My Cursed Mate

Vega wanted to embrace the woman but he held back that urge and just gave her a nod. He turned back and left the kitchen to take a bath and get changed. He wore a black polo with its first two buttons unbuttoned and his black dress pants. He left his hair in a messy manner before he went down.

He saw that the woman was no longer at the kitchen and even at the dining room. Following the scent of food, he found her outside. There was a small deck just outside the kitchen where a table was set up. It was facing a small garden full of red and white roses.

Vega took the empty seat that was facing Kazandra. He took the cup of coffee first and sipped a bit. A smile appeared on his face because it was exactly how he wanted his coffee.

“Keep on smiling and I’ll keep on falling for you.” Kazandra had her chin resting on the back of her right hand that was holding a fork. She was lucky to catch a glimpse of that smile first thing in the morning.

Vega hid his smile and placed back the cup of coffee. “Do you want me to take responsibility?” He picked up the fork and stabbed a piece of the waffle and slowly placed it in his mouth.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Kazandra’s eyes watched each of his movements, from the way he held the fork to the way he took that waffle until he put it in his mouth. Even the movement of his Adam’s apple did not escape her gaze.

She then met his gaze and grinned. “Yes, I’m waiting for you to man up and take responsibility for what you are doing right now.”

His deep laugh widened Kazandra’s smile even more. She was seeing more and more of his other side aside from the cold façade that he always wore at work. Even the room he was staying in was something she prepared in advance but she did not expect that the man would really agree to live with her.

He was not that conservative as she first thought and he was clearly responding to her advances which only mean that she has a chance. A wide smile appeared on her beautiful face which once again dazzled Vega. But that smile was fleeting as she suddenly came to a realization. Vega was a werewolf and every werewolf had their own mate. Her fists involuntarily clenched. He did not react to her at all. He may be responding to her flirting but it was different from a werewolf finding their mate.

The man in front of her noticed her sudden change of mood. “Is there something wrong?”

Kazandra snapped back to reality, “Oh it’s nothing,” she shook her head and started to eat again.

The smile on her face returned but Vega could tell that it was forced. It was clear that the woman was hiding something and her sudden change of mood made it even more suspicious. He never saw this during their first meetings. It only happened last night and now.

After their breakfast, Vega drove the both of them to the headquarters of Empire in Zaithan. Their team members were already there and were waiting for them. Their first agenda was to decide on a product that the Empire Hotel and Restaurant would launch in collaboration with Vignier. With Vignier’s connection, they had a wide variety of choices from food to drinks and a coffee line.

Based on their choices, Empire chose the coffee line as they could use it in their restaurants and in several of their coffee shops that they would soon open inside their hotels. After another hour of discussion, it was scheduled that they would visit the coffee plantation that was supplying Vignier.

Vega also took this chance to check on his company. He and Evos excused themselves for the rest of the day while his team was given their own office that they could use during the duration of their stay. Kazandra also left as she needed to attend to some matters concerning Vignier.

At Empire’s top floor, Vega was skimming through several documents while Evos was busy with taking notes of things that the CEO noticed. After going through several documents, Evos reported to him and showed him his schedule while they were in Zaithan.

“Have you approached Ravina?” Vega asked after they were done with what they were doing.

Evos froze at the mention of the woman. He sighed and let go of his persona as the man’s secretary. “Do you think it’s easy to do that? Ravina is human and it might complicate things between you and Kazandra.” He then showed Vega a silver necklace with a moon as its pendant. “I’m using this right now so that I can control myself.”

Vega looked at the necklace and shook his head. “I wonder if that necklace can stop you for the whole duration of our stay here in Zaithan.”

Evos shook his head. “I don’t know and honestly, my wolf is about to explode right now. So, I’ll excuse myself and leave you for a while.” He stood up and in the blink of an eye disappeared from the office.

Luckily, Zaithan has forests suitable for running. Evos went for a run to release his pent-up emotions and to calm his wolf. He was not able to sleep that night because he had been thinking of Ravina. The howl of his wolf still echoed inside his head.

He badly wanted to embrace the woman and make her his but he didn’t know if the woman could even accept him. It was much easier if his mate was a werewolf but she was human. It never came to mind that he would find his mate in Zaithan and she was even someone related to Kazandra. He let out a howl and ran again with those thoughts slipping away as he focused his senses on his surroundings.

Vega was happy for his friend but at the same time concerned. If not for his situation, Evos could have easily approached Ravina since Cerulean has no laws against taking in a human as a mate. And that necklace, Vega doubted that it could even last. The mate bond was too strong to be denied.

His own problem resurfaced at the thought of his friend. Kazandra’s advances were getting to him and he couldn’t hold himself from reciprocating. He rested his head on the chair’s headrest and turned around to stare outside of the floor to ceiling window.