Frowning, she squinted her eyes but faced Max again. As she grabbed his outstretched hand, he retrieved it as if he had been burned, but his smile was in place. “It’s nice to meet you both. I’m Alex and will be the housekeeper. I’ll also handle your food if that’s okay.” She said. She saw them look at Gabe then nodded their heads and she folded her hands behind her. There was something about the way they had both kept their hands behind them instead of shaking her that made her mirror their actions. Gabe had told Max not to touch her, he didn’t have to open his mouth because they were both werewolves like he was and they could communicate through their thoughts. Even if he wasn’t the alpha of their clan, they would still do as they were told because he was their boss. No one should touch her, and it included everyone. He didn’t even bother to hide his irritation at Max as he offered his hand, and worse, couldn’t control or stop the growl from escaping his mouth. Thankfully, Alex d
She had thought that Cara would be here first thing, but since that wasn’t the case, after getting breakfast ready, and Gabe out of the house to go for a meeting, she started to look around the house, scanning every little detail. Perhaps, she would be able to tell more about who Gabe was by studying the furniture and the way the house was designed and decorated. She could tell that every piece was expensive and rare; limited editions, they call it now. Everything looked all shiny and new, even though she could tell it had been there for a while. The cleaner was doing a good job then. She would be meeting her tomorrow. She had worked long years for Gabe and would be able to answer some of Alex's questions, questions she couldn’t ask Gabe himself. This house was very huge, and the only thing she had been able to gather so far was Gabe's love for his privacy. She wanted to know more though, and that was why her eyes were fixated on the things around the house. She wanted so badly to fi
Gabe kept thinking about the woman that he had left at home, the one that was now working for him during his meeting with a smile on his face. As the elevator opened up, he picked out his phone to call the personal shopper Cara referred. She had called him this morning to let him know that she had a prior arrangement she couldn’t get out of so she couldn’t come over. She had also sent her the list of what Alex would be needing as clothes and then a phone. According to her, she would get the other female-related products, slash toiletries. When the call was picked up, he briefly told the woman at the other end his address and told her that she would be sending the list of what was needed. It turned out that she was expecting his call as Cara had called her as well. He got into the backseat of the car as its door was held open for him. “Are we going home straight from here sir?” Fabio asked even though he already knew the answer to that. Of course, they were going home. He had nothin
She stirred, moving her arm from the uncomfortable position it was in, and she felt the heat against her belly. Moaning, she stirred again, and she started to become conscious. Still, with her eyes closed, she woke up, not fully, but she had started to think, and the first thought that came to her was the fact that she had fallen asleep. It was needed, seeing as she had been unable to sleep last night until the early hours of the morning. She knew that it wasn’t an excuse and she needed to get up soon to go make lunch. Thankfully, Gabe wasn’t around, so it would be just her own food, and the gardener’s, if he was interested. She sighed and then, something popped into her head as she remembered Gabe. She had fallen asleep in his room, in his bed. That was her passing her boundary. That snapped her awake fully, but she still had her eyes closed. She should get the hell up and out of here before someone find her splayed on her employer's bed. Just as she was about to open her eyes, sh
Everything seeped out of her as she stood in the kitchen with tears pouring out of her face. Now, in the clear view of things, she saw that this was her fault. She had brought this upon herself. She felt the tears rush down her face and she quickly used her thumb to clean it off, but another fell, and then another. She sat down on one of the chairs and buried her head in the palm of her hands. She realized that she wasn’t crying because of what had just happened, even though it had incited the tears, she was crying because of the things she had been going through back at home. Alex sometimes wondered if her parents were her parents, the way they treated her and all, making her work nine hours every day and then taking her pay when they wanted. She thought back to the fact that they had wanted her to marry Alberto, a man twice her age, just because he was rich. Furrowing her brows, she cleaned her face again, just as the kitchen door opened behind her. Her shoulders squared, and she
The kiss didn’t happen, because she ran. She was scared that that would send her packing before she was even able to start. She had seen the way his eyes flickered from hers to her mouth and that had been the reason she had pushed with all her might and escaped. Two days later, she was still avoiding him. There was something about the way he looked at her that night that scared her, something that made her know that it wasn’t just her imagination. She guessed that it was just the spur of the moment thing. Someone as hot as Gabriel Berkeley wouldn’t look at her like she was a delicious meal. Perhaps, she had read too much into it, and it was a trick of her mind. Two good days and she had been avoiding him, making sure that she had come downstairs very early to make breakfast, only to have it served and then disappear, appearing back when he had left the house for work. Cara still hadn’t shown up, but she had called to talk to her last night, promising to be here this morning. She wa
Shaking her head, Cara chuckled at the question. Well, she couldn’t blame her for wanting to know about them if she would be living with one, and an alpha at that. Alex nodded then she said. “After breakfast, do you think that you can show me?” it was a question that Cara understood, but she pretended not to, not sure that was all right. It was true that Alex was her best friend, and the most decent human she had ever had the chance to come across, but she was skeptical about showing herself to her in her true form because it was really risky. “I want you to show me how you change into a wolf. At least, I’ve heard a little about it, so maybe showing me would ease my worries about you guys.” She said. Sighing, Cara said. “Fine. I’ll do it, but you can’t tell anyone. I’ll do it in the woods where Gabe usually runs.” She promised. They sat down to eat breakfast ten minutes later with Max at the table as well. He had come into the kitchen after she was done cooking. It took them less
After that show, Cara turned back into her human form, then she wore her cloth, and then they went back to the house. “That was scary, but it was also really fascinating,” Alex said as they got to the house. Cara shrugged with a smile. “It’s nothing to be scared or skeptical about. We’re half humans after all.” She said. Nodding in agreement, Alex pushed the front door of the house open, her eyes immediately going to the wall clock that was against the wall out in the hall. She realized that they had been gone for an hour. That had gone by quickly. She was surely not even putting the time they spent there at heart, so she had been pulled into the world of the unknown, a world that was not known to her even a few days ago, even though she had briefly heard about it from her once drunk friend one night. She walked to the living room with Cara right behind her. She sat on the couch where her best friend had placed the clothes she brought in front of, and then she picked up one of the