The Billionaire Wolff

Chapter 5: His Run

Being the son of an Alpha and the eldest meant I was ultimately expected to take over the title once my father passed it on to me, but I knew a long time ago that it wasn’t my calling, but others in my Pack didn’t, so when the time came that I was leaving, everyone was dumbfounded.

Most of them were supportive, but a lot were still skeptical and judged me for my choice. Nonetheless, they were not my concern.

If I had my way, I would be settled in a bar somewhere in the city, drinking a fine old whiskey and chatting with a potential new client. Unfortunately, as my mother always tells me, you always need balance in everything that you do, and that’s how the rule that I was always meant to come home during the weekends came to be.

The day I was able to reinvent myself and my business was the day I also came back to my Pack after years of being in the city, living with humans who had no idea a wolf walked amongst them.

As a workaholic, or rather just someone who needed to excel in everything (a perfectionist as Marcus would point out), it was not easy to let go of my company even for just a day. Every single time I came home on the weekend and had to leave all my work behind, it always felt like something was missing or I was scared that something might go wrong.

Eventually, I got used to it, as well as using this time to allow myself to ‘detox’ from the city.

In New York, I had to find the perfect time and secluded spot before being able to shift and let my wolf free, and because of the complications that came with it, it was not often that I was able to do that.

In here, it didn’t matter if you walked around in wolf form or half naked or fully naked for some because it was an everyday occurrence.

This is where I let loose.

Wind in my fur, the smell of nature around me, warm soil on my paws. I do love a good evening run.

“I heard a certain someone was in your room this afternoon, brother.”

I quickly stopped in my tracks and turned my head to find my brother and even in his wolf form, I knew that mocking expression on his face.

“And you should know she got kicked out not a second later,” I mindlinked back to him as I slowed my pace down.

It’s been a while since the two of us were alone like this, and I’m thoroughly surprised that he is out this late. I would assume he would be with his mate and girlfriend. The two have been inseparable ever since they found each other and though I am happy for my brother, how the hell does he stay sane with one woman constantly in his life?

I don’t understand all these things about relationships and I was sure I never will. Not that it mattered to me.

I was fine being a lone wolf, one without a mate. In fact, I much prefer that.

“Take a left on the next corner there,” I caught Marcus’ link and though I wasn’t sure where he was taking me, I had nothing else to do for the night so decided to just go with it.

He kept giving me directions for a few more minutes, before suddenly we stopped right in front of a vast open space with a small waterfall and fireflies that illuminated the night. It looked majestic.

“How did you find out about this place?” I asked my brother just as he was coming up from behind me.

He stood next to me but he was turned to where the fireflies were circling around a small bridge around a river. The best thing about going back to the Pack during this time was that it wasn’t winter here. Though the cold doesn’t really bother me, I still miss seeing nature’s greenery when it’s covered in white everywhere.

“During a run with Cristina, she made a wrong turn and we somehow ended up here.”

“It’s not much of a wrong turn then, is it?”

He glanced towards me and I saw his wolf eyes twinkle like he was smiling.

My brother loved her mate with all his heart. Once upon a time, I believed I would feel the same way about somebody like that as well. Our parents’ relationship wasn’t perfect, as is everyone’s, but never once did I think they were not meant for each other.

I used to think one day I would find that one, that mate that was destined for me, until I didn’t, and somewhere along the way, I forgot what it felt like to long for someone. I forgot what it felt like when someone showed attraction towards me.

All I saw was an opportunity for my own gain. A means to an end.

When a woman–or a man–shows interest, I let them stay in their fantasy in exchange for something else.

To secure a contract deal? I could flirt with the woman who owns the company. To get a table even if the entire place is fully booked? One charming smile is all it takes for them to give me the best table in the house. To get the best bargain for whatever commodity it is I need? I can manipulate them to my liking.

Attraction is nothing but a game to me, and needless to say, I’m a damn good player.

“Why did you stop looking for her?” Marcus asked, pulling me out of my thoughts as he continued to walk, the fireflies around the area dispersing around him.

“For who?”

He turned to me with a blank expression. “You know who I’m talking about.”

And he was right, though it has been a long time since anyone talked to me about mates that I was slightly taken aback by his question.

For years they bothered me about it. Sure it was mostly my mother, but I knew him and my father were curious about it as well. Even when I was living in New York, my mother constantly tried to talk me into coming back during events when another Pack would be visiting in the hopes or expectation that one of them would be my mate.

There were times that I did think of going to them, but then… I just never did, and I forgot about it sooner or later.

When Wolff Enterprises became big, it easily became the center of my attention. All my blood, sweat, and tears were for its glory and I don’t regret a single thing.

If I could go back in time knowing that I could find my mate if I did, I still would choose money over a mate.

I lifted my head up at the bright moon and let out a loud howl, just releasing my feelings into the night as it was carried away into the wind.

After that I turned to Marcus and linked to him, “How could I stop looking for her when I never even started?”

And there was certainly no reason for me to start looking for her now either.