Por a second I figured that Delilah had done something else to humiliate me, but before I could think of anything else, the man spoke up"We've received a call from the manager of the New Moon Group."As soon as I heard those words, my heart stopped for a few seconds. Had Bennett made a complaint about me? The thought of being kicked out of the school flashed through my mind. "Professor, I... I didn't..." I said, stammering. "Don't worry, miss, you're not in trouble. On the contrary, you have been requested for an interview at the company" the man said with a smile. I froze. "What, me, what?" I asked, still in disbelief. The man let out a sigh and leaned against the desk. "Miss Hester, the dean was going to expel you on the day of the presentations, but Alpha Bennett advocated for you and now his company is requesting you for an intervi
The lighting, the space, the decor... everything was luxurious, aesthetically appealing and beautiful. For a second I stood there admiring it all, until I shook my head and walked toward the reception desk. "Excuse me?", I said. The three women exchanged glances and gestured to each other, until one of them raised her gaze to me. She was beautiful, with red lips and warm makeup. "Good morning, how can I help you?" she asked me with a sweet smile on her face. "Good morning. I'm Hester, from Central High School. I've been called for an interview at 10 am." I said.The girl nodded and waved her hand as she typed on her computer. "You can wait in the waiting room for a moment. I'll call you soon for your interview" she said politely. I nodded and turned toward the waiting room, which was a bit far from the front desk. Smiling at her, I walked over to the couch and sat down cross-legged. I spent a couple of minutes in agony. I looked at many women with a haughty look on their faces a
I had no idea why Bennett had said that. Fuck, I felt ridiculous when I learned what that idiot thought of me. However, I took a breath and looked at him without losing myself in his attractiveness. "You're wrong," I said seriously.He looked at me and leaned against the back of his seat like a true king. He took the folder in his hands and sighed, "I'm never wrong."I glared at him furiously, while my she-wolf whimpered in pain. It was obvious she was in pain from the way our mate was treating us. "Hester Winter Sandman..." he said in a low tone. "I see you got a perfect 10 on your evaluation. How?" he asked incredulously."Study days. No doubt about it." He heard my response and gave a sigh and continued to flip through the folder in his hand. He was mocking me? He spoke as if I hadn't gotten that result by dirty tricks. "High school isn't easy," he said mockingly."Yes, I know, that's why I work
From Bennett's point of view.When I saw her walk into the office, I couldn't take my eyes off her face. That girl was beautiful, and her lips, so full..... Without bitterness, I didn't let my wolf control me and treated her like the greedy girl she was. When she left the room, she smiled sidelong at me, but I could still inhale her delicious scent, now permeating every inch of the office. Fuck, a wave of anger swept through my body when she stood up in that haughty manner and closed the door without even listening to me."But who dared that woman!" I shouted to myself. I couldn't understand what was going through my mind. I was furious and unsatisfied. She was acting like she didn't care what her own alpha said! She was a slut! Fuck, every day I'm more sure I made the best decision.Thinking about that, I looked down at the folder containing her resume. Hester had the best resume I had ever reviewed, but her actions always ruined everything.Ever since that presentation I kept t
As I was rambling in my thoughts, the bus pulled up in front of the high school. I said goodbye to the driver and walked toward the campus with a funereal expression. However, when I looked up, I noticed many students murmuring and jeering at me. For a few seconds, I thought Delilah had spread rumors again, but then I realized it was because of my outfit. "Fuck, fuck, fuck, I forgot to change," I said to myself. I was dressed formally, and the guys didn't hesitate to laugh. I looked like a complete failure. I quickly went to my locker and got some clothes, but as I was heading to the bathroom to change, my phone rang. "Good morning," I answered, seeing the unfamiliar number on the screen. "Good morning, is this Hester Winters?" asked a soft female voice. "Yes, this is Hester," I said arching an eyebrow."Miss Hester Winter, this is Solange, the personal secretary of Alfa Bennett, New Moon Group. I am calling to inform you that you have been selected to work as assistant to the
Any girl would be ecstatic to be Bennett's mate, however, for me it was nothing more than an endless nightmare. "Hester... Is this some kind of joke?" mentioned Max, a little paranoid. "I didn't...fuck. I stammered, not knowing what to say. "Shit, Alpha Bennett is your destined mate?" Damn! Do you know what that means?" Anna hinted. "What are you talking about?" "It means Bennett called off his engagement for you!" That's got a sneaky ring to it" Anna half shouted. In fact, Anna was a little right in her words.When I told Bennett that I was his mate, he simply disappeared and called off the marriage to the alpha's daughter.For a second, a faint smile tugged at my lips, but I heard Anna's voice again. "But... there's still something I don't understand.... If alpha Bennett called off his engagement with that girl for you, why then doesn't he make public the bond he shares with you?".I couldn't help but frown and look at Anna quizzically. "I don't think that's going to happen,"
