Chapter 49
Chapter 49
Chapter 49 – Celeste
Celeste P.O.V.
“I want to cook all of Gillian’s favorites this week, though I am a little mad he’s been helping them this
whole time without telling us, so maybe I should only make him one thing. I’ve been so worried about
them. Feeling guilty that I was getting full meals every day when I
couldn’t know if they were getting any food at all,” I said as we drove to the bank the next morning. Content held by NôvelDrama.Org.
“That’s Gillian for you. He will never tell the extent of what he does for others unless you catch him mid
act,” Markus explained.
“How did you meet him?”
“Dad always made time to visit the orphanage. He still does I think. His dad was not a kind man. He
provided the bare necessities
and refused to grant any past that. It takes a while to rebuild trust after having that type of Alpha and
dad worked very hard to get it. He
made personal visits to the Orphanage because he wanted to make sure the kids had a happy life
despite their tragedies. One day, Mrs Quinn wasn’t available to babysit and dad decided that it wouldn’t
hurt for me to come play with the kids. They were going to be my
people eventually anyways…” He said as he got lost in the memory.
“I found Gillian in a corner of the playground. He was getting bullied by a couple of bigger kids and I
threatened to call my dad if they
hurt him. When they finally left, I realized that he wasn’t even protecting himself, he was taking s**t
because he was protecting a little
bird that they had been trying to pluck the feathers off of. We took the bird to my father, who allowed
me to take it home to watch until it
was better and could fly off. He arranged for visits from Gillian to come see the bird at the Packhouse.
We have been friends since.”
“So he’s been helping since he was a boy.” I nodded. “OK, I’m back to cooking him three meals this
week,” I said and Markus laughed
as he parked the car in front of the bank.
“When am I going to get my favorites cooked for?” He demanded.
That was true, I had never cooked specifically for him. “What are your favorites? I can cook them for
you next week?”
He smirked at me. “You.” I was confused and about to ask what he meant when Kara flashed me some
images that made me realize
what he meant and I swear I heard the capillaries in my face all burst at the same time. He laughed and
pulled me over the seat and onto his lap. It was a good thing this was a big truck or I would have hit my
head on the roof.
“Markus!” I said before he crashed his lips on mine. His kiss was hungry and electrifying. My entire
body reacted and molded to him,
wanting to feel him everywhere. I moaned as his lips finally left my lips and trailed kisses down to his
mark. My core clenched when I felt his teeth gently scraped on the mark, sending jolts of pleasure
through me.
“Fuck….we should get this over with so I can get you home and take you properly,” he groaned. We sat
there for a few minutes while
we got our lust under control and then he opened the door and I jumped off the truck. He wrapped his
arm around my waist and handed
me the file folder we had put all of the documents in and led us to the bank.
“Mr Salonen! Good to see you sir! How is your father?” an older gentleman greeted us at the entrance.
“He’s great. Enjoying retirement, thanks for asking,” Markus responded, shaking his hand. “Thank you
for meeting with us on such short notice, Mr. Ronin. This is my ma-ehh…partner Celeste.”
“Pleasure to meet you Celeste! And it’s no bother at all! We’re happy to have you. You’re one of our
biggest clients. Can I offer you
some water, champagne, some lunch?”
• I looked at Markus and scrunched my nose as he walked us towards his office. He smirked, “No thank
you, we have a lot of business
to get done today.”
“Of course, of course. I would imagine the owner of a billion-dollar company has a lot of work to do,” he
said as he sat down. “So
what can I do for you Mr. Salonen. Do you have any concerns with how we’ve been handling your
account?”
“No no,” Markus said, “In fact one of the things we need to talk about is adding Celeste as joint holder
to my personal account.” One
of my eyebrows rose on its own accord at this. He had never mentioned this being part of the plan.
“Ha-have you talked to your attorney about this sir?” he said, darting a look at me.
couldn’t see, trying to calm his anger with the mate bond.
“- I just thought, considering the size of your estate, that perhaps you should consult with your attorney
before adding a young lady that isn’t yet your wif-” He shut up at the look that Markus gave as he stood
up. I grabbed his arm.
