HIS SECOND MATE

Chapter 6

Marcus

When I had picked the phone to call Gregory, I was a little skeptical. I had reached for the call icon about five time each time chickening out making  an excuse.

I am an alpha dammit! Why was I finding it hard to call some puny human?

'Suck it up Marcus!' I had told myself to give me that push of actually doing.

"Hello." oooh moon goddess why did you this to me?

"Hello,.." I had been through this mating thing with with Jane, I don't remember her affecting me this much. Was it because Gregory was a man? Had I been bisexual all this time but liked men more? This was so confusing!

"... I am going to hang up now." what an impatient little boy!

"Hanging up now.."

"Hello." I could clearly hear his sharp intake of air when he heard my voice. Good, it was not just me being affected by the whole mate bond thing.

I quickly got to my point asking for a sit down, we really needed one to figure out this thing between us.

Please be today, please be today when I first heard the whispered request I was sure my ears were playing tricks on me. No way Gregory was begging to see me.

I mean I knew I was not meant to hear those words but they had my wolf howling with happiness to put the cherry on top he had called me sir, did it even more after I had let it slip that I liked.

Was Gregory was flirting with me? I did not want to jump into conclusions but I was so close to doing it.

With the final words of me picking him up I quickly hang up the call, I knew he was goin to agree to the meeting so there was no need waiting to hear his answer.

I had a date!

For the first time since Jane had gotten sick, I was going on a date.

A pang of guilt his me at the thought of my late mate but the thrill of a new bond had it gone in no time. The mate bond could make you love hard and replace easily.

I was starting to look like a giddy teenager with puppy love.

"Sir, did something good happen today?" my secretary asked.

"Why?"

"Because I figured you would be in a bad mood today after what happened over the weekend." yeah, the was that! Just one phone call and I had forgotten how angry I had been earlier.

"ooh, yeah. I am feeling a lot better now."

"Well, I can clearly see that. You got in to your office very grumpy but is suddenly very greedy, who is it?" John ask, one brow raised suggestively.

"Who is what?" I had no idea what he was going on about.

"The one responsible for the smile on your face." funny how the guy responsible for my joy now was the very same one responsible for my depressing weekend and Monday morning!

"Stop being nosy! I don't pay you to poke your nosy into my affairs." I quickly shooed him out of my office I had a lunch date to plan last minute, that really gave me limited options. Seems like I would have to with cliché.

Time to pull some strings and get us a reservation for our 'meeting'.

Steak or fish. Oh shoot! Maybe I should have stayed on the phone long enough to actually find out what he liked to eat, he could be vegan for all I know. Oh well, I guess what's done is done hopefully I get something right.

Oh help me Selene!

What to do! What to do?

You know at some point I was tempted to take him home and cook for him myself but that would make  me look desperate.

Gregory

This was me staring at my clock for the nth time. I was excited for the 'date' but what did that mean for us? Was I giving in too easily? Did that make me a slut?

What would people think? I was caught in between excitement and uncertainty. Why was I, a human, be being swayed this much by a mating bond? I could not even stand my ground anymore. I was practically throwing myself into the arms of the man everyone knew I hated.

I can already see the headlines should anyone catch wind of this.

I mean I have made it a point to oppose everything he has done since he had gotten in to the business industry. I had always been at the top, started my business from  scratch struggled on the way up then came this newbie buying a dying business to occupy his time.

Marcus was doing this as a distraction a hobby, the newspapers said he had lost his wife and needed something to keep him on his feet which was quite commendable, that was before he had started coming for resources I was interested in.

That was a declaration war. The straw that broke the Camel's back.

I did not like people stand in my way and that was exactly what he doing then the chase had began. I targeted all his upcoming projects, poached some of his best employees. I knew I was being a brat but he had provoked me first.

But my 'defense' had led to him retaliating which had led to this back and and fourth that had been going on for a while, schemes got bigger and meaner that the whole industry had gotten wind of it. So caught up in hating each other without having met the other.

The day I was supposed to finally put him in his place we turn out to be mate! The world has a way of toying around with me.

After what felt like forever it was time for lunch, time to go and see Marcus.

"What is that coward doing downstairs? Wasn't he already put in his place?"

"Shamelessly showing his face around here."

"That Marcus really has a guts, our CEO already won is he here to beg?"

The joy I had felt when getting ready suddenly evaporated into thin air ,those were the voices of my employee. they were talking bad about my mate and I hated it!

'Wolves have super hearing right? Could he hear them from the lobby?' my heart hurt at the thought.

Still I could not blame them, it was my fault. I had made them like this always talking about crashing Marcus during stuff meetings and what not.

"Could you seize from talking about my guest like that?" I was raging mad, that made the shut up immediately but looks of confusion could be seen clearly in their faces. Normally I contributed to their trash talking but today I could not stand it.

"I am going out." I informed matching to the elevator. Time to see my mate!

Maybe I could take this opportunity to apologize?

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