In Bed with the Alpha Boss: A CEO Werewolf Romance Chapter 20

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Gabrielle.
“Why? What’s on the news?”
“That b***ard Sebastian King is on the da*n news!” Maya wails on the other line. “Seriously? After using you and ruining you, he’s just going to get engaged to some brat?”
“Maya, Sebastian King has to get married sometime. He’s the most eligible bachelor in the country. And guys like him marry their own kind. It was never going anywhere with me.”
“You’re okay with all these? You got the wrong end of the bargain here! You got sick and he’s going to get his happy ever
after. Life is so unfair!”
“Don’t worry about it too much, Maya. I just want to move on with my life, without Sebastian. I’m positive that I will be alright.”
I don’t want to waste the last days of my life whining over my
broken heart.
I am sure is some hope left for me.
“Do you want to stay at my apartment for a while? I don’t think you should be alone.” I can hear the sadness in Maya’s voice.
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“No, I’m fine.” I insist. “I need to settle my affairs at Golden Crescent Corp. first.”
“So, he found a replacement for you?”
“Most likely.”
Although, I doubt that Soraya can be called a suitable replacement for me.
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The next day, I go to the office, putting on a brave face. I first go to HR and when they give me my settlement, I was surprised.
“I think there has been a mistake,” I say.
The HR Manager shakes her head.
“Mr. King was happy with your performance and said you should be well-compensated for it. He gave you an extra three months’ salary on top of your other benefits.”
“Oh.”
This is quite generous of him.
“After you sign everything, we will transfer the money to your
bank account.”
I nod and sign all the papers I need to sign. Then I go back to my office and start packing my personal things.
I’m going to miss working here.
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3/8 I feel sad and scared at the same time. Questions like ‘What am I going to do?’ and ‘Where am I gonna go?’ race inside my brain.
‘Don’t worry. You’re going to be okay.’someone says.
I snap my head up, looking around for the owner of the voice that just spoke to me. But weirdly, I find that I am alone in my office. I look at the doorway and call, “Hello! Is somebody there?”
No answer.
I walk towards the door to see if someone is outside, but I no one is standing close. I walk out of my office to the employee desks.
“Excuse me,” I call the attention of the employees on the floor. “Was someone standing outside my office?”
I stare at the blank faces of my former officemates. No one answers. I really did hear someone talk to me back there. Or did I just imagine it in my head?
“Okay, thank you.”
As I turn on my heel, I hear someone call out to me. “Oh, poor little Miss Jones.” I turn around and see Hazel Gibson, the administrative manager, sneering at me.
“Excuse me?”
She slowly walks up to me. “Did you get fired after that incident
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with Miss Parks? Or did you resign out of humiliation when you found out about your engagement with Mr. King?”
I raise my chin to her. “For your information, I resigned days before that unfortunate incident with Miss Parks. I have already made other plans.”
“Pfff! Liar! If you really resigned, then where are you going? Have you already found another job?”
“Do I need to have another job before I can quit this job? Some of us just need to take a break.”
“Oh don’t kid yourself, my dear. We all know what really happened. You thought that sleeping with the boss can get you ahead in your career? Hmmm… maybe it did. But it didn’t last, did it?” She laughs, raising her voice for everybody to hear. “Because now, the boss met his perfect match, and he threw you away like an overused sex doll, that has lost its appeal!”
“Be mindful of your words, Miss Gibson. I can very well sue you for damaging my reputation.”
“Oh, please, Miss Jones! You don’t have any reputation to damage anymore. Everyone knows of the kind of woman that you are. The moment you started sleeping with Mr. Campbell, your ‘career’ just went down the drain. I don’t even need to mention the incident with Miss Parks.”
`”Okay, I’m done here!” I say, refusing to stoop down her level. I turn on my heel and start to walk away.
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“Do you think you can hold a candle to Miss Parks? You are nothing compared to her! Nothing!”
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I ignore her, trying to get ahold of my emotions. As I walk on the empty corridor leading back to my office, I ball my hands into fists, my nails digging through my skin.
‘Calm down. She’s just a lowly human being! She’s not worth
our time!’
“What?” I turn around. It’s the same voice. And then again, I find that I am alone in the empty corridor. “Who’s there?”
No answer.
S*it! I must be going out of my mind!
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Sebastian.
“Ladies and gentlemen, let’s all welcome, our newly engaged couple, Sebastian King and Soraya Parks!” I hear the host announce through the speakers.
F*ck!
F*ck!
F*ck!
“Come on, darling! They’re waiting for us!” Soraya winds his
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arm around mine and pulls me towards the ballroom.
I have no choice but to follow.
‘When did we agree to this again?’ Kylo ask in an aggravated
tone.
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‘I don’t remember we did.’
Yet, why are we in this predicament? Oh! I know! Because when your mother announced her intentions to engage you to that Parks brat, you didn’t say anything! Silence means yes,
genius!’
‘Shut up! I thought if I simply ignore it, she will see that I wasn’t
interested.’
‘And look at where we are now!’
Yeah, I never expected that my mother would really take matters into her hands and push this engagement down my throat. I thought she understood my pain, my sorrow. She was probably tired of waiting for me to move on. Maybe this was her way of forcing me to forget my mate.
But that’s the problem. I will never forget my mate.
‘Second chance mate’ is bu***hit, dude! There’s only one mate for us!’ Kylo says.
Everybody congratulates us as we walk past them. I feel like I am walking in my own body, but I am not really here. It feels
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like I’m a robot. Or a ghost.
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I don’t know why I’m here. Why I am getting engaged to this girl. Sure, she’s pretty. And she does have advantages. Marrying her will certainly give me leverage to her pack. They will have to swear allegiance to me and come to our rescue if we would ever need it.
After exchange pleasantries with the elders of both our packs, I finally find an excuse to get away from Soraya. I head towards the bar to get myself a drink–most likely the strongest one they have.
“Ain’t fate a bi*ch?” I hear someone say behind me as I take a sip of my whiskey. I don’t have to turn around to know who it is.
I take another swig of my liquor. I have a feeling I’m going to need a lot of alcohol in my system if I want to endure this party.
“Fate is clueless,” I tell Alexander.
“Ha! I agree!” he tells me. “I know very well what happens if you marry someone who isn’t your mate.”
I sigh heavily. I’ve seen it all before. In our kind, marrying someone who isn’t your mate is like a curse in itself. You’ll both be insatiable, you’ll have no connection, no satisfaction. You’ll end up going astray, trying to always find that one connection that only your mate can provide. In my case, only Cassie could provide.
“I don’t believe for a moment that you really want to marry my
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sister. And I suspect that even after you’re married, you’re going to cheat on her.”
“I ain’t like you,” I growled.
“That’s right, you’re not. That’s why I know that if you’re going to cheat on her, you will cheat with only one woman.” He smirks as he takes another drink from his glass. “And I think I already know who that woman is.” Alexander leans closer to whisper in my ear. “I intend to court Miss Jones while you’re trying to get an erection from my sister.”
I squeeze my glass so hard that it threatens to break in my hand.