“Markus, we can discuss this later. How about we go through my documents instead? That was the
reason we came.”‘ Please love, 1 don’t care about what he thinks. He is human. He doesn’t understand
the mate bond, mind linked him as I rubbed my arm up and
down his arm.
Markus sat back down, breathing hard. Clearly trying to calm himself. He gave a curt nod before he
crossed his arms, not taking his
angry glare from Mr. Ronin.
I pulled out the statements from the file folder. “I found these documents among some of my parents’
things. I would like to know if
these accounts are still open. They appear to be in my name.” I placed the statements and slid them
over to him. He took them from me
and his eyes bulged.
“Dellarosa? The Dellarosa?” He asked.
“You are familiar with those accounts?” I asked.
“How can I not? They were the biggest accounts we had before Mr. Salonen here grew his into what it
is today. It was a terrible.
tragedy what happened to your parents.”
“What’s been happening to those accounts since Celeste has been away?” Markus asked.
“Well, there were very specific instructions from Mr. Dellarosa. He had liquidated all of his investments
and put them into a trust. We were to keep investing conservatively to help it grow and once Ms
Dellarosa came of age, it was to be transferred over to her. I remember
asking why he was transferring things over and he said that he had other assets with another bank but
wanted to make sure your future
was secure. A couple of weeks after the changes were completed, they died in that awful airplane
accident of all of those people from
that town over.”
‘Plane accident?’ I asked Markus.
‘We can ask dad, but I would imagine that it was the work of the council to try to cover the m******e to
the humans,’
responded.
“So the accounts are still valid?” I asked.
“Oh yes. They all have grown considerably over the past decade. We have a team of investors
dedicated to your accounts. We take
care of all of our clients here,” he said and shot a quick look at Markus, who was still glaring. He visibly
gulped before he turned to his
computer. He printed a document and was going to hand it to me before he hesitated, “I’m really sorry
miss, but I need to see
identification.”
“You have got to be f*****g kidding me.” Markus practically growled. I could feel the rage and knew
Atlas was just under the
surface.
“Sweetie, it’s fine. It’s procedure,” I sighed as I reached for my purse. I handed him the ID.
“Thank you for understanding,” he said. I could smell nothing but fear coming from him as he handed
me the papers he had printed
out and my ID. The door opened behind us.
“Everything OK Mr Ronin?” A security guard asked as he looked at us and the banker.
– “Of course, yes. Everything is fine. Just a misunderstanding,” He said quickly, shooing him away from
his office.
I looked at the papers he handed me and I worked very hard not to let my eyes bug out the same way
his had. I handed them to Markus, who flipped through them with a raised eyebrow.
“She will need some debit cards and check books for her to finally have access to her accounts.” he
said, glaring at Mr. Ronin
again.
“Of course. I can order all of that straight away. I will need some paperwork filled out for the check
books and she can select what she wants from it. About 70% of the funds are tied up in investments,
the rest are in savings. We will need some advanced notice if you want us to withdraw any of the
funds.”
accounts or transter them to another institution.”
I sighed as Mr. Ronin became flustered.
You’re basically threatening to shut his bank branch down, my love. Is that really
necessary?’
‘Yes, we can’t kill him for his disrespect to you. The least you can do is let me and Atlas watch this
human squirm,
he said. I tried not
to laugh.
“I also have a safety deposit box key. Could we have a look at it please?” I said, showing him the key
after he made me choose check
templates, card look and had me fill out a bunch of information regarding some credit cards. All the
information was making my head
hurt.
“Of course. How could I forget? We had to restructure the entire vault to build his deposit box,” he said
as he stood up. We followed behind him, Markus slipping his fingers through mine. I could see more
than a few women looking at Markus as we passed. Kara and I
both wanted to growl. I could feel it in my chest. Suddenly, Markus let go of my hand and wrapped his
arm around my waist and pulled
me close. I looked up at him and saw him smirk. I blushed, knowing I’d been caught.
‘You’re so cute when you’re jealous,’ he said smugly. I didn’t bother to respond.
“Here we are. I will give you some time,” Mr Ronin said as he motioned to a giant locker-style deposit
box before he closed the door
behind him.