The moment Bellona stepped in the room, Lancelot, all but wolf whistled at her!
"Astonishing" Lance loudly exclaimed and even stood from his seat. He didn't care that Zephyr was present in the room.
"Hello, beautiful" He immediately leaned forward and took Bellona's hands casually, raising it and placing a kiss on the back of her hands.
After that, the man didn't let go of her hands immediately, rather he held it in place and gently caressed it.
Bellona was disgusted beyond words. She wanted to fling his hands away from hers the moment he touched her but she refrained from doing so. Only God knew how much it took her not to break his hands the instant he touched her.
She then slowly removed her hands from his grasp, displeasure clearly written on her face.
She looked over to Zephyr hoping that he would at least caution his visitor to refrain from touching her but the man seemed like he didn't care.
Noticing her discomfort, Lancelot quickly apologized.
"Forgive me. I was flustered by your beauty. My brain doesn't know how to act when I see a pretty lady like you." He tried to flirt.
Bellona observed him. He was definitely mateless that's why he was a flirt. A wolf with a mate was always loyal to their partner. This was one of the reasons she was convinced that her plan to seduce Zephyr would be successful because the man was mateless. If he had a mate, he wouldn't even look her way.
She decided to play along with Lance, maybe with his help, she could defeat Zephyr.
If she was to be honest, Lance was handsome. He had blonde hair that looked almost like the colour of the sun. His features were relaxed giving him a boyish charm. Definitely not her type.
Bellona forced a blush to paint her cheeks and then lowered her head slightly as though she were shy. "You flatter me" She said.
"I'm being honest" Lance defended. He wasn't lying though. Bellona was by far the most beautiful woman he had ever set his eyes on and he would do anything to have her on his bed beneath him
Bellona laughed. Looking at his eyes, she figured that he just wanted to get into her panties. She could tell what people were thinking at times so knowing what Lance had in mind wasn't difficult. The way he looked at her was filled with lust. She was going to use this man to achieve her goals the way he used ladies to satiate his sexual urge.
While these two were immersed in their own thoughts, nobody noticed that a certain someone had a cold and frosty expression on his face.
Zephyr cleared his throat loudly and only then did Lancelot and Bellona come back to their senses.
"Oops. My bad" Lance laughed and then retreated to his seat "I got carried away."
"You have one beautiful secretary." Lance commented and went straight to the point. "Can I have her?"
Bellona frowned. Have her? She wasn't a property to own.
She wanted to retort but a part of her wanted to know how Zephyr would respond to this.
"Get your own" Zephyr simply said causing a small, almost unnoticeable smile on Bellona's face. He must have not realized but he was slowly coming to accept her as his secretary or more?
"But you have Lucian. He's is the perfect secretary for you" Lance tried to negotiate.
"Who I employ is non of your business. What is mine is mine" Zephyr said getting irritated at Lance's behavior but he failed to realize that he sounded like a protective mate right now.
"Why are you back so soon?" Zephyr asked Bellona, changing the topic. He didn't want to entertain Lance any longer.
She was right after all. So he purposely sent her away.
"Mr Lucian is absent so I came running back just in case you need my service" Bellona smiled and answered like a diligent employee.
"You could have waited for him. That document is very important and I certainly did not need your help, did I?" Zephyr snapped.
Bellona was about to reply but Lancelot beat her to it. "Don't scare her, Zephyrus. Besides, if she hadn't come earlier than expected, I wouldn't have set my eyes on her"
"Gumdrop" Lance called her and she cringed at the endearment. "I'll be on my way now because I have an important meeting. But.." He handed her a card, "this is my contact. Call me if he bullies you and I'll come running to you, okay? Zephyr is a big bully but don't fear, I'm here for you"
On hearing his sentence, Bellona smiled widely. This man would be a great help to her and she'd be a fool to let him go.
"Okay" She said meekly.
"Goodbye Zephyr" Lance called out and proceeded to walk out the door.
Lancelot was very confident in his charms so he walked out the door happy that in no distant time, he'd have Bellona right were he wanted her.
Bellona forgot to wipe the small smile off her face when Lancelot left. She was happy that her plan was coming together faster and better than she had expected.
"Why are you smiling?" Zephyr asked with an irritated tone.
"Huh?" Bellona was puzzled.
