The Were CEO’s Secret

Thirty-Seven – The bet is still on.

Stephanie was more than willing to protect Nathan’s secret now she knew they had a lot more in common.

They grew up the in the same orphanage. And the living conditions there weren’t the best.

With someone with his secret, it was no doubt he had the scar. He connected with the girl in her dreams more than ever and it was beginning to scare her and run her crazy at the same time.

But she closed her thoughts on it and focused on being herself, his friend and maybe delay her resignation till she felt uncomfortable again.

“Oh, my gosh! Hey, Ashley!” Stephanie ran to the arms of Ashley and they enveloped in a hug. She gazed at her. “You look stunning!”

It was not a lie. Ashley was dressed in a black rubber fight suit, hooked on her body at the right places. Her hair was tied in a bun, giving her an innocent sexy look, overall.

“Thank you!” She made a playful hair flip and they both laughed. “I came to check on you. How’s things going?”

Stephanie shrugged. “Fine. I’m a lot more busy but I like the feeling. I heard you’re happy too and I can’t ask for anything else for you.”This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

Ashley cheeks flushed, “Thanks, it means a lot.”

She searched Stephanie’s face to see if she find some uneasiness or fatigue and frustration but her face only had traces of tiredness that could be due to overthinking and working.

She had rushed to check on her after Garcia’s call. Nathan had told her, earlier, Stephanie was at the hospital cos Garcia drugged her coffee.

Ashley wasn’t totally surprised. She low-key blamed Nathan as when he was younger, he made Garcia believe he was into her and she developed crazy feelings.

But that had been his start to being a playboy.

And Garcia wasn’t taking “no” for an answer and if not Ashley had a mate she was dating, she’d have felt insecure with her as Nathan’s assistant.

“So, I’d go to my office and take out the last things there. I wonder what that place would be used for now.” She chuckled. “Bye then.”

“Sure, bye.” Stephanie gave her a parting hug before Ashley left her office.

Ashley checked her phone that had beeped twice. She got a message from her mate, asking if he could come pick her up. She smiled. She had just left him now.

The second message made her halt her steps and she rolled her eyes. It was a picture.

She dialed the ID. “Jacob or Jasper, who’s this? Don’t send me those nasty pics or I’d break your bones.” The J-twins were always on her nerves.

The boys snickered. “We’re all the way in Miami. How’d you break our bones? We just wanted to bless your single heart with pics of hot men!” They began laughing.

Ashley clenched her fists. “I’d get you guys. My mate is hot. And I prefer gentlemen to a bad boys!”

She exhaled. She unlocked her door and began packing some files into a box. She used an earphone to continue the call.

“Your birthday would be over soon, be back to the pack. Matter are rising.” She used a serious tone.

“Whoa! What’s wrong? Someone got into the Alpha’s red list?” It was Jacob.

“Maybe not yet. But she accepted me into the warrior workforce, I think she needs all hands on deck. Both for the pack and the Mafia.”

“We’d be back soon.” Jacob replied. “How’s Nathan doing with his pretty secretary anyway?”

Ashley raises her brow. She filled up the box and took another. “Why do you care? How’d you know he had… wait, that dare is still on?”

Jasper answered. “Uh-huh. Tell me he failed please and he couldn’t get the girl. We kinda overspent here. I don’t have cash to pay him.”

Ashley slammed her hands. So Nathan had only kept Stephanie close for a dare? She had totally forgotten about it. Guilt flowed in her blood.

“Call that shit off! I know her and she doesn’t deserve to get played like that!” She fumed.

“Whoa. Easy, warrior! Nathan is the player here not us. And he agreed, he also did the dare cos he actually lik…”

Ashley cut the call before they finished. Nathan had been playing Stephanie all the while?

And in a way, she had helped him by speaking on his behalf and making her involved on his life. She assumed he was genuinely attracted to her.

She didn’t answer when J-twins tried to call her back and dialed for Nathan’s number instead. She filled up the two boxes and carried them out.

“Yes, Nathan. By any chance, is that dare between you, Stephanie and J-twins still on?”

Nathan was at a bread market when he got the call. “Good bread! Why do you ask!”

Ashley sighed. “Don’t play with me! Is it still on? How can you be going ahead with it? She’s your friend! What kind of person are you!”

“Okay, okay, chill. It’s not what you think. I am going ahead with but not actually going ahead with it. I have a plan.”

“Your last plan that involved someone’s feelings failed, remember? I don’t care what you’re doing. Stop doing this to Stephanie.”

Nathan thought hard on what plan of his involved someone feeling and failed. He remembered the secretary of Johnson and sighed.

“Stephanie isn’t that lady. I… I am seriously not going on with the dare to hurt her feelings. Just trust me. Don’t tell J-twins this, okay?”

“I made myself clear. If you hurt Stephanie, I would never be happy with you. Take your play boy shit away from her.” She hung up.

Nathan looked at his phone. Keon began laughing and he wished he could physically slap the fox. “What’s funny about this now?”

“The fact that you’re even a bit scared of what she’d do to you. I felt the fear, you know.” He said.

“Yeah, I’m scared. She’s a warrior wolf. Also, I deserve whatever she’d do. She’s assuming I’m hurting her innocent friend.” Nathan picked a bread and went towards the milk rack.

He was shopping in a mini store, trying to buy the favorite things of his sister. It was a way to make her feel better.

He felt matters really arising with the growing tension of Pure Silver Pack and Sparks Moon Pack. He knew it’d grow to battle soon.

“Let me teach you, now you aren’t busy being a human CEO, about the strengths and weakness of a werefox. Can fight a warrior wolf. Can’t fight an Alpha wolf.”

Nathan rolled his eyes. Of course, he couldn’t fight an Alpha wolf, but could only fight the henchmen.

“Don’t teach me. I am never releasing you to fight anyone so don’t bother. It’s easier to hide my scent in human form than in fox form. We’d be discovered immediately.”

“And that’s what has been holding you from your full potential. Fear. You aren’t angry at the fact you’re the only specie alive.” Keon sighed.

Nathan laughed. “What do you mean? To avenge my dead relatives? They caused their death. I’m alive and I wanna stay alive.”

Keon stayed mute.

“What? You are tired of arguing or you get me?” Nathan asked.

“Shut up. Someone is following you!”

Nathan paused his steps. How long has this person been following? Had he been hearing him speak a loud?

“He didn’t hear you. You weren’t that loud. But… chase him, he’s running.”

Nathan speed-ran back and halted in front of a man figure. The man threw a knife at him and jumped over a gate.

Nathan caught the knife in smoothly, in his hands, and jumped with him, grabbing him in time and almost hitting him with his knife.

“Wait, please!” The man yelled. The knife was close to his eyes and Nathan backed away, taking in the man appearance.

He observed the man dressed in black with a tuxedo jacket, his face covered and he had another knife in his shoe. “And who are you?”