Michael gave Alesso a sidelong glance and pursed his lips before turning his gaze to me. I gestured for him to sit next to me, but he smiled and shook his head. "I'd love to join you, but I've got a lot of work to do. See you later," Michael said, and walked away. I was a little puzzled by his response. But as soon as Alesso came back, I understood everything. Alesso was alpha Bennett's delta, so it was very rare for him to interact with the secretaries. Even we employees couldn't sit next to him. While I was thinking about that, Alesso's voice snapped me out of my trance "So, how is your first day as the CEO's personal secretary going?" he asked. I looked at him without forcing a grimace "Well, the same as before"."All the same? Shouldn't you be doing other things more... you know" he said winking at me.My pupils dilated at his insinuation.I was almost overcome with anger, but he spoke again."Alpha Bennett is a rather difficult man, and only his personal secretary could help
The reality is that mate's bond with an alpha was the strongest and I couldn't imagine what she was going through, but I couldn't accept or reject it either. Thinking about it, I looked away and looked at Alesso. "You're right. If I'm helping her, it's only because she's my Gamma's sister, Lucas" I said without showing any emotion.Alesso made a disgusted face and drank some water from his glass. We were both silent for a second until I spoke again "Tell me, what are you doing here?""I came here on a matter of your ex-fiancée's pack," he said, capturing my full attention. "What's going on?" I asked with a completely nonchalant expression."The young Alpha of the herd is back, so his father is going to hand over the title of head Alpha of the herd to him," said Alesso. My face became relieved as I looked at the table. Gunter was my ex-fiancee's older brother. The reality is that the man had health problems because of his bad decisions, so his father, the alpha, had sent him abroad
Hester and I left my office and walked to the lift. As she pressed the button for the employee lift, I had an idea. "You can use my private lift," I said without expressing any emotion.At my words, she turned to me and opened her eyes in complete surprise. I looked at her for a second until the private elevator opened, stepped in and gestured for her to come in with me.She shook her head and quickly moved to my side. In fact, the employee lift was always full, so using this one would allow her to move around the company better. "Thank you, Alpha" she said, looking down. The lift went down to the first floor. We both got off and she bowed to me in respect. "Thank you very much for the job, Alpha. I promise I'll do my best to make sure you have no reason to complain" she said with a smirk on her lips. When I heard her say that, I nodded and she immediately headed for the taxi rank. I watched her drive away and got into my car. "Where to, alpha?" my driver asked. I looked at hi
Without hesitation, I stormed towards Delilah and confronted her. "Who the hell do you think you are to spread such a lie about me," I shouted with clenched fists. At that instant, she turned to me and looked at me smirking, "Oh, but look who's here. Our delta's new favourite and Alpha Bennett's personal secretary," she said.Hearing her words filled me with anger, so I didn't even think about it as I reached out and slapped her hard on the cheek.At that moment, I could hear how everyone screamed in shock. However, I was pleased to see Delilah's reddened cheek. She swayed, placing her hand on her cheek. "How dare you?" she insinuated. "You're into..." she started to say. I didn't even let her finish when I quickly interjected, "What? How dare I? You have falsely accused me! How can you always be so cheap? I should have done the same and published pictures when I found you fucking my boyfriend!"Although I no longer cared about Freddy, I knew exactly what his starting point was. A
Freddy's touch was warm and gentle. But when I looked into his eyes, I only saw Bennett's reflection in his face. Fuck, they were so much alike.... However, Bennett was more handsome and his breath made my world fall apart in a second. At that I shook my head and pushed Bennett out of my mind to focus on Freddy. "Freddy, get away" I said pushing Freddy away from my body. He stood motionless as I turned to leave, but at that moment he grabbed my hand and stopped me, pulling my back to his chest, his arms around my waist, In a second his face was close to my head and his nose was on my neck."Honey... Please... I'll do anything you want. But please don't abandon me. I promise to be true to you and never lie to you again. I love you, Hester Winters, and I don't know how to live without you".Was this for real? I wanted to let out a smirk, after all, he had promised to be faithful to me right when we became sweethearts,However, his actions left me completely dumbfounded. I just kept
After walking away from Freddy, I headed back to my classroom. I kept thinking about Freddy's disappointed expression and his words. I tried to concentrate in class. For a moment, I thought I had forgotten everything, but a question crossed my mind. Did my heart still love Freddy? Could I fall in love again? He really loved me, didn't he? If things had been different and he had been the one to find me with another man, would he be willing to give me a second chance?A million questions flooded my mind. It was impossible to attend my classes, but what affected me most was the image of Bennett, who had warned me countless times to stay away from his brother. Remembering his husky, dangerous voice, my body suddenly trembled. The moon goddess had granted me a destined mate, but did he hate me and force me to stop thinking about him? Something was definitely wrong with me. I shook my head and pushed both Freddy and Bennett out of my mind. Class was slow, but the professor ordered us t
