The CEO’s Human Mate

“Willow!”  I shook as I heard my name being shouted. Of course it was my boss. Of course the intercom was right there, but the odious man chose to scream like we were in some kind of medieval horror movie. I sighed and walked to his office, making sure to make my expression neutral.  I had been working here for five months and I was contemplating leaving… The pay was extremely good, but from the first day this man hired me, he had been nothing but a dickhead to me. I was sincerely tired and I didn’t know how much longer I was going to cope in this aggressive environment. “You called, sir?” I said, with the most professional tone I could muster. “What the hell is t

Three days later. The atmosphere with my boss had been weird for the past three days. He would not look me in my eyes and it had been a while since I had heard him scream my name. It was weird. I mean, I was glad that he wasn’t being as overbearing anymore. But for some reason, I knew that it was not going to last long. And I was right.  The following week, Dimitri Rustanov was back to his default settings. The asshole tendencies, the screaming, the making me feel like I needed to quit this job but it was my entire livelihood. I closed my eyes as he called me into his office, dreading whatever he was going to say. I stood from my desk and walked in, making sure to keep my pace normal because I knew he was

Dimitri’s POV Willow left. But not before I saw the stubborn tears that had finally escaped. I sighed and closed my eyes. I hated what I was becoming. I hated how callous and unfeeling I was being. I hated that I had to hurt my own mate because of some stupid rule that my ancestors had created. I sighed and closed my eyes, so weak all of a sudden. All of this was aping all of my energy. Resisting Willow… fighting my body’s urge to mate with her. I was fighting against every instinct that had been keeping me alive for this long. I was going against my wolf. He didn’t care that I was doing all of what I was for the greater good of everyone. All he wanted was his mate. And I was the one thing standing between him and her. I went behind my desk and sat. When Willow had barged into my office, I had been tempted to go to her and just take her sweet scent in and fuck the consequences. I wanted to hold her. I scoffed bitterly. I had never held my mat