Chapter 28

Callahan

1 had been seated in my office, papers, and files strewn all around the table and a few lying on the floor as well.

I had decided to drown myself in work just like I would work before. The innocent looking girl in my house was not going to

turn me soft.

I was spending some time thinking about her, fantasizing about her and thankfully, I realized it soon enough.

The ball could happen and she could even find a mate for all I cared, she was not going to matter to me.

“But then why are you avoiding her if she doesn’t mean anything to you?” least, my Lycan, asked in my head.

I mentally rolled my eyes at him and replied. “Because I am working. And it needs concentration.”

He chuckled, “At least you agreed that she distracts you.”

I did not wish to argue with Beast so I didn’t bother replying and instead focussed on the file in front of me.

I thought of having a meeting with all the alphas again and enforcing a few new rules since everybody would be around.

But it looked like nobody wanted to let me work in peace. The door of my office flew open and Drusilla was standing with her hands on her hips, glaring at me.

“How rude of the host to not attend the event!!” she huffed and came forward.

I flipped a page of the file without looking up at her. “I am not the host and it is not my event. Close the door on your way

out.”

That only angered her more as she flared her nostrils and came up to me and plucked the file out of my hands.

“Get up, now!!”

I let out a sigh. “Dru, I am working-”

She shook her head, “You work 24 by 7. Now, I want you to get up and come with me outside right now. Everybody is asking for you.”

them. If they find their mates, nobody would bother about me either way.”

and was pulling me out of the chair,

up from the chair as she put

“Out, keep walking”

minion orders the Lycan King around, who will even fear me? My reputation

stake.”

“Then how about you walk out nicely with me? You made poor Zenovia slog so much and I dolled her up but you are not even

my chest. I played with my cuffs and asked,

want her to help you or not as your anchor? Why will she even agree if you are

washed my face and stepped outside

to be nice and polite. My eyes subconsciously scanned the crowd for Zenivia but she was nowhere

earlier resolve and decided to focus on the people

few minutes of chitchat, Cynthia came forward and asked me for a dance. I wanted to deny her,

floor, and I let her. She began dancing closely, and I tried to feel something for

was beautiful; she had a nice figure and her eyes were begging me to touch her. I tried to focus on her, to not think about the girl with

While I danced with Cynthia or tried to, my brain reminded me of the little happy dance Zenovia

more sexier and cuter than all these girls wearing fashionable clothes and despite

Chapter 28

look dapper today, my King” Cynthia complimented me and I only gave her a small smile.

“So do you

brightened at that and she kept dancing slowly but I could not keep up with the charade

the sound of a crash and

and was immediately going to spring into action but then my gaze slowly traveled to the source of noise and I saw Zenovia standing alone by a table.

I sucked in a

only focus on her beauty. Zenovia looked absolutely ethereal in the dress. that clung to her curves, giving me a delicious view of her

fell in waves upon her shoulders and the off shoulder dress gave

immediately began to wonder how soft her skin must be

too tantalizing and all my earlier self resolve crumbled when I

letting her. Cynthia saw me being distracted and tried to

we continue dancing?”

could not. Not anymore.

like, “I have to go” and walked away from the dance floor. My feet automatically turned in Zenovia’s direction and I

asked and she fumbled with her dress, trying to tug at it and pull it down and cover the slit on

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