The Alpha’s Human Mate

She sat down in her chair, typing an important work she had to submit, but she kept making errors while typing. She couldn’t stop thinking about Callum. “Did he not see me? No. He saw me. Maybe he was busy.”

She kept typing, but when she couldn’t take it anymore, she stood up and went to the last floor. It felt really weird to her that she could be so restless and worried about something she already knew, but she felt like talking to Callum about it.

She got to the floor and walked towards a door. She peeped and saw a few employees working. She looked back at Callum’s door and saw the closed door. “Maybe he’s busy.” She said to herself, but suddenly she heard a voice whisper something into her ear. “What are you doing?”

“Ah!” She fell to the ground with a loud noise, catching the attention of the people working in the office.

Callum looked at her before scoffing. “What are you doing here? The last time I checked, you don’t work on this floor.” He had escorted the man who came to do business with him and was just coming back to his office when he saw a familiar figure peeping through the glass walls. “Is she stupid?” He thought as he knew that anyone could see her through the walls.

“I’m… sorry. I… I… came to talk to you.” Christina said it shyly, knowing that a lot of faces were looking at her. She knew she wouldn’t be able to talk in front of everyone. Without thinking, she grabbed Callum’s hand and led him to a small room where coffee is made on the floor.

The employees were surprised to see what had happened. Their boss was being dragged away by a low-ranked employee.

Christina was also surprised at herself; she did not even let Callum say a word before she started talking. “Um… about what happened that day? I must say, it was still surprising.” She said it with a light chuckle, but noticed no emotion in Callum’s face.

“Ellie explained everything to me, and I understand. So…” Before she could finish her words, she heard, “It seems you don’t value your work anymore, Ms. Jones. You now use the whole day to daydream about fantasy, isn’t it?”

“No. I’m not daydreaming. I saw…”

“You saw what? A werewolf? Isn’t that what you want to say? You want me to give you an explanation, right?” He asked, but the girl in front of him could not say a word. “Don’t you think that could make you slack off during work? Thinking about werewolves during work hours. Is that what this company is paying you for?” He asked again with no emotion on his face.

Christina could not say a word. She felt embarrassed and, at the same time, pained to hear such words from him. She didn’t understand why it hurt so much to hear him talk to her that way, maybe because she had started thinking he was a good person when he saved her from her ex-boyfriend.

What he said made her remember what happened between them the day she got drunk and how he reacted to it. Then how he acted now made her finally realize that he was just a rich, annoying brat. “I’m sorry, Mr. Stewart. Forgive me for my foolishness.” Not that she wanted an explanation from him; she just felt that they needed to talk to avoid awkwardness, but she did not know that it had already started the day she ran away.

She bowed her head, making sure not to face him because of the tears that had started to form in her eyes. She heard him sigh before saying, “I’m sure Ellie must have told you. This conversation about werewolves must not be heard from your mouth again,” he said before walking out of the room.

He stepped out of the room and went back to his office, not caring about the other employees that were peeping at him.

He did not know why he got so angry at her. He just felt a sudden wave of anger as soon as she approached him. Maybe because he hated the fact that she ran away the last time she saw him after the incident of the kidnapping, or maybe because he didn’t want anything that could bring her into his life. He knew he had to push her away.

*****

Ellie came back from work only to see their house crowded with neighbors, as if there were a party. She was shocked and angry at the same time, but managed to calm herself by greeting the neighbors.

She looked for her mother amongst the visitors, but she did not see her-not until she went to the kitchen, only to see a woman cooking food. She looked so tired with sweat on her forehead, but she wasn’t bothered about that.

“Ellie. You’re here. Please help me pass that bowl.” Louise said it with a smile.

“Mom! What are you doing here? Why are there so many people in our house?” She had been warning her mother about cooking for the neighbors, but her mother did not listen. “Do you look like their maid?”

Ellie… Before her mom could finish talking, she caught her off guard. “I told you to give yourself rest. Why don’t you ever listen to me? Why do you keep doing this?” She sighed frustratingly.

“I know what to do. You’re going to follow me back to my old house.” She has also been thinking of going back to her old house because it is closer to her new job. She was thankful she had paid for her house rent when she thought she would leave Alex’s house, and now that she had left, she could go back with her mom.

“Stop cooking, and tell them to go home. Or I’ll chase them out myself when I come back and meet them. You need to start taking care of yourself.” She said before leaving the kitchen.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

Louise just sighed. She touched her stomach with a frown on her face.