I quickly grabbed my coffee and headed for Bennett's office. But, when I was only a few steps away from the coffee machine, I heard the women's voices again. "I'm sure Alpha Bennett is in love with his new secretary. After all, how do you explain him doing those things only with her?Hearing that, my movements stopped immediately. Was it true? What if Bennett was in love with me and didn't know how to accept it? Thinking about it, I looked toward his office door and swallowed dryly. I shook my head and advanced to the door in silence. As soon as I entered, I walked to his desk and my eyes fell on the prominent man sitting at it. Fuck, his aura was alluring, his eyes pierced me and his breath hung in the air. I inhaled his scent for a second before I heard his husky voice. "I was asking other employees about you,” he asked.When I heard him say that, I couldn't help but remember the conversation of the female employees. I was silent for a few seconds until he spoke again. "So?"I
As he was working on the final files, someone knocked on the office door. "Come in" Bennett said. At that moment, the door opened and one of the cafeteria employees walked in with two trays of food."I've brought you your lunch, alpha" said the man. But, before placing the trays on the desk, Bennett got up and sat down on the other double couch. As soon as Bennett took the trays he turned his gaze to me and motioned for me to join him. I froze completely at his request. Was this normal? Did he usually eat with his secretaries?I didn't even have time to think when he just asked me to join him again. I silently got up from the couch and sat down next to him to enjoy lunch. When the flavors of the food reached my mouth, I closed my eyes and sighed. Fuck, everything was utterly delicious. It was evident that Bennett had good taste.After a while, we finished eating and went back to work. I sat back down with the files and continued doing my quick analysis. After a few hours, I s
Just remembering how Hester grabbed his hand and put her beautiful face in his arm, my fists clenched. Thinking about that, I turned my gaze back to Hester, now being grabbed by Lucas. I didn't even stay any longer; I just pursed my lips and walked out of the room to the next one, where I wanted to smash everything in my path, especially with Agatha, the bitch who kept looking for my weak spot. ***From Lucas' point of view. When Bennett left the room, I squeezed Hester's arm and forced her to look me in the eye. I was so disappointed in myself... If I hadn't gone to practice, I would have taken care of Hester myself and she wouldn't have gotten into all this trouble. However, as a big brother, it was my duty to take care of her, but I never thought my own alpha could play with her like that.I had been working for Bennett since I was a teenager and had never seen any woman in his life other than Agatha. From the beginning they were destined to be married, so I thought that was
From Hester's point of view. It was the first time I had seen that expression on Lucas. For a second, I felt anger course through his body as he took a step back. In fact, I didn't even see him that upset when Bennett was about to pull him out of Gamma training. At that, I swallowed hard. It was obvious that Lucas had never heard of my arrival at that company. If Lucas found out that Bennett blackmailed me to get him out of his position if I didn't sleep with him, Lucas would get even angrier. Even he might give up his Gamma position! As I rambled on in those thoughts, I saw Lucas' gaze seem to give the green light to his wolf, so in a matter of seconds I ran towards him, but unfortunately Lucas was quicker and ran towards Bennett and grabbed him by the throat."What kind of man are you? How dare you offer my sister to lower herself as your mistress? She's not one of those women you fuck! She's a proper woman and you and your brother broke her heart!" Lucas snarled pouring out al
"Alfa, please let my sister go" Lucas hinted, cautiously approaching us both. Bennettt seemed to disregard and didn't take his dangerous gaze from my eyes. He even seemed to want to reach for my wolf, but I hid her in my chest preventing the mate bond from taking effect. "Alpha, I apologize for what happened, but please don't hurt my sister. I will take care of her" Lucas said in a trembling voice.When I heard him, I felt a wave of nerves invade my chest. It was the first time I had ever seen Lucas speak this colloquially to Bennett. I thought Bennett would react, so I quickly intervened "Lucas, stop it" I said in a whisper. In fact, I hadn't expected Lucas to walk into the room. He had even been humiliated in front of everyone by me and still came to help me. For a second my heart was filled with enchantment, but I shook my head and came back to reality. At first I noticed his attitude change, but I didn't want to show my emotions, so I tried to stay calm. "Lucas, don't beg th
