Filed To Story: Fated is Overrated Novel Free by Brenda Minnaard
We have even taken up a hobby together which you wouldn’t believe for a werewolf (although we are also just like other people). Motocross. I would say I love the feeling of flying through the sky on my bike, but that would just be stupid as I have a dragon that can fly, and way faster too. But the kick of doing it on a dirt bike and racing against one another is something else. And besides, I don’t get to let Justice out unfortunately, as she stands out quite a lot, and we would blow our cover quickly. I haven’t told Nick about Justice. Like I said, I really just want to live my life in peace, and it’s hard for me to fully trust anyone ever again. As a result, I have also not been too intimate with any man yet. I say not too intimate as Nick and I have had a few moments together. Ok, more than a few by now. I am only human! We haven’t gone all the way because of my trust issues, and I don’t want to get my heart broken yet again. I wouldn’t ever recover if it did. He has a second chance mate out there (as do I have a dragon one perhaps, but I don’t want any part of it), and it can only end in heartbreak for me if I get feelings now. He always keeps claiming he would reject his second chance for me, but I doubt he would and, frankly, I don’t even want him to – he deserves to be happy. He is a good guy. He hasn’t been feeling well at all lately, even though he tries to hide it from me. Werewolves don’t normally get sick and the sh*tty part is that, since we are rogues, we can’t exactly go to a pack doctor. And a human doctor can’t exactly help us.
Anyway, other than that, I have been avoiding men like the plague. Not by their lack of trying though. It’s almost like the more you pull away, the more they push forward. I’m pretty sure (well actually, 100% sure) my boss has a thing for me too, but I don’t want any of that. If I ever have needs to fill and Nick would be with his mate, I will grab a stranger from a club I guess, to avoid feelings or strained situations on the job. My boss always puts me on assignments with him, despite having several teams that always rotate members for each assignment. He also had us working late frequently, always just the 2 of us, much to Nick’s annoyance. Although I have made it clear to Nick that we aren’t a couple, I think he still holds out hope. That’ll change once he meets his second chance mate though. I’ll be long forgotten again, so it’s just best not to not get too attached to him. Eventually, everybody always leaves. Or at least with me, they do. I guess I am unworthy of love. And here I am, the great fool who still cares about others despite no one genuinely caring for me. Anyhow, enough with the pity party, I am running late for work. It’s Friday and so, naturally, I am excited! It is almost the weekend, and almost motocross time!
I am dressed in black dress pants, a bright yellow blouse and a form-fitting black blazer. My favorite color combination is yellow and black. I always dress professionally for work, but with a twist of my personality in it, as I don’t like boring clothes. I even have some sexy clothes nowadays, if you would believe that! I have gotten more comfortable with my curves, in the human world I don’t stand out as much. My hair is pulled up in a bun and I saunter into the office in my yellow pumps. I was very grateful my boss gave me this job, despite not having any experience. I’m sure it worked to my benefit that he has a bit of a thing for me, but I have always been very clear I am not interested in anything else. I even said Nick was my boyfriend to throw him off, but I think he’s still holding out hope. He always asks how Nick is doing. I put my stuff down on my desk and head over to the morning meeting we have every day, to discuss the planning of the day. My boss informed me in advance that we were having some filthy rich prospective clients over today, and that I would be required to attend the meeting.
Lola POV
“Morning everyone” my boss, Keanu, greets everyone. “Morning” we all chorus back. Keanu begins to assign teams and, of course, I am with him today. “Vanessa and Ricardo, you and I will be having a meeting with a very big prospective client, it’s important we reel them in as they have a great number of wealthy businesses. This could by far be the biggest client we have ever had if we pull it off. We will go over the details after this meeting” he states, before dividing up the other clients. Oh yeah, I go by the name Vanessa now. I didn’t want to risk anyone finding me, so of course, I couldn’t use my real name. We mostly have small, yet rich, customers, so having a possibly big client is exciting, and I am looking forward to the meeting. Unfortunately, my boss usually uses me as an observer (and although he will never admit to it – as a distraction for the male participants) for such meetings. The amount of clients that have said indecent things to me is ridiculous. And, totally against my nature, I have to play nice and mostly just smile in response. Although I don’t need my job financially anymore, I like my job and the knowledge I am obtaining here. My bank is fully loaded though, I wouldn’t have to work for the money. I pitched in just in time for the Gamestop short squeeze, where a group of common investors rigged the system together, and gave a big fat f*ck you to the banks and large corporations. I made a huge profit off of it. “Dumb money” they call it, but I don’t mind being called dumb all day every day, if it provides me with the bank account I have now.
I have also – for as far as possible in the human world – been trying to educate myself on white wolves, dragons and hybrids in general. But 99% was obvious gibberish, and the remaining 1% skiddish to say the least. So, I haven’t really gotten far. Any real answers would have to be found in the royal (Lycan and dragon) Kingdoms probably, but neither of them is a viable option of course. Although I haven’t told Nick I am a dragon-wolf hybrid yet, I think he can smell I have a different smell to me than normal wolves. He has never pried though, being the gentle guy he is. I planned on biting the bullet on these trust issues I have going on and telling him one day, but with each passing day it gets harder and harder to drop the “hey guess what? I’m a dragon!” bomb. Honestly, I’ve been terrified that he will abandon me like everyone else always has. Because, once again, I am the weird one out. I like to lie to myself and say I don’t need to rely on anyone and all, but deep down I know it’s not true. Everybody needs somebody in their life at least. Each time I get betrayed, I tell myself it’s the last time I have trusted someone, and yet I can’t help but do it again. I have my girls, but that’s different as they are stuck with me regardless.
As the planning meeting – to which I had zoned out completely – comes to a close, my boss tells me we have 1 hour before our meeting with the new prospective client and hands Ricardo and me manilla folders. In them there will be some public information on the client’s businesses, for us to prepare ourselves. I head back to my office and put in my air pods to listen to some music whilst I work through the file. Green day – holiday is the first on the playlist and I happily start my work. Music always has a way of enhancing my mood. It either makes me happy or riles me up, depending on the song. As I go through the very thick folder I soon realize I’ll have to skip through, if I am going to make it within the hour. The man (or woman) does have a lot of businesses indeed. This would be a great income stream if we could reel this one in. As the list of businesses and industries goes on and on, I have already decided my first question is going to be how they ensure they are in control of all of them. If they have auditors already and if the recommendations from prior years have been followed. My second will then be if all the businesses or even industries have their own KPI’s to meet and how they are being planned and monitored right now. As I plow through the folder and write down all my attention points and questions I have for the client, my music shifts to Linkin Park – somewhere I belong. This song always makes me halt my tracks in whatever I am doing, as the lyrics hit home a little too hard for me.
“I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real
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