" Now take that face off. You look like your dog died. Didn't you tell me you were super determined, or will you let me down?" Camila said to her best friend and roommate." I won't regret it, but this is the first Christmas I've spent without going home, and I'm sure I'll miss them. The puppies will eat all the candy," Ophelia snorted dramatically and sank deeper into the furniture." You call your brothers puppies, six feet tall and cute as they are?"" Hey, pedophile, they're just kids! They're not even 18 yet!" she claimed with fake anger and threw a pillow at her, which Camila dodged." Sure, but don't let them out without ID, or there'll be a line of pedophiles behind those two," she told her amusedly, remembering the time she'd gone with Ophelia to her pack and introduced him to her family, including her "little puppy brothers."Two hunks of pure solid muscle, masculine, edible all over, with blue eyes like Ophelia's and dark hair.Boy, next to the father, the Alpha of the pack
" Ophelia, I must say that I am very amazed at your change today; I imagine it has something to do with Camila, but I can only thank her because you look beautiful," Roman had used all his arsenal of nice words since their arrival."Thank you, Roman. You look very nice, too " Ophelia replied without paying much attention to him.They sat at the reserved private table, where they had already drunk several bottles of alcohol. The semi-dark atmosphere, with the music in the background and the euphoria on the dance floor, invited me to let go and let loose.In fact, only the two of them had stayed because the others had gone to move their skeletons and make the forbidden steps under the lights of the dance floor." The truth is, I don't know how to tell you that I like you..."" Shall we dance?" Ophelia interrupted him because she knew what was coming next, and she was the last one for serious conversations and declarations of love." You said you didn't want to when I invited you a while
"Don't ever show up in this club again. You're not allowed in, especially not with a guy," Ophelia heard the man say in her ear, rough and annoyed, as he put her dress back on.Angry with her or with himself?She wanted to turn around and ask him what was happening between them, but he left as he came.He stepped like a shadow through the dancing people, and despite his size, no matter how much she wanted to follow him, the stranger disappeared.Ophelia was left completely lost and standing there like a fool.What exactly had she done?She had let a random man touch her like that, and worse, she had experienced a hot orgasm that was still trickling down between her legs.She had never liked being controlled, but for some reason, feeling dominated by his presence, being so small in his strong arms, his domineering commands and no room to say no, his growl of desire in her ear, had turned her on so much that if she pushed herself any harder, she believed she would give herself to this w
His head felt like it would split in two, and his shirt was soaked with cold sweat."I don't want to, I don't want to! This is nothing but your selfish decisions, but I've always wanted my mate; I want her by my side, and because you won't let me near her, not even her she-wolf recognizes me!""I'm sorry, Cintra, but I don't want her. I won't give in," Elias answered, firm in his decision."You'll regret it, Elijah Cohen, a lot. When that happens, don't come to me for help, and until you recognize my mate, forget I exist."Elijah held his hands to his chest in pain. He couldn't believe that Cintra had closed in on him, that he had cut himself off from him.It was as if he felt a chaotic emptiness inside."You're just pissed off right now. When you get over your anger, I'll be here," he told him, knowing he heard him, but Cintra didn't even answer.It was the Cold War, but Elijah would not back down.The taste of Ophelia's gentleness proved only one thing to him.If he allowed himself
"I'm so sorry, boss, really, please forgive me, I'm such a klutz," Ophelia didn't know how to apologize for spilling all the coffee on her boss's shirt."Don't worry, Ophelia, I already told you it's no big deal. A bit of water and my jacket over it, I can cover it up.""There’s also no meeting today, nothing urgent that requires me to look perfect," Jack reassured her without much concern."Give me the shirt, I can try to wash it a bit in the bathroom, maybe with the hand dryer, it might dry quickly…""Jack, take all the data on the new project, there's an emergency meeting, right now!" the department head interrupted."A meeting right now?" Jack asked, now genuinely concerned about the huge coffee stain splashed across the front of his shirt that couldn't be easily concealed as he'd initially suggested to Ophelia."Right now! It seems we have a new boss, move it, it's urgent!""I'm screwed," he muttered, not realizing he'd spoken out loud, and Ophelia, embarrassed and not knowing wh
"I, I, I...""You, you, yourself," Elijah mocked her stutter mercilessly. "Just a moment ago you had so much to say about me, what happened, got your tongue?""Mr. Cohen, I apologize, I…" Ophelia sighed deeply and tried not to be overwhelmed by her nerves."It's clear you heard everything I had to say, why do you want me to repeat it?""I'm giving you the chance to vent right to your insufferable boss's face, and you’re not going to take it?" Elijah began to step towards her, enjoying seeing her cornered."What did you call me? Oh, yes, your majesty. So, I, the king, would like to hear the grievances of my loyal servant, Ms. Allen.""I am not your servant! You are a…! Ahh!" In her outburst, Ophelia took a step back, not realizing how close she was to the edge of the staircase.Her foot wobbled on the step, and she felt her body falling backward, into the void.She wouldn’t stop rolling down the stairs to the lower landing, or at least, that's what she thought would happen.But suddenl
Ophelia waited and waited for her dismissal, but it never came.She thought that maybe the CEO wasn't as mean and evil a person as she had labeled him, but she still didn't want to have any more encounters with him.The man made her nervous, but most of all, he made her feel bad about herself, about how easily she had been seduced by a few words and intense looks.Better to keep her distance.The good thing was that, after the events of that day, he might not show up in the company again, and she might never see him again.But that was what she had planned, not necessarily what would happen." Alpha, here are the financial summaries of the pack, and this envelope arrived from the new company you acquired," his Beta Alex told him, handing him some documents. Still, Elias went straight to the one he was most interested in." May I know what you are up to and why you are harassing your mate like a fool?" he asked, watching his Alpha's eyes sparkle as he read the message on the new compan
" Fine, I'll go, but you can call me anything you want and I'll come back no matter what the consequences. "" Oh, having a friend like that is the best; we'll die as two old maids but happy. "" Fuck you, old maid, it will be you," Ophelia answered amused, and after more hints, she ran away.*****As much as she hurried, she arrived almost at the point where the minivan with everyone inside was leaving." I'm sorry, Ms. Allen, but since you think you're the boss and can show up whenever you want, you're off the project this time," Marcela, her department head and the person in charge of the trip, mercilessly announced." But, boss, I had a dire emergency, an illness, and so... "" You always have a good excuse; it never fails you, but this time, no one will be able to save you," she said sarcastically, remembering how she could not even be fired from her job because upper management forbade her to do so." Since we thought she would not come, her place was taken by another worker who