From Hester's point of view. But what the hell had I heard?"Have you left me alone? Wasn't it you who came here to ask me to call off my marriage? Can't I make my life with another man, perhaps?" I asked again more forcefully. "No. You can't" he answered self-assuredly.My eyes sparkled with surprise. I didn't hesitate when I pushed him with all my strength, but this time he seemed so stunned that he fell back almost staggering."You have no idea how much I detest you. Go and get on with your plans, marry that bitch and live your life. But don't ever cross my path again or even think of touching my man to hurt him or ruin our wedding. If you do anything to upset me, I won't hesitate to tell the whole damn world about your true mate" Grumpy bond feeling the power growing inside my body.For a second I was lost in my thoughts; I still couldn't understand how this man had been able to make me fall in love like that. I almost fell back into his seductive trap and lost my thoughts, but
A smile tugged at my lips as I noticed that she was still reacting the same way as before.It was evident that Hester had not stopped loving me. Her body was screaming it at the top of her lungs. With that certainty, I leaned toward her, caressing her ear with my fingertips and tracing a soft path with my nose on her cheek. "Alpha Walter, he is not the man who deserves you", I whispered firmly. The closeness with this woman was slowly killing me. Her deep gaze made my eyes widen as if I was coming completely back to reality.I shook my head at the sight of her small hands resting on my chest, pushing me firmly. But her strength proved to be in vain, as I didn't even move an inch. On the contrary, I moved closer, cornering her against my chest and the wall. "Get away from that man" I said between my teeth. She was glaring at me with fury, but I didn't care, in fact, if it had been anyone else, I would easily rip her head off. But it was her, Hester Winters. I could never even thi
Just remembering that man made my skin crawl and my heart fill with hatred. Everything that is happening to me in my life is because of him.If the moon goddess hadn't given him to me as my mate, none of this would have happened. He would never have blackmailed me and I would never have given myself body and soul to him. He had no heart. He was a cold man, eager for power and wanted to tie me down like a slut he would only seek for sex. For years, I thought my mate would be the perfect man, but reality played a trick on me. Thinking about it, I clenched my fists tightly. However, just then, a strong hand grabbed my arm and twisted my body sharply. My eyes widened in surprise as I felt myself being pushed to the side and my back hit the wall. "Ahh" I screamed, and immediately a hand was placed on my lips. I almost gasped when I looked up and saw him there, his eyes completely black and fixed on mine. His face was only inches from mine, as if I were his next prey. For a moment I
From Hester's point of view.I listened attentively to every word the two main alphas said to each other. I was completely taken aback by their reactions.They both seemed to be losing control of themselves, so an idea crossed my mind.I quickly grabbed Walter's arm again and looked him in the eyes with determination. "Walter, calm down... come on"" I said with a confident tone.I couldn't help but notice Bennett's eyes focused on me as the triumphant smile on his face faded. Not giving it a thought, I cupped Walter's hand in my palms and stroked him firmly."All right?" I said again with conviction.After a few seconds, Walter turned to me and let out a sigh. A soft smile lit his lips as he caressed my cheek with his other hand. His touch sent an uncomfortable shiver down my spine, but his voice instantly reassured me."You're right, honey. This is a party, isn't it? We're here to enjoy it. Let's go" he replied, bringing my palm to his face and leaving a soft kiss.I blinked in compl
From Derek's point of viewShit, of all the things I could have heard, Walter's news left me in shock. Was this a joke? Was this man really going to marry Hester?On the other hand, I saw Bennett take a deep breath.I had no idea what was going through his head, but I shook my head.I was worried about Bennett, but, if he reacted in any way, it might even create a war between the two packs.In fact, I knew Bennett better than anyone else. I knew he was hiding his anger. Which is why I feared he would reach his limit and rip Walter's head off in front of everyone.The reality was that many years ago a rule was established: if a head alpha declared a female to be the future moon of his pack, the other alpha could not remove her from the position or forbid the ceremony.Given that, Bennett also had an obligation to make Agatha his moon, as he had declared her many years ago.Thinking about it, I couldn't help but notice that Hester was now destined to be our rival's luna and no one could
My heart was pounding, a war drum in my chest. As much as I loved my brother, I could not intercede. Lucas had just challenged a senior alpha, and the consequences could be devastating."If you dare approach her again, I will not hold back," Walter threatened, his voice a whisper laden with danger."If you touch my gamma, I will end you right here," Bennett's voice echoed through the room, chilling the blood of those present.Bennett's father and his men's eyes widened in surprise, incredulous at Bennett's reaction. Everyone expected a response, but no one anticipated such a statement."Then tell your gamma not to touch my wife again," Walter growled, drawing me into his side, his grip protective.A surge of discomfort and annoyance washed over me as I felt his firm hand on my waist."I didn't come here to fight, otherwise I would have brought my warriors," Walter declared, his voice laden with veiled menace. "I have come for Agatha. You will marry her, and that is fine with me. But i