"Don't you have any other thing to do other than standing there daydreaming"
Bellona quickly wiped the smile away from her face and said, "I'll be going to my office now."
She turned to leave but Zephyr's voice made her stop.
"Wait" He said.
"Is there any problem, sir?" Bellona asked.
"Since you have all the free time in the world, why don't you reorganize this shelf" He pointed to the book shelf in his office.
Bellona stared at him weirdly and then turned her gaze to the book shelf which was already organized.
How organized did he want it?
Either way, she walked to the shelf and began organizing it.
Zephyr wondered why he was getting worked up for absolutely no reason. Since he saw how Bellona reacted to Lance, he had been restless.
Why was he behaving this way when she wasn't his mate? If she were his mate, his wolf, Fenir would have let him know the moment he set his eyes on her. So why was he restless about an average human girl?
The thought of her being with a man made his stomach churn and he didn't know why but he certainly did not like it.
He needed to clear his head. He was going crazy as it seems.
Zephyr looked over to Bellona and that instant, he let out an angry roar.
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Bellona was busy trying to organize the shelf in a way she thought would please him. She raised her hands to move a big book and that instant, she heard Zephyr's roar.
"Leave!" He roared.
"Huh?" Bellona was confused. Wasn't he the one that asked her to organize the shelf?
"Get your hands off that book and leave this instant." He repeated. His face red with rage.
Bellona's hands dropped but she was still confused so she asked, "how do you-"
She was yet to finish her words when Zephyr shouted at her again.
"Don't you understand. I. Said. Get. Out!" He said, making sure to say every word loud and clear.
"Not like I want to he here anyway" Bellona hissed and walked out, not forgetting to bang the door loudly.
The moment Bellona was out of sight, Zephyr rose from his chair and walked to the book shelf. He carefully touched it and then placed his hands on the book that Bellona had previously touched, then be slightly pulled the book out and the book shelf separated, revealing a secret passage.
Zephyr sighed and glanced around, ensuring that everything was in place and afterwards, he pushed the book back and the passageway closed.
He didn't care if he hurt Bellona with the way he shouted but he had to do what must be done to protect what must be protected.
"No one must ever come to know of this place" He muttered to himself.
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Bellona was furious beyond words. Apart from being furious, another emotion she felt was confusion. She was confused as to why Zephyr had treated her like a thief.He was the one who asked her to organize the shelf so why then did he behave like she acted on her on will.The way he reacted when she touched that book was very strange. Unless he was hiding something in that book or behind that shelf.She had seen many movies were a book in a book shelf was the key to a secret passage way. Could it be the same with the one in Zephyr's office?If Bellona had ever thought of pardoning Zephyr for murdering her parents, this event fueled her anger and drive for revenge.Bellona moved all those thoughts to the back of her mind. She needed to think of a way to get close to Zephyr because all the attempts she had tried didn't seem to be working out. She needed to go see Nimue. Maybe the woman would have a thing or two to say.Bellona quickly finished her worked and clocked out for the day. She
The next day, Bellona got to work early, she waited to greet Zephyr and after that, she took the employee's elevator and then made coffee for him.All these while, she didn't spare him a single glance nor did she try to appear jovial with him. She just kept a straight face through out. When he was done with the coffee, she simply took the cup back and then went to her office.Zephyr must have noticed because for some reason, he felt guilty. He regretted the way he treated her the previous day and he felt like apologizing for his behavior. Even though he felt remorseful, he wanted to keep his pride so he made use of the telephone to call her to his office.************After Bellona had received the call from Zephyr to come to his office, her straight face formed a frown. It was already bad that she had to put up with him and see him daily, now he was calling her to his office. Just what does he wants now? To anger her further?Still, she rose from her seat and walked to his office.
