IIt was a day well spent for both Boss Dar and Gerthel. They had a sumptuous meal during lunchtime in one of the fine dining restaurants inside the mall and in the evening they had their dinner in a restaurant by the bay. "Dar, thank you for spending time with me. I know, you are a busy man, yet you took a time off from your work to be with me," Gerthel said while looking into Boss Dar with a bright smile. They were in front of the door of Gerthel’s room.“No need to say thank you, Gerthel because I wanted to be with you too.” He cupped her face and looked at her tenderly. Gerthel almost giggled as she heard what he said. “Goodnight then,” she said in her daintiest voice.“Rest well for tonight. Goodnight,” he said before he kissed her deeply and left her.Gerthel followed his back with her loving look until he reached his room and got inside. She smiled; feeling so light and bubbly, she entered her room too.Nearby the mansion, a black car slowly stopped and parked in the dark are
I“What kind of a dream? Was it too scary that you even screamed while dreaming?” Boss Dar’s tone was laced with worry.She nodded not looking at him. “Yes, it was scary. A big wolf bites my neck.” Boss Dar’s forehead furrowed while looking at Gerthel. “Was I the big wolf in your dream, Gerthel,” he then asked while looking deeply into her eyes. "Hey, I was just trying to tease you. Don't be too worried about it, it was just a dream,” he then said grinning."It was like real," she said in a low voice. She could still see in her mind the fangs of Alpha Leeno, and she felt herself tremble, which was noticed by Boss Dar."What is it, really, Gerthel? You seemed to be really so afraid," Boss Dar asked with a furrowed forehead this time.Gerthel fell silent for a while. She already had the urge to tell Boss Dar the truth, but she held her tongue in place. Telling him about what Alpha Leeno did and said would only bring more problems between the two men and between them. She looked at Bos
IWhile they were inside the cottage house already, sitting on the wooden chairs in the living room, Gerthel could still vividly remember what she did in there when she accidentally found the place where she needed shelter and clothes at that time. Who would even think that coming here will start to lead her to her destiny - to Boss Dar.“So did you ever think that while doing everything in here, no one will know or see you at that time?” Boss Dar asked her with a teasing grin. “To be honest, who would even think that in this place there are hidden surveillance cameras starting from the gate? Besides, I could not think about it at that time, all I could think of during that moment was to find a shelter or even clothes to cover my body,” sheepishly she replied while glancing at the man who seemed to be treating what happened as a funny incident instead of getting mad.“Hmm, by the way, why were you naked at that time, Gerthel?” suddenly, Boss Dar asked her with full curiosity.Gerthel
IShe immediately avoided his penetrating eyes. She looked down at her feet as her mind rambled with what to say. Should she tell him now who she is or her hidden identity would ruin the somewhat brewing romance between them? Before she could process her decision, Boss Dar said again.“Gerthel, you are a she-wolf and a witch, right? Your mother is a powerful witch who killed the Alpha and Luna of the Red Hill Pack and during the time that you intruded on this cottage house of mine, you were escaping from a group of werewolves who attacked you and killed your best friend and her parents. Is this information given by my intel correct?” he asked with his eyes still focused on her.Shocked, it took time for Gerthel to speak after she looked up at him so suddenly the moment she heard what he said. “When did you know those things about me, Boss Dar?” she was able to mutter after a couple of seconds.“Just recently. So, is that information correct?”Gerthel has no other recourse but to nod a
IGerthel’s reaction did not go unnoticed by the observant eyes of Boss Dar. He readily saw the widening of her eyes and the sudden fear in them when she heard about what Gab had just announced.“Gerthel do you know, who was inside that black car loitering around near our premises a while ago?” Boss Dar asked her while his eyes were keenly looking into her.Surprised by such a sudden question thrown at her by Boss Dar, Gerthel’s tongue abruptly could not utter a word.“Gerthel?” Boss Dar’s forehead was already furrowing while still keenly looking at her.As if she was in a deep slumber, Gerthel has been awakened by Boss Dar’s firm tone while calling her name.“Oh, I am not certain. Your number one enemy is Mr. Leeno Treeton, right? I am guessing that he might be that person inside that black car. He might be trying to check the activities inside this mansion,” Gerthel said after immediately making up a good explanation. Boss Gab looked at her still with keenness before he nodded in r
IIt was like a dream that Gerthel would not want to wake up anymore. As her feet touched the ground of their once mini farm her tears continued to flow. She looked around and was completely surprised to see the changes therein. The farmers’ former hovels are now rows of cute mini bungalow houses and her and her mother’s former house has been renovated into a modern house, although with still a touch of its former native type of house. Their plantation have more fruit-bearing trees, vegetables, and root crops and of course, their rice field was showing the blessing that farmers mostly needed. It was almost on its harvesting time.“How could … I mean, who did all of these, Boss Dar?” stammering she asked the man beside her, whose right arm was already wrapped around her shoulders.“Are you surprised?” he replied instead of answering her question.“Completely. I thought and I have been always thinking and felt guilty that our land and our farmers are now in deep hunger because no one le
IWhen the night came, Gerthel was already cautious of what was going to happen the moment they entered her room. They were still on the balcony drinking their cups of tea. She wanted to take her time so she just sip her tea little by little in order not to empty her cup too soon.Boss Dar was watching her and from time to time would look into the nearby forest, which can be viewed clearly from the balcony. He seemed to be taking his time too and enjoying the view.“By the way, Gerthel, I heard that old farmer mentioned Leeno Treeton as the Alpha of that certain pack, who attacked you and killed your best friend and her parents. That was true, right?” Boss Dar suddenly asked making her spill a bit of her tea from her cup, out of surprise. She thought, he did not hear it when Simon mentioned that information.She put down her cup of tea and simply nodded. She decided not to say anything further until of course if he would dig deeper and ask more questions about Leeno Treeton. She is ev
IAround ten o'clock in the morning the next day, the ten men of Boss Dar, who will guard the mini farm premises of Gerthel arrived. They had a meeting first with Boss Dar before the latter bade goodbye in the meantime to Gerthel."I will be back in the mansion now. If not for my important business meetings, I will not leave you here, Gerthel. Be careful, alright? And in case of trouble try to mentally telepath me, I might catch your message," he said before he kissed her goodbye.Gerthel walked with him to the parking lot and bade goodbye with a sad face when he drove his car away. A certain longing hit her when she watch his car speed off until it faded away from her vision.Gerthel walked slowly back inside her house and stayed in her room for a while. She missed her home. She missed her room, and she dearly missed her mother and Karla.Her melancholic momentum was interrupted when she heard knocks on her door."Yes?" she asked as she opened the door. The intruder was one of Boss