CHAPTER EIGHT
2028 Words
ODETTE’s POV.
I wake up to the sound of Zach talking into the phone in hush tones, a slight frown appears on my face as I pull my body to a sitting position. This has been going on for days now, he talks into the phone late in the night and he always looks worried.
Grabbing my night robe, I pull out of bed and make my way towards the balcony. The moment he sees me, he immediately ends the call and plasters a fake smile on his face.
“What’s going on, Zach?” I ask him.
“It’s nothing princess” he replies, “sorry for waking you up, you should go back to bed”
It is clearly a lie, I wish I could read his thoughts just like he reads mine but I don’t know why he blocked me out. I can neither read his thoughts nor even know what’s going on in his mind.
“What does that even mean?” I ask again, “since you got back, you have been acting strange. Tell me, what’s going on with you, babe? Is there an issue at the pack house?”
“No, not that” he answers, “Zuni is doing a good job in my absence”
“So what’s happening with you? Talk to me” I walk up to him and gently grab a hold of his hand, “you have come home after such a long time, you shouldn’t let anything stress you out again”
He lets out a sigh, “fine, I am going to tell you because you asked babe”
He leads me to a cane chair and helps me to sit on it before squatting in front of me.
“Tell me”
“Something happened in the company” he starts to talk, “a deal kind of fell through and now I need to take care of it. I would have easily done it if I didn’t have to pay double the amount required. This is a multi million dollar business baby and I have to do everything to get that deal”
“What kind of deal, babe? What’s going on?”
“So I am trying to bid for a spot to get some Asian investors to the company. The man I was working with at first absconded with the whole money meant for the project and now…. The meeting is in a week and I have nothing to show the investors, not even one f*****g model”
“Okay,that’s now a reason to worry babe” I cup his face, “how much are we talking about here?”
“No” Zach shakes his head, “I can…
“Tell me, how much do you need babe?”
“I don’t want to bother you, odette” he tells me, “this is my work and I need to take care of it, you should be..
“Having you by my side is enough for me, tell me”
“Eight hundred million dollars” he tells me and my jaw drops.
“That much?”
“This is a big project babe” Zach says, “but you do not have to worry, I am going to come up with the money somehow”
Kissing my forehead, he pulls out his phone and continues making his call.
Eight hundred million dollars is a whole lot of money, I can’t even lie and I am not sure anyone would have that kind of money lying somewhere but I need to help him, I have to help him.
“Look baby” I stand up and walk up to him, “I will speak to my father and we can come up with something. He has a few business associates who would be willing to invest in your work”
“Of course not, love. I don’t want your father thinking I am not capable of taking care of his daughter. I am an alpha, remember? I should have everything all figured out already”
“I am speaking to him and that’s final”
Kissing him again, I walk back to the room and grab my phone, punching in dad’s number.
“Hello, princess” his voice filters through and I almost gag, this father of mine is so f*****g shameless. Did he answer my call while having s*x?”
“You know you should have some decorum, Mr Enzo?” I roll my eyes.
“You called while I was busy” he retorts, “you can’t blame me”
“Well, I called for something else. I want to schedule a meeting with you tomorrow. Zach has a few business ideas and he will want your help with it, it will be nice if you can bring in some of your business associates too”
“Is that all, baby?”
“Hmm” I nod.
“Fine, you can come by the office tomorrow morning”
“Thank you dad”
“I gotta go”
He immediately ends the call and I can’t help but laugh. But looking back at everything, I thank the moon goddess for giving me such parents and believe me when I say I want a relationship like my mother and father.
At this moment, Zach walks into the room looking a bit better.
“I have spoken to him” I tell him, “we will go for a meeting in the morning”
“Are you sure it’s the right thing to do?” He asks me, snaking his hands around my waist.
“Of course, you will see” I also snake my hands around his neck, “we will get this solved in no time”
Pressing forward, he claims my lips while undoing the knot of my robe.
******
My jaw drops when he steps out of the closet looking so dapper in his black tailored suit and his hair slicked back. He looks so good, so manly and I can’t seem to get enough of the way his muscles are peaking out of him.
