Thirty-Four

Ashanti

I rushed into the office, feeling overwhelmed already without even doing anything. Chadwick's emails, schedules, and reports were left unattended. There was no damn time to waste.

When I turned on my computer, hundreds of unread messages and notifications floated across the screen. I cursed under my breath and began to sort them out, hoping that Chadwick wasn't too angry with me as I hadn't seen him in the office.

As if on cue, I looked up when I felt a presence by the door. Chadwick stood there, looking dashing and fuckable in a sharp suit, and his dark hair slicked backward.

He wore a powerful aura of superiority and power, and I knew instinctively one could tell he had alpha energy. It was difficult to believe that he was not a werewolf.

His mouth quivered at one side and he looked at me - It was like he saw right through me, to my deepest fears, my most vulnerable places, and my secrets.

Every cell of my being, including Bea, jumped with excitement inside of me. I was