Bennett's smell was fucking delicious, like a million flowers with lavender and chocolate.However, after I inhaled a bit, Anna's voice snapped me out of my reverie. "You should give it back to him. He'd appreciate it," she said with a wink. I looked at her and let out a sigh. It was obvious she was getting the wrong idea of what was really going on. Without a word, I got up from my seat and walked back to my house. I couldn't wait to tell my mother that I finally had a job at the New Moon Group.She gave me a huge hug and kissed my forehead excitedly, "Does Lucas know?" she asked me excitedly. I shook my head, not knowing what else to say. At that, she picked up the phone and tried to call him, but before she dialed his number, I quickly stopped her."Mother, don't say anything to Lucas yet," I said. At that moment, she arched an eyebrow and looked at me in confusion, "Is something wrong?"."No... it's just that I want to tell him the news personally," I said. "Besides, he must
On the other hand, when I finished filing the folders, I sat down at my desk and checked my phone. However, while I was surfing the net, there was a knock at the door. I quickly straightened up and looked at a woman entering the office. She was wearing a long fuchsia skirt and a loose-fitting white shirt."Good morning, Miss Hester. I am Dilana Monik, but you can call me Dil. I will be in charge of training you. In some of your tasks", said the woman politely. Soon, she started to show me some things on the computer. In fact, the woman explained to me that no one could have access to my computer or my data, because, if anyone else knew Bennett's schedule, it could jeopardise a lot of business. After a couple of hours, she finished explaining the most important things and smiled, "I think that's all for now.""By the way, many congratulations" she said. "Why?" I asked confused."Your new position is one of the most acclaimed by the young girls in the herd," said the woman with a s
Did Alpha Bennett just apologize to me? Was he for real? I never thought I would hear those words come from the lips of the darkest alpha in the shifter world. However, as I was rambling, a familiar voice was heard entering the bathroom. "Oh my God, what have my eyes seen? I shook my head and saw Anna's beaming smile approaching me, "What? What are you talking about? "Don't play dumb, I just saw Alpha Bennett come out of this bathroom. Was he here with you? Did he say something to you? Is that why it took you so long to touch up your makeup?" she asked, asking more than five questions in one second. "What are you insinuating?" I said.But before I could answer, she came closer and started scanning my neck with her eyes. In a second, her eyes widened like two plates."I see, you don't have any wild marks on your body? And from your smile, I see that he has apologized to you, hasn't he?"How... how do you know? Did you even hear him?""Heavens, Hester, I heard it all. I hid in the
While I was wandering in my mind, suddenly Bennett's voice brought me back to reality "You are wrong, I didn't do it for that reason, I just want to correct what I did wrong. I know I behaved unfairly with you and I shouldn't have done it" he said with a low and indifferent tone. For a moment I was enraptured contemplating how her lips moved, but just at that moment a loud knock on the door brought me out of my head. "Hester, are you still there, are you all right?" Max's voice came from the hallway. With a gasp, I lifted my head and looked toward the door. Without hesitation, I put my hands on Bennett's chest and pushed him back. "Fuck, he's my friend.... You need to hide" I said in panic. At my actions Bennett opened his eyes in surprise and grabbed me by the waist to join my chest again. "What, are you afraid that he will see you here with me? Why are you behaving like this?" he said with an indifferent expression. When I heard his question, I looked him in the eye and felt a
I could feel the heat of Bennett's breath on my skin as his hands squeezed my waist and arms.I wanted to lean my head against his chest, but I restrained myself and snapped back to reality. With a gasp, I opened my eyes and noticed his lips kissing my neck before he pulled away."Ready" he said in a deep tone. I quickly looked at myself in the mirror and was stunned. I knew that alphs had the power to heal serious wounds with their saliva, but it only worked on someone they really loved. From thinking about it, I felt my heart pounding. To my surprise, the claw marks had disappeared, making my eyes widen in surprise. Seeing my expression, he let out a mocking laugh and shook his head "Something to say?" he said, leaving his warm breath on my skin. Fuck, even his breath generated a million emotions inside my body. He was like a fucking oasis that I would go to for the rest of my life. "Thank you" I said as I still kept my eyes on the mirror. I couldn't believe that he had heal
The closeness with Bennett was more than my she-wolf could bear. She screamed in excitement at the mate bond."Bennett... what are you doing?"I asked him in a cracked voice. He looked at me silently and forced me to look up. His gaze was dark and his expression dark. Our bodies were so close that I knew he could feel the bond as much as my wolf. On the other hand, my heart was about to explode in my chest when he suddenly grabbed my waist and pulled me closer to his chest. Fuck, I felt like magic was floating around me. I wanted to close my eyes and let myself be carried away by his exquisite scent. But I shook my head and held on. As I wandered in my thoughts, he lifted his other hand and caressed my arm with his fingertips.My whole body shuddered at his touch. However, his eyes roamed my body making me feel a little uncomfortable. He could see my black dress, which fit me perfectly."Wow, I see you can dress that way too" he said moving his fingertips gently across my skin.