"hmm" She hummed, not in the mood to talk.The drive to the office was quiet. While Lancelot wondered what caused her change of mood, Bellona on her own kept thinking of what she saw.It was brief but she was able to recognize two children playing with each other, a boy and a girl. Though she couldn't see the little boy's face properly, she was able to recognize the girl.Who wouldn't be able to recognize themselves? The little girl was her."I'll get married to you" The boy said."I'll wait for you" The girl replied with a smile.Bellona was confused, she couldn't remember any event like this happening. Besides, she didn't have any childhood friend. She spent her childhood under Nimue's care.Nimue was very strict. She didn't permit her to socialize with the other children so she didn't know where this memory was coming from.She needed to tell Nimue about this.Soon, they reached Zephyr's company and Bellona alighted almost immediately."Let me walk you up" Lance came down from his
The moment Bellona stepped out from the vehicle, she quickly ran till she was out of sight. She stopped behind a building and breathed hard."What was that about?" She asked nobody in particular. Zephyr was behaving weirdly and he needed to stop it because it was making her feel....somehow.She took another deep breath and straightened herself. She walked to the road and hailed a taxi which took her to Nimue's place.On arriving, she knocked on the door and moments later, Nimue opened up the door."What are you doing here by this time of the night?" Nimue asked, feigning surprise."Something's bothering me" Bellona said."Come in. Have a sit" Nimue shifted from the entrance and Bellona entered and after which, she closed the door."What is the matter, dear?" Nimue asked, impatiently."I saw something. It felt like a memory but I can't remember if anything of that kind happened." Bellona opened up."What did you see? What was it?" Nimue anxiously urged her to speak."I saw two little
"What are you doing here?" Zephyr's voice resounded in her ears causing her fears to sky rocket through the roof.Bellona was too shocked to answer. How come he was back so soon? It wasn't up to two hours since he left and for all she knew, the site was an hour and thirty minutes away from the company.She didn't know what to say. This was the first time she was caught red handed and she couldn't help but wonder what Zephyr would do to her."Didn't I ask you a question?" Zephyr raised his voice when he didn't get any response from her."I- Uhm. You see..." She tried to form words but nothing was forth coming. It was as though all the courage she felt this morning had flew out the window.Her eyes darted around, not knowing where to look and landed on Lucian. The man looked like he wanted to kill her that instant. He was glaring daggers at her.She looked away and composed herself. "While you were away, I decided to clean your office. I took out a book and the shelf suddenly parted rev
Alpha Noah kept thinking of ways to get his daughter closer to Zephyr. Since the man was mateless, there was no other way to get them close rather than him falling in love with his daughter Olivia."Olivia dear" Alpha Noah called his daughter. "You want Alpha Zephyr right?""Yes daddy" She answered, happy that her father had finally brought up the topic."Then you have a role to play" He told her."I'll do anything to have him, Dad" "Good. You'll go to his company today-""No, I won't. Have you forgotten the way he treated me the last time I went there. It was so embarrassing" Olivia whined, cutting her father's words short."You're not going to seduce him" Alpha Noah said."I- I didn't try to seduce him. I simply went for the interview." She defended herself."Whatever" Alpha Noah rolled his eyes playfully. "You'll go to him and apologise""But why, daddy. He's the one who's supposed to apologise to me. He treated me like trash and that really hurt my pride." She frowned."I'm sorry
Bellona was furious when she saw that Zephyr left with that brat. She was very angry but not because of jealousy. She was angry at the fact that he was so easy to seduce yet she had been delaying for all these while. If she knew it'd have been so easy, she would have tried her luck a long time ago. She was also angry with the girl. Probably because she was currently disguising as a human girl, people were now taking her for granted. First it was Lucian and now it was this spoilt daddy's girl that she could easily break into two in the space of few seconds.Bellona had never felt so humiliated even the day Zephyr snapped at her because she touched his shelf, she wasn't half as angry as she was today. If Zephyr wasn't there with them and she wasn't disguising, she would have pounced on that girl and gave her the beating of her life.She vowed that when she had finished her main aim of coming here, she would tackle everyone that messed with her.Not wanting to dwell so long on the matte
"What the hell is going on here?" Zephyr's deep voice echoed through out the floor.Immediately he was done with lunch, he had quickly rushed back to the office just to see Bellona pressed to the wall by Lucian who was strangling her. It angered him greatly.***********"Thank you for accepting to come with me" Olivia said and bent her head shyly. She was very happy that Zephyr accepted her lunch date.Zephyr nodded in response and didn't say a word. He was actually regretting coming with her.He did it to get a reaction from Bellona but she didn't seem to give two f*cks about him and that somehow hurt him."What would you like to eat?" Olivia asked, seeking for his attention."Whatever you like" Zephyr simply said and Olivia just smiled but still went ahead to order.While the were eating, Zephyr kept looking at his wristwatch, signalling that he couldn't wait to get out of there."My dad actually thinks we'd make a good couple and I can't help but agree" Olivia smiled, trying to ind