The Were CEO’s Secret

Twenty-three – Find Nathan.

(At Stephanie’s House)

The burnt aroma of the beans on the gas snapped Stephanie out of her thinking and she zoomed into the kitchen.

“Oh my God, I’m dead, I’m dead!” She moaned as she took the pot down from the gas. She heard pattering feet running to the kitchen.

“Oh, not again dear. What were you thinking of this time?” Her mother shoved her to the side and attended to her mess.

She, with slumped shoulder, returned back to the sitting room and plopped down on a chair. She heard her mother walk to the room and sat besides her.

“Are you worried about your boss? Is he the one you’re thinking of?”.

Stephanie scrunched her face. Could her mother just stop trying to create smoke out of no fire? She shook her head, strongly.

“I am not even thinking of him at the slightest but I am thinking of my life around these wolves fight. Trust me, they’d be frequent.”

“I know you don’t like it there. Since I knew many coworkers were wolves, I didn’t like it there too but at least your boss isn’t.”

Stephanie wasn’t so sure, she made a shrug. “I will keep the job but only for this month. I can’t be secretary and sacrificial pawn to Nathan.”

Her mother smiled at her decisiveness. With the good amount she was paid, and the yearning for a job she always wanted, if she left this job, then it was because she really had to.

“You wear the shoe, so you know where it hurts. And that $5000 that day did do lots of good.” Her mother shook her head which she had styled. Her daughter chuckled.

Mrs. Ernest continued, “Either ways, treat Nathan more like a boss than friend now. So he won’t be surprised by you leaving, okay?”.

Stephanie exhaled, rubbing her hair. “Yeah, sure, mom.” She was glad her mom was finally accepting Nathan as just a boss.

They both turned to see Lacy behind them, listening to their conversation.

“Oh, I didn’t hear much. Only $5000 and treat your boss more like a friend.” She raised her hands in surrender.

Stephanie stared at her with glazed eyes. “You came here to finally give back my phone you stole?”.

Her sister slapped the phone on her hand and smirked, “I’m only returning it because one ‘Assistant Ashley’ is calling and I don’t want you to lose your job.”

Mrs. Ernest laughed and carried her away. “No one wants you losing this sweet job, Stephanie.”

Stephanie waited till they were all out of ear shot before she answered the call. “Oh, hi, Ashley.”

“Hi. Okay, I know you called me yesterday that you’re fine and with the bid but what about our boss? Did you see him?”

Stephanie shifted uncomfortably on her chair. She hadn’t bother check back on him after Garcia nearly knocked her unconscious. And shouldn’t he be at the hospital? Hadn’t Garcia called for help?

“He should be at a hospital. I called yesterday and he… seemed okay?” She tried to remember what he sounded like. “Maybe a little shaken. He fainted too, for some reasons.”

Those reasons she may never know but she didn’t care. She wanted to leave their crazy world. She was just a human girl who needed a job.

“Oh, that. His drink was specifically drugged with something else. There was residue of the drug in his glass. That’s why he fainted. I think he’s really unstable now. I need help finding him.”

Stephanie saw herself jump to her feet. She looked around for her purse and grabbed it.

“Whoa. I didn’t know that. I called yesterday and he did sound off but I thought he’s safe.”

She grabbed her last piece of pizza and began biting on it, while pulling her socks up and pushing her legs to a shoe.

“I am really scared. Nathan has a skin allergy. He’s not to touch people or he’d convulse. He has drugs he use to combat it but I doubt he’s with any now. Please help us find him. You know this places than we wolves do. My pack and the company would owe you eternally. Be safe.” The line died.

Stephanie swallowed down as she brought down the phone from her ears. She had heard of the skin allergy but had also caught him making out with some lady. If he had a drug to cure that, he should keep it close at all time.

She tsked. If she helped them search for him. Then she’d be getting deeper into the family, pack and company than she wanted to.

If she stayed away, it’d be very wrong. And she’d never forgive herself if something happened to him. Especially if she somehow knew where he might be.

After alerting her mom on her departure, she sped out of the house towards one place she had sworn never to visit. The abandoned house Nathan had invited her for an interview the first time they met.

She thanked the taxi driver who drove her but he raised his brow when he saw where they stopped.

“No one lives there. The lady who owned that house died. Her son was never found.”

Stephanie’s hair stood. She forced a smile as she watched the man drive off. That was not the encouragement she needed to proceed to the door but she forced herself towards it. At worst, no one would be inside.

The damn door still creaked and it sent shivers down her spine. She flashed on her torch light as she remembered the house was a little dark.

A blue light zoomed past her. The torch light shook in her hands. “What’s that?” her eyes widened. “Um… Nathan? It’s Stephanie here.”

She pointed her light at where the blue light had zoomed into, a small room she hadn’t notice when she came there earlier. Another light zoomed behind her.

“Oh, okay. What am I dealing with here?” She muttered to herself, while reaching for her phone in her bag. She needed more light.

“Stephanie.”

She yelped and her phone fell, with it’s screen. She rushed and grabbed it and checked to see the phone screen cracked. She glared up at the man in front of her.

He was always a fan of dramatic entries. Standing besides the door with a threatening aura, looking down. Only she was glaring back at him angrily to think of what his aura was doing to her.

“You scared me and broke my phone.” She was disappointed on how small her voice came out. Perhaps the aura did do something to her.

He looked up and she noticed his eyes were bluish green. She remembered the first time she met him, they were deep blue.

While she worked at the office with him, they were more brownish yellow. Her mouth parted in shock of the changing eye color.

“You know I can easily buy you a phone.”

He didn’t sound like a scared man who was working under drug influence. He sounded like the same old Nathan she always wanted to punch.

“Your eyes, they changed color?” She made it sound weird.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“I wore contacts for the look. I’d take it off later.” He moved closer to her. “Are you okay? How did you get back the bid?”

“What do you think? While you werewolves fell unconscious, I, a human, lower than an omega, dared face the ferocious CEO wolf and ask for the bid.” She rolled her eyes.

Nathan observed her use of ‘lower than an omega’. She wouldn’t have used it if no one used it on her. Keon sighed. She was more precious than rubies to him.

“You could find me here? That’s impressive.”

Stephanie rolled her eyes again. “Well, since you’re okay…” She dialed up Ashley. “I better call Ashley so she won’t worry.”

Nathan wanted to run and stop her but Ashley answered immediately. He bit his lips, clenching his fists in annoyance.

Keon would just have to wait till his precious Stephanie knew their secret. Not like he was sure how’d she react.

“Sure. Would meet you there.” Stephanie hung up and faced him. “I figured you wouldn’t want Ashley knowing of your hideout so I told her to wait for us somewhere else. Let’s go.”

Nathan exhaled. It was a right move he hadn’t even thought of. If Ashley knew his connection with the house, she’d kill him herself.