Lea:“You really do seem to think that you and Diego will ever be more…”“What do you want from me, Renata?” I asked, stopping the woman. Her eyes hardened as she looked at me, and I shook my head in question, waiting for the response that she was going to give me.Truth be told, I already expected her to be coming to talk to me, but what I didn’t expect was for her to be as calm. “I want you to stay away from my mate,” she said, and I nodded.“I am not approaching him.” I said, giving her the best sarcastic smile that I could muster. “Considering the fact that I have been tending to my own business…”“You should have left,” she said, shaking her head. “You said that you were going to leave.”“Well, I did not.” I said, snapping at her. “Grow the hell up and accept that you are not the center of attention, not mine, and definitely not Diego’s. And while I don’t want to claim that you are wrong for wanting to be with your mate…”“You know nothing about what I want and do not want.” She
Diego:I looked at Lea who was just as shocked as I was about the fact that I accepted, if I could call it that, her as my mate.But her words to Giovanni made all the difference to me, and though she didn’t know it, I couldn’t find myself thinking of hurting her after what I heard her say. And that was something that I did hope that she would try to understand one day.I had to be honest with her too, and I didn’t know how I was going to manage doing so when I put myself in such a situation. I knew that I wouldn’t be able to look at her if it was her. I shouldn’t be expecting her to do the same when I put her through this.“Diego, are you okay?” Lea asked, shaking her head in question after Renata walked out. “Don’t get me wrong, but you have been acting odd since we got here, and now I can’t help but find myself wondering whether or not you are okay.” “I am fine,” I said, and she frowned. “It doesn’t seem like it, and I am not only referring to Renata. You just admitted that I was
Diego:“The two of you argued, didn’t you?” Giovanni asked, his eyes meeting mine for a second before he looked down at the paper that he was reading. I could tell that he was curious, but he knew not to ask unless I wanted to tell him what I had in mind. And that was something that I was thankful for. The value of what we called ‘privacy’ within this pack. “The two of us are going to keep arguing a lot as we go on. Anyway, what are you reading?” I asked, shaking my head in question. He shook his head and shrugged.“Just a few papers that we need to run over and check. We are going to need to choose whether or not to accept the agreements too. I am going to run them by the lawyers after you’ve read them.” He said, and I raised an amused eyebrow. “Nothing better than breaking them in the most legal possible way, no?”“You are slowly draining Miran, aren’t you?” I asked, and he smirked. “Easy money from a weakling. He thinks that he is powerful because of his father’s money, but it is
Lea: “Good morning,” I said, smiling at my colleague, Bianca, who was sitting in front of the counter, waiting for the first customers today. Her sleepy eyes met mine, and I shook my head as I tried stopping myself from laughing at how she nodded at me, not even bothering to respond back. I didn’t expect her to be ‘alive’ or ‘fully functioning’ until a few hours later anyway. We just had to make sure that the first customers got their orders right, and their change wasn’t given back more or less than what it needed to be. “Ah, I see that your vacation is finally over.” My boss, Mr. James said, walking toward me. His eyes were stern, and he looked me up and down, eyeing my uniform carefully. It was something that I found uncomforting, but I knew better than to say a word until I managed to find myself a different job. “I am back and ready for work, sir.” I said, and he nodded. I didn’t wait for a response before dismissing myself to the kitchen, knowing that it was often best not t
Diego: I frowned when I saw her, my mate, walking out of the kitchen. Having caught her scent, I expected her to be here for dinner, but I was more than a little surprised when I saw that the restaurant was already empty when we arrived and that SHE walked out of the kitchen. Her eyes were fixed on mine for a few seconds, and though I saw her hesitation in them, she didn’t make a sound. I looked at James, and I knew that he could see my anger in my eyes. He followed my gaze, and when it landed on Lea, he frowned in confusion. “Is there anything wrong, boss?” He asked, angering me even more than I was. Giovanni, who was standing by my side, walked to Lea, and wrapped his hand around her arm, pulling her to us. I knew that he wasn’t hurting her, but thankfully, Lea wasn’t resisting. Otherwise, we were going to have to deal with other things that I didn’t want to be dealing with right now. I was annoyed enough as it was, and knowing her, I knew that she could see it in my eyes. “Need
Lea: “Who the hell was that man, Lea?” Caspian asked the second I walked into the kitchen. The fact that I knew that Diego could easily hear everything if he wanted didn’t slip my mind, but I knew not to bother about it right now. I had work to tend to, and the idea of being distracted was not something that I wanted. “Her boyfriend, according to what he said.” Tania said, crossing her arms over her chest as she stood, leaning against the doorframe. Her jealousy could be heard, dripping from her tone, and I couldn’t help but find myself growing somewhat annoyed by her attitude toward me. “I say that he’s too good looking for her. He seems to be fucking loaded too…” “Is it true?” Caspian asked, looking heartbroken. I froze, not knowing what to tell him. One side of me didn’t want to lie to him, but I knew that IF I chose to tell him that it wasn’t true, I was going to make it out as if Diego was lying. In truth, he was, but that wasn’t a title that I wanted fixing around him. Plus,
Diego:It took everything in me to watch my mate serving us through the night, but I knew that the two of us talked about this, and the idea of her being angry about me not wanting her to work here was something that amazed me.But when I saw her eyes meeting mine and the small smile that was on her lips as she saw me ignoring what I knew for her sake was something that I was happy about. At least, she knew and understood that I wanted to make something of our mating bond. The mistake that I made was not accepting it from the beginning of this.“Boss, are you coming?” Giovanni asked, shaking his head, noticing that I didn’t follow him.Having finished the meeting a while ago, the two of us just saw to the fact that our ‘guests’ left before we were to both turn to our car. But I had to admit, I didn’t want to leave. If anything, I knew that this was something for me to take advantage of. I winked at him and nodded at Lea through the window, watching as she cleaned the tables that we w
Lea:I put my jacket over my shoulders before walking toward the Alpha who was waiting for me.“I didn’t pay for the coffee.” He said, pulling his wallet out of his pocket. “It’s on the house.” I said, having already paid for it. I made and paid for the price of it, not wanting him to worry about it considering the fact that I was the one who asked him to come in.He raised an eyebrow at me before nodding, choosing not to press on the topic when he knew that everyone’s eyes were on the two of us. I knew that Mr. James was now more curious about me being with Diego than anything. He opened the door for me, and I smiled when he held it, watching as I walked out. He walked out and let the door go.“Where are we going?” I asked, and he smiled.“I figured that we could walk around for a little while. I didn’t think of a restaurant,” he said, and I smiled. I nodded and wrapped my arm around my jacket, closing it. I knew that no one would dare look at me when I was with him anyway, but I d