The Alpha’s Mate

(Elena P. O. V)

It has been about a week since we had gathered at my place and hung out with each other, work has been busy because of the upcoming charity event that the company is hosting. Everybody is flying around trying to please the boss, while the boss himself has been a Tiran to some people. I think he’s looking for a new secretary and I have seen so many girls going through the entrance hall crying coming from his office.

I have talked for a little bit with him over the week, but not that much. And I understand that he’s busy.

I have been sitting at my desk for a while now, I’m starving and I almost have my break. Just when I thought only half an hour till my break the office just fell silent. I look up from my desk and I see everybody just looking up at the entrance of our big office. Standing on the threshold is the CEO Xavier McKnight.

With long strides and a determined look on his face, he stalks towards me, I gulp trying to think of things that I might have done wrong. No matter how much I wrack my brain I can’t think of something I’ve done. I also haven’t been avoiding his calls or texts, which I have been doing with Oliver. I just replied to his text to let him know I’m still alive. While I was lost in my thoughts, Xavier managed to walk up to my desk.

“Miss, Dawson, when are you on your break?” he asks me after clearing his throat.

“In half an hour sir,” I say politely.

“Well consider that you have your break now, pack your stuff, Miss Dawson. I need to talk to you, will do this over lunch, so we will not waste time.”

“Of course Sir, just give me a minute.”

He just gives me a silent nod and lets me pack my stuff, I grab my wallet and my phone. And stand up.

After you sir.” I say while making a chestier towards the door.

We walk together out of the office when I want to go towards the normal canteen I’m stopped by Xavier.

“I have made reservations somewhere else, I have the feeling I have been quite neglecting you since our date while it went so well,” Xavier said to me.

“You haven’t been neglecting me, Xavier. It has been extremely busy with the upcoming charity event, of course, you wouldn’t have all the time for me. I understand that.” I said smiling at him.

We walk through the door and almost immediately a sleek black car pulls up, I can see its private driver Xavier sitting in the driver’s seat. I silently chuckle at him, he has everybody lying at his feet, everyone to call at his bidding. It kind of reminds me of Oliver, he also always got everything within an instant without even having to fight for it. I guess it had something to do with the fact that he claims to rule as an “Alpha werewolf”.

“What are you laughing about?” James asks while holding open the door for me.

“Just something that reminded me of an ex.”

“You guys recently split up?” He asks I think for a moment if I should tell him, or that I should not tell him. I decide against it.

He slips into the car, I can see the doubt on his face, he wants to say something but he doesn’t.

“Well it’s only good if it’s in the past isn’t it.” He says with a smile on his face. I give him a weak smile trying to come around as happy but I don’t think he believed it. And I thank the Lord, that he didn’t press the matter any further.

“To the restaurant,” Xavier says to the driver after the black parting screen goes down. It went up just as quickly as it went down, and we drove away towards the restaurant.

20 minutes later, we arrive at the restaurant, it might have been a short 10 minutes but NY traffic is a bitch. And even though you have some privileges as to using special lanes there’s only so much you can do.

We get a private table in the back of the restaurant away from the eyes of curious people. When we walked through the restaurant I could feel the eyes burning in my back, a definite downside of dating somebody so well known. Everybody just believes that you’re just a gold-digging whore.

“So what kind of business did you want to talk about?” I say while skimming over the food card, trying to start a conversation and break the awkward silence.

“Please Elena, can we talk about the business later, I brought you here to spend some time with you,” he said with a panty-dropping smile of his. The waiter comes and takes our order and walks out from there.

After some time, the waiter comes with us and serves us. We eat our lunch while making small talk and then order chocolate cake for dessert.

“Hmm,” I moan as the warm chocolate melts in my mouth and I blush beet red when I feel the eyes of people at me and hear Xavier chuckling at me. He wipes the corner of my mouth with his finger, and puts it in his mouth, then hums in satisfaction making me blush, then I already was.

“Elena,” he asks and I look at him.

“I wanted to ask you, would you like to go to the ball with me as my date,” he asks me putting his hand over mine.

“I would love to,” I said smiling at him.

And suddenly every camera is flashing, Xavier jumps up trying to shield me from the paparazzi and I’m here just frozen in my seat. In the distance, I hear Xavier yelling at the staff to get the pop out of there. He grabbed my hand and led me out of the restaurant when we got out of the restaurant, the car was already waiting for us. We get inside the car and drive to our destination.

(Xavier P. O. V)Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Damn, the paparazzi, had to come and spoiled our moment, how did they know about us anyway, I am sure that bitch Samantha has given that information to them. I am sure, I am going to kill her someday, now I understand why Abby always used to taunt me whenever I brought a one-night stand to my place.

I thought I would take her for lunch, and ask her to go there as my date and my enemy would think that she was one of my time passed while I get the chance to spend some time with my mate and time to think about what to do to take care of my enemies.

I called my PI and told him to take care of the press, that no matter what he has to do I don’t want our picture in tomorrow’s newspaper. I called my beta and ordered him to arrange some bodyguards for us to keep the paparazzi away from us and make sure they didn’t come even 50 miles near her.

I massaged my head and got back to work. I called Elena and told her not to worry about the media and that I had taken care of it. I told her, that we were not, going to come in front of the media, until she was ready for it and got back to work. There are a lot of things to be done.