lisa or the house but not us out in public. I’d be kidding if I didn’t see this coming, but we can’t let him think we are weak.“Tia, Marc, are you guys okay?” I ask and see that they are both slightly bruised but alright. We quickly get out of the car and Marc turns instantly. “Take Tia back to the house. Keep her safe.” “But,”“No buts. I got this, she’s too young to fight, you know it. I’ll hold them off.” “No. We are leaving together.” Marc asserted nudging Tia to hide behind him and preparing to fight.“I said, g
“Congratulations,” the words seem to fall on Marc’s ears but he barely seemed to register anything. He could feel his heart beat loudly against his chest. Anxiety building up in him. “Congratulations, Erica.” The voice rang again and mark tried to spot the origin of the voice. Oh Right. He had to be polite. He could not afford to displease his parents on the day of his wedding. “Thanks for coming,” mark said without traces of any warmth in his voice. Then came another well-wisher and one more. His eyes searched for her again. There she was, laughing with the other bridesmaids at their table. She lifted the flute and sipped her champagne. Marc wished for nothing more than to be the glass that was pressed against her lips. He moved his gaze back to his table. “This is just perfect, isn’t it?” Erica’s assertive voice demanded an answer. Marc nodded and forced a smile. Which part of this arrangement was perfect he wondered. How had things gotten to this point? He quickly stole another
Lisa was aware of Marc’s gaze over her. She could not let him know that she noticed. It was her best friend’s wedding. She was the maid of honour. She would do nothing to jeopardize her friendship of five years. What happened that morning was an accident. It had to be. She tried to shake off the image of Marc and her, pressed together on the floor. Tobias, alpha of the west pack had booked the Olive Garden, a seven-star luxury hotel. All his guests were invited to stay for two days to enjoy the wedding festivities. All premium suites housed movie stars, politicians, and business tycoons. His daughter’s wedding was the most sought event of the year in the county. Marc had initially retaliated to the wedding, but it only took a little bending of rules and fear instilling drive to his parent’s house to convince him. Nobody had ever said no to the alpha. Marc wasn’t going to be an exception. “Which one?” Asked Erica with her eyes fixated on the two custom-made diamond necklaces.“Th
“Which one?”“What?”“The necklaces. Erica is having another meltdown over this. Put her out of her misery and chose one.”It was only then that marc noticed that she was holding something in her hands. His eyes met hers and for a moment that was all he saw. “That one.” He pointed to the diamond cluster pendant. “It’s beautiful, isn’t it? I thought it looked good on her too. She wants to look her best for you. No wonder she is nervous.”“Do people have to be nervous to want to look good for me?”“That threw her off. That was a rude thing to say. Shouldn’t he be happy that the love of his life and he were getting married and she made attempts to align his taste too? hers. But then, she felt a wave of embarrassment when she remembered refreshing her lip tint before coming here. She was never one for make-up but just before entering his suite, she looked at her reflection in the massive mirror on the corridor wall. Please with how she looked she nodded to herself. Erica had taken it u
A month after the wedding.Marc and Erica returned from their honeymoon. They both travelled through Europe for three weeks. Erica found Marc distracted a few times but didn’t care where his thoughts had drifted to. He was hers now. They were married. It wouldn’t be long before he marks her as his mate. She thought he would do that every time they slept together, but he wouldn’t. She can always make him. What was the rush now, she thought. Marc dutifully visited the places Erica wanted. He woke up every morning earlier than her to work out. That was the only time of the day he had to himself. Erica was always around, was always excited to see places, and wanted to have sex all the time. Marc had made a promise to be a good husband. He wasn’t one to go back on his words. “Dad wants to meet us for dinner,” Erica announced stepping out of her private plane. A car waited for them right next to the plane and several bodyguards stood in watch. “Sure.”The dinner lasted an hour and spann
Later the same night, Marc lay in his bed focusing on the image of Lisa from that evening. She had dressed in blue denim shorts and a baggy white shirt. He could see the traces of a bra in the shirt. His length hardened thinking of her. Her hair was pulled back and tied neatly. She was surrounded by papers and was focused on a book when they arrived. Her worked-up eyes told him how exhausted she was. How long had it been since she left home, he wondered. She had no accessories on except a watch on her wrist, he remembered. Blood rushed to her face and she seemed happy when Erica recited the same stories that she had told Tobias that evening. Lisa. That name rang in his ears. He yearned to touch her. He wanted to satisfy her in ways she hadn’t thought possible. He felt a nearly uncontrollable wave of emotions take over him when he was near her. But he had to keep it all under check. Tobias wasn’t to be trifled with. Marc had already seen the length alpha would go to ensure his daug
“She starts tomorrow, right? Be good to her” “Sure.” Nodded Marc. After the wedding, Tobias put Marc in charge of SolTech, the leading company that develops new-age solar materials. Lisa joined as head of R&D earlier that week. Tobias offered her the job personally as soon as she submitted her doctoral thesis. He wanted the best working for him. Lisa graduated from Harward and earned her PhD from Princeton. She had published several papers in the field of thin film solar cell development and Tobias wanted to incorporate her technology into his cars. Besides SolTech, Tobias owned a chain of restaurants, a car company, two major hotels in the country and a was a pharmaceutical giant. It seemed like he owned a share in industries. His name was known to everyone in the business. Since Marc had an engineering degree from MIT, he’d be suited to head SolTech. “I am appointing you the director of SolTech,” he announced to Marc, soon after the wedding. “Sure” was all Marc managed. He was
Serena, Marc’s secretary had given a tour to Lisa showing her the cluster room, and introducing the R&D team, of course, there’d be an official welcome party that evening but Serena made sure to get everyone acquainted. They walked through the Analytics Department, towards the manufacturing unit and took an elevator to the 35th floor where her office would be. The working units were on the lower floors, and the Directors, CEOs, and Heads of Departments were all on the top floor. Marc is waiting for you in the office, announced Serena. She walked Lisa into his office. She was dressed in a plain black dress that hugged her figure well. Marc was there when Erica picked up the dress. “She has to look brilliant on her first day. This would be great. Don’t you think?”“Yes,”“Hump. You are turning into the king of monosyllables. Show some enthusiasm, hon”“Sorry. I was distracted. That dress would look on you. Yes.”“Not me. LISAAA.” She exaggerated. “Ah. Yes. I am sorry.” Erica snort