I couldn't understand why I kept bumping into Bennett. It was as if the moon goddess wanted our bond to remain. Not wanting to think about it, I shook my head and focused on my new friends. "So, what shall we order for lunch?" hinted one of the boys. Soon we started ordering food and, within minutes, four waiters arrived with our meals. "Fuck, this was delicious!" said one of the boys. "That explains why only the high ranking ones come here". Hearing his comments, we all laughed and then a waitress handed us two white wines that Max had bought.Max took one of the glasses and, with a huge smile, took the cork and shook it sharply. The bottle opened and he poured the first glass of white wine. Then he poured the rest, but with one wrong move one of the glasses spilled and soaked my dress and my face.At that, we started laughing and Max apologised "Shit, Hester, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry." "Don't worry, I'll go clean myself up in the bathroom" I said with a chuckle.At that m
After getting ready, Anna and I went down to the living room to say goodbye to my mother, after which we both got into the car."And Max?" I asked. "Oh, didn't I tell you? He just left to pick up his friends" Anna said with a pout on her lips."His friends?" I asked confused."Yes. Did you think we would leave you alone? I think you should have invited Michael. He is a..."Before Anna finished talking, my phone started ringing. I quickly pulled out the phone thinking it was Michael and answered without looking at the screen. "Hello... just..."I hadn't even finished speaking, when suddenly, a deep voice came from the other end of the phone "Why did you refuse to come back to the company?".When I heard it, my heart raced and I felt sick to my stomach - was it Bennett? I turned my gaze to Anna, who gave me an intrigued gesture. "Who is it?" She asked in a low tone.I opened my eyes like saucers and my expression was suspicious "Anna...it's Bennett..." I whispered to her. She opened
From Hester's point of viewThe days passed slowly and I still didn't know how I was going to tell my mother about my firing and what had happened with Bennett. She was so happy that I was working at the Alpha's company, that knowing the truth would break her heart.In the face of that, every time I left school I would hide in the library or go into town alone and stay in one of the desolate parks. I didn't want to make her suffer any more and saw no other option but to lie. However, I told Max and Anna what had happened at the company.At first, Max was furious and started swearing at Bennett, but Anna calmed him down and they both stuck by me through it all.That evening, when I got home and was getting ready to go out for the evening, Anna and Max had been begging me for days to go out with them, but my discouragement prevented me from doing so. However, that day they had made me swear not to let them down, so Anna went with Max to my house to get me. "Hester, you're ready now"
I had been thinking for days that something was wrong. I couldn't understand the reason why Hester had betrayed me.Even though Solange had a good argument, something inside me kept bothering me. I couldn't help but keep thinking about it, so I calmly reviewed the records of the employees' bank accounts. As I was looking at them, my eyes widened like saucers when one of the records caught my attention."Five million dollars?", I thought to myself.I quickly looked at the account owner's information and sighed, "Solange?". Apparently, she had received five million dollars five days before she fired Hester. Thinking about that, I grabbed the phone from my desk and called my beta. "Alpha, is something wrong?" Derek asked. "Derek, take care of investigating everything about this bank account. I also want to know who is the owner of the last transaction made" I said. "Of course" hinted Derek before hanging up. I immediately sent him the account details and waited. I sharpened my elbo
From Bennett's point of view,I never thought Hester could go this far. She had not only ruined my engagement to the alpha's daughter, but she had also lied about my brother, and now she had sold out my project. It was obvious that she was very greedy and malevolent. I wanted to confront her and wipe that cynical smile off her face, but she was so fucking beautiful and my wolf wouldn't let me vent my anger. The reality was that it had been almost five days since I had kicked her out of my company. I was so furious with her that I yelled at her in front of everyone, regardless of the humiliation I was causing her. I just didn't want to see her again. How could she betray me like that?As I was thinking about it, I was sitting in my office with a frown on my face. I had come out of a tedious meeting and I couldn't help but look over at the glass compartment and feel terrible. I had spent every day of my last month watching her work in her office. She was meticulous in her work, knew