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Chapter 18

Cristián was frowning. His partner had become upset and he had noticed it. Her pulse was now more agitated and her breathing irregular. He finally released her when she looked at him defiantly and lightly dug her nails into his fingers.

He watched her approach the unerring table and growled when the other man refused to move. It took effect by immediately putting distance.

Alisha typed on the computer and let out a click as she found what she suspected.

-Christian, I need your mobile phone, I lost mine when that happened,” she grimaced as she remembered the incident of the attempt on her life.

She dialed a few numbers and cancelled accounts back and forth as she continued typing on her computer. The wolf was impressed with the ease with which she did both tasks as if it were child’s play. Although it wasn’t, her tense shoulders betrayed the stress of the situation.

-Something is wrong, President,” the man asked from a safe distance. The bodyguard seemed to claim all her space.

Someone has taken a considerable sum from one of the company’s accounts and deposited it in another. I’ve just contacted someone to trace it. I need to reconfigure the system and talk to the personnel manager. I just moved all the resources to an integrated account I created.

Marcus stared at her for a moment until he reacted.

-Oscar is not here. He has a sick daughter.

Alisha looked away from the screen and raised an eyebrow.

-Then contact him. I need to meet him tomorrow, I know his situation is delicate, tell him that the hospital charges are on me, there are problems and they need to be solved.

-Yes- -And he walked out the door as if his life depended on it.

-Cristián moved to her side, touched her shoulders and began to massage them gently, trying to remove the knots that had formed, confirming that she didn’t reject him.

-I think so. I just found out that my right hand. The only person I trusted has taken millions out of the account without authorisation, everything indicates that he had me killed, I don’t know what I am right now, I have a wolf who does what he wants, when he wants with me. I could be better…

-She was on the verge of collapse, she had enough of her existence to discover that she was being betrayed. Her wolf was also upset. Ania, if he found her he’d rip her throat out.

-Go to the editorial office. I need to leave some directions- Her voice was a whisper for the moment. He hadn’t realised he’d stopped everything and closed his eyes. The warm hands on his neck were doing their job well, and even though he had been avoiding his self-proclaimed partner, he was grateful that he was by her side at that moment without questioning her – and stop for a moment, I can’t concentrate-.

The shifter stopped and pulled his hands away slowly, he had noticed her change and that he had managed to relax her a little.

Cristián came out behind her. They entered the elevator and she leaned against the wall touching her temples. He tapped her fingers, which were replaced with his own.

-You’re going to be touching me all the time, you’re taking advantage of the fact that my defences are down,” although his words were aggressive, his tone was the opposite.

-As many times as it takes. Leave this to me. My mother was easily stressed and I helped her to calm down – after two days without seeing her. Just touching her had him in glory, he wouldn’t complain that she was like that all the time.

At that moment Alisha realised that she didn’t know anything about Cristian.

After a few seconds she put her hands on his cheeks and raised her face towards him.

-Better,” she struggled to focus on him. She knew the effect of her massages and their results.

-His voice sounded mushy, as if he had just woken from a soothing dream. He stepped back to give her space, not wanting to ruin what he had achieved.

When she suddenly fell to her knees. Christian was at her side in a second and he was stunned.

Her nails and eyes were changing. And from being calm she went to a state of impatience where all her muscles tensed.

The wolf stopped the elevator. He couldn’t let anyone see her like that, especially not in that place.

He grabbed her shoulders and pulled her up against one of the walls and held her weight with his own. He did the only thing he could do at that moment. He bit her.