“We are going to be late if you keep staring like that” he tells me as he comes closer to me, “and you look so beautiful, luna”
I blush, I love the way he calls me that.
I am putting on a black one shoulder ruched dress that reaches my ankles while clinging perfectly to my body. It is one of dad’s last two years collection and I am still in love with it. I pair it with a white clutch and white heels and I let my hair fall in ringlets beside me.
“You look so stunning, baby” Zach tells me, “the most beautiful luna on earth”
“Don’t patronize me baby” I laugh gently as I pick up my phone,
“We should get going before it gets late”
“Hmmm”
Stretching out his hand, I gently hold onto him and he leads me out of the house and towards the car.
After a while, he pulls up in front of Avanti’s headquarters and we both make our way towards the conference room.
“Are you sure about this?” He asks me as we get to the door.
“Of course” I smile at him, “a hundred percent”
The moment we open the door and I step in, my heart skips a beat. Seated there and looking right at me is Malachi Bromte, the man who’s memory is still somewhere in my head.
He is putting on a grey suit which looks so good on him, his hair is pulled back in a bun and that glasses look so pretty sitting on the tip of his nose. I remember how his lips tasted on mine, I remember the need that enveloped my body that day, his hot breath on my face, that delicious dinner we had and that…. I remember every single thing and it has been more than a week since it happened but looking at him now makes it feel like it all happened yesterday. Goosebumps appear all over my body, his gaze is on me and he is unapologetic about it.
What is he doing here?
“Princess” dad’s voice jolts me out of my thoughts and I turn my head to his direction, a fake smile on my lips.
“Have a seat”
“Thank you dad”
Zach pulls out a chair for me and I lower myself on it, directly in front of Malachi who is now playing with his ball pen.
There are more than six people in this room but why does it only feel like it’s only Malachi’s and mine?
“So shall we now begin the meeting?” Dad asks and everyone in the room nods.
“Okay, before we start” dad continues to talk, “this young lady here is my daughter, most of you know her and that man beside her, is her husband, Zachary”
Malachi raises an eyebrow and I see a small smirk lingering on the side of his lips.
“He is back?” I hear a voice in my head and my jaw drops.
That is his f*****g voice, how the heck is he in my head?
“Wondering how I am in your head?” He asks again, “by the way, you look so beautiful in that dress”
I clench my jaw together, what the f**k is he doing?
“How the heck are you in my head?”
“You are also in my head…
It is when I see Zach standing up that I push his voice to the back of my head and focus on my mate. He is here, I shouldn’t be thinking about anything else.
“Well” Zach starts to speak….”the reason for this meeting is because I…..the rest of the words spew out of his mouth while I am trying to get Malachi out of my head.
After a while, I can no longer take it and i abruptly stand up.
“Let me use the restroom” I announce.
“You can use the one in my office, dear” dad tells me and I nod before hurrying out of the room.
What the heck did he think he is doing messing with my head like that? Yes, I can do that with Zach since he is my mate but how come? How is Malachi able to do that?” Everything about that man screams danger, I should stay the f**k away from him.
Touching up my face a little, I walk out of the restroom and I freeze by the door when I see him standing in front of me, his face expressionless.
“You didn’t tell me he came back” he says.
“I do not owe you an explanation” I snap, “so quit messing with my head”
“I thought we became friends?”
“Oh, you thought that”
He goes silent and I remain there, looking at him.
“I should get going”
But as I move, the strap of my heels come off and I gasp a little.
“What the…
Before I can bend down to fix it, he squats in front of me.
“Let me”
Taking a gentle hold of my leg, he places it on his thighs before helping with my strap. Why the heck does he look so hot doing that? My cheek flush and I press my lips together.
“The more I think about it, the more I am sure that you are mine to claim, Odette Philips” he says as he slowly lets go of my leg and stands up, “let’s see how long that takes”
Winking at me, he turns around and walks out of the room while I stagger back and almost fall but grab a hold of the wall.
What the actual f**k!
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