6. The Phone Call

Killian's Pov

After I left her at the coffee shop with my card I had reluctantly gave to her because my conscience and my wolf could not allow I just left her be alone and confused about what was happening to her.

"You're a dip shit" I heard my wolf, Kai, say.

I rolled my eyes at him. He had been about this since the second I opened my mouth and rejected her as my mate.

"You're a fucking coward who's afraid of being loved and to love"

Well now he was just making things up to spite me. He wanted to anger me, because he was also angry and he didn't want to be the one feeling the uncomfortable fire of anger burning in his chest. No, to him, if he was angry, the person responsible for his rage should also feel what he was feeling.

He was petty like that anf very annoying as well.

I ignored his raging loud voice and his anger focused my attention on other things that were more important, for example, work.

Work was waiting for me, on my table all piled up. I walked into my office and hastily busied myself with sorting out what was needed of me. The accounts I needed to review and the documents that needed to be signed.

"Why did you let her go?" Kai seethed from within again. I wondered if all these wasn't tiring to him, that he could have the strength to keep complaining and pulling this shit for hours already. Listening to it was such a hassle, I couldn't help but wonder how saying it would feel like.

Two knocks came from my door before it was pushed open and Fowler came in. His expression was as usual, I couldn't find any traces of fatigue, anger, happiness or sadness and I couldn't help but wonder if he was actually alive or if he was a sort of robot that loved working for me.

"Killian, Mikel has been calling non stop for hours and I have nothing to say to him". He said.

Mikel was literally the last thing I wanted to think about. He was stupid, young, selfish and greedy and he was so misguided his only focus was on wealth and our father's company. He thinks for some reason we had the same goal, which was preposterous if you ask me.

Why would I ever in my right senses, share the same dream with someone as simple minded as he was, as stupid and greedy like Mikel was. It was egoistic of him to even think I wanted the same thing he did.

Somehow he must've found out that our father was going to offer his company to me and so, he wanted to check if I accepted it or I rejected it. I did not feel like telling him anything, having him suffer in oblivion was quite a thrilling experience for me and I wanted him in that state of ignorance about what happened with my father's company.

"Let him keep calling and do not take any if his calls, when be gets tired he'll stop calling, as for now, do not take any of his calls" I ordered.

Fowler nodded his head before walking out of my office.

Work dragged on for a long time and I was already exhausted mostly from kai's stupid nagging and the issue with Mikel.

Still, I did not allow myself to waste time thinking about such unimportant things like the two of them. I was drained of my strength and the only thing I wanted was to have my bath and snuggle with my pillows in my bed.

I walked out if my office building and took my car straight to my house to have my peace. The ride was silent as I appreciated and I was at peace. The moment I got home, I went straight to the bathroom.

I prepared a hot bath for myself in the tub, with milk and some apple cidar perfume. I stripped myself off the clothes I wore at work, they reeked of stress and ink and of course my seething anger. Everything was pissing me off today starting from meeting a mate that knew nothing of herself to having my wolf give me an outraging earful over my decision to reject her and then to the reminder of the existence of my annoying brother.

It wasn't a very good day.

Holding the edges of the tub, I relaxed into the warm water mixed with milk as I felt the heat soak into my bones and reviving and relaxing all strained muscles.

It was a divine feeling.

I could already feel my consciousness desist from me when the annoying sound of my phone ringing pulled me back to reality. I groaned loudly and angrily took the phone from where I had kept it close to the bathtub.

I was angry, livid, outraged, all I could see was red especially after seeing the caller ID on the phone. It was an unknown number and I couldn't help but think it was obviously Mikel. He had been calling for hours today with no response from Fowler and so, he would decide to call my personal phone.

I answered after allowing it ring a while. "Hello"

"Hello, good evening, it's Esmeralda" 

The voice carried with it a tranquilizer that brought my raging heart to it's knees, my anger disappeared and the colour I was seeing dissipated into nothingness. 

I stopped myself from groaning out loud at the effect her voice had on me. Her voice alone was able to soothe my spirit and i couldn't help but think how her hands would feel like.

She proceeded to introduce herself, "you gave me your card today after you brought me to a coffee shop…"

"I remember" I did not need her to explain herself or to try to make me remember her. I did, I remembered her and her voice was too powerful that of course I remembered her. She was a living tattoo in my brain.

Suddenly I could hear the sound of voice breaking through the phone followed by a sobbing sound. Her voice was filled with so much sadness and she could not even make words. She was sad and disheartened and I could feel it.

My wolf could feel it.

He felt just like she was feeling, he was heartbroken hearing her cry over the phone and he longed for her touch, he wanted to comfort her and be with her and before I could do anything about it, he was already on his way to meet her.

He took over my senses and I could not fight back. Somehow, I didn't want to because she was so pitiful and she had called me in this moment of her distress, in this time of her need she reached out for me. I could not just leave her be.

But, I didn't want her.

I pulled over in front of the coffee shop, she had been sitting on the pavement and as she saw my car, she stood up. I wondered how many vehicles she had seen and thought it to be me.

The drive to my house was silent and just how I wanted it to be. I could feel she was skeptical and uncertain like she was treading on stormy seas, like was walking on ice and a stupid step would lead to a whole avalanche if that made sense.

I'm guessing it didn't make sense to her either.

I led her to my house and to the dining table where the food had been prepared waiting for me. I gestured for her to have a seat and she took one, I was impatient and immediately asked her what had happened with her.

She told me without hesitation that she was adopted and her aunt was always against her, how she had unknowingly turned one night and killed some animals in her neighborhood and then she got to the fight that happened with her aunt thar brought her to this moment, next to me.

I listened to what you said but said nothing, there was nothing I could say. She was exactly how I thought she would be, alone and confused about what she was.

I further told her that if she was going to be staying with me till she goes off to college, she needed to work for it. I already hated having her around and I would not be able to stand her prancing around like she owned the place. Working for her stay was just fitting and it was the best thing I could think of to please both Kai and I and it was more than enough for me if he desperately wanted her around. 

She was surprised, but before I could say anything, a voice boomee across the room from the front door.

"What a conniving bastard you are". It was Mikel.