Chapter 34: Chapter 34 - I made a blunder

"Is she really going to be like that?"...This is the third time when Ryan is asking me the same thing with the same hope ... {he is horrified to hear all those things from gramma. Truthfully, I can’t blame him. I am also embarrassed.}

"Well, now I understand why Mumma used to scold gramma when she said something that I could not understand at that time" I shook my head with a little smile, and Ryan groaned, "just try to ignore her."

"It’s hard, especially when my mate is in front of me and I can’t even take her in my arms", he mumbled grumpily, and I looked at him with wide eyes at his honesty. As soon as he realised what he had said, his eyes also got wide "Shit, sorry about that", he said and looked everywhere but me. "I am just not in my proper senses," he said, but I could see his ears turning a light shade of red... {Is he blushing?}

He coughed and tried to mask his flustered expressions. "So, what have you thought about your stay?" he asked me, trying to avoid awkwardness.

"I don’t think I have a choice, I can’t leave her, but I also understand that it will not be convenient for you and..." before I blabber thousand stupid reasons, he cut me off.

"It’s alright, you can stay here, there are many unoccupied rooms in my house, and I have already given you my word for Shira’s safety. I think it will be best for you two to stay here rather than anywhere else as you also need safety." he stopped for my reaction, and when I did not say anything, he continued while clearing his throat awkwardly... "Sorry about earlier stupid confession. I can’t say that confession was wrong, but you can take that as the king’s confessions rather than mine. I don’t know if you know it or not, but wolves are extremely possessive towards their mates. Well, king likes you, and he can’t help but think about you 24*7," he said, and suddenly again, his eyes got wide "No, no, not in that way. He doesn’t say something bad or in some unkind way." he stopped and cleared his throat awkwardly. "You know, right, that none of us can think about you in the immodest way" he was looking so nervous yet adorable, saying all this that I finally gave up my facade of stern look and cracked up laughing loudly.

"I can’t believe this," I said between laughs, "and then that stupid matt told me to act serious around you."

"Why did he say that? Why will you be serious with me?" I can feel his tone turning stony word by word.

"No need to be serious, Ryan. He was scolding me because he thought I was not respecting you. I have never been this frank with any ranked wolf in my whole life. So, he just thinks that if someday I did something stupid which made you angry with me, then it would be really hard for Layla and him to save me from you," I explained and looked at his now stern expressions.

"I can never hurt you. You know this... right?" The right that he added, in the end, is so soft that I would have missed it if I did not have my werewolf senses. I can’t help but smile at his softness... {How will I stop myself from falling for him?}

I masked my soft expressions with the stern ones and nodded at him. "I don’t think you can hurt any innocent" he took a deep breath and nodded.

"So, have you thought about your job till now?" he asked me, and I nodded without thinking.

"I will choose the one which will give me the maximum return," I said casually, and an amused expression crossed his face.

"I have not thought of you as a money-loving type," he said, and I rolled my eyes.

"Everybody loves money, and there is nothing wrong with it," I told him, and he smirked.

"I think you already know which job will pay you the most," he said, and I nodded.

"Yeah, so I have to assist you in everything," I said, and he nodded.

"Yup," he said and looked at me. "You do know that I am not going to go easy on you, don’t you?" he asked me with utter seriousness, and I nodded "good, there are a few things that you should know. First, I hate tardiness, so it doesn’t matter to me whether you get proper sleep or not, whether you ate your food or not, or whether you are tired or not. I don’t want you to be late" I nodded, and he continued, "Second, I want you to do your work with full seriousness. I knew that we have a good bonding between us, but if I feel that you are lacking anywhere, then I will not think twice before scolding you, piling you up with work, or worst... firing you" I gulped on this because along with every rule his tone is becoming more alpha king like and not Ryan like. "Third, don’t do something unprofessional". With it, he ended his ’threat cum rules’, and I nodded slowly... {Why am I suddenly feeling that Gamma Alexander was way more lenient than him and my warrior job is less threatening than this?}

"Well, that’s it. You will be assisting me in pack matters and our security company’s matters. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, you will assist me in the company, while on other days, we have to do pack work. No holiday on Sundays also, as you are my assistant and I have to work every day, but I will try to give you at least two days off in a month plus a little time on Sundays to meet dee" As soon as he added the last part I sighed in relief and nodded "and don’t take tension you are going to get paid very well" on this an instant smile came on my face.

"As long as I can pay for a good lifestyle for my gramma and dee, I don’t have any problem working my ass off", I added, which made him smile.

"I will tell my assistant to prepare a contract for you. When would you like to join?" he asked me.

"Don’t you think this is something that an employer decides?" I asked him playfully, and he shrugged his shoulders.

"You are sitting in my office, and let’s not forget that you are wearing my clothes. I selected you without an interview, and even after I am your alpha and boss, you are still pulling my leg. Do you think anything is happening here with protocol?" he asked me cockily, and I rolled my eyes at his cockiness.

"Alright, how about tomorrow? I have to shift mine and my gramma’s belongings to your house today" he nodded.

"And yes, let me clarify. You will be paying for your and your gramma’s stay and food. I am not doing charity here..." I rolled my eyes, but internally, I genuinely agree with him on this.

"Sure, well, do I need to pay for the security you are providing us?" I asked him playfully, and he shook his head.

"No... for that, you can pay me back by cooking food. No matter how much I like to cook, I didn’t get enough time for it... and though king liked to hunt and feast on raw meat, I actually like to eat something properly cooked," he added casually.

"And here I was thinking that you were an angel that god sent for us", I added sarcastically, and he chuckled.

"Well, nope. I don’t like angels, and there is no need to forget that I am ’the alpha king’. I have to take care of my people, and I can’t do that if I am doing charity for everyone. As you said earlier, who doesn’t like money" he said confidently, and I don’t know why but this made me both proud and sad... {I seriously need to check on my emotions.}

"Fine then, deal done. Now with your permission, dear alpha, I should go and get my belongings" I gave a mock bow to tease him.

"You do remember that you are wearing my clothes, right" when I heard his words, I groaned, and he started laughing.

"Don’t laugh, or you will be going to be the one who will pack all my stuff and take it here from that hostel where all the girls are dying to get a hold of you", I shouted and went towards the door, but then I remembered that my clothes are in his room, so I turned towards him "You are coming with me now," I told him bossily and walked towards his desk.

He frowned and looked at me in confusion "but where?" I directly walked towards his chair, grabbed his hand in mine, and tried to pull him with full force "get up you fat-ass", I shouted, and he chuckled at this.

"Have you ever heard the magical word ’please’? " he said with a mocking look on his face.

"Oh, come on, you are an alpha. It’s your duty to help the needy people of your pack" I am still trying to pull him from the chair... {I think his ass is glued.} I can see from his face that he is enjoying all this. I left his hand and glared at him while he was busy giving me a smug look. Suddenly an awesome plan came to mind. I walked towards the back of his chair and pushed his chair from behind... {I just love office chairs with wheels.}

"What are you doing, Aadhya?" he asked me in a bored tone.

"Well, in the beginning, I was trying to annoy you, but now I think I like it more than I would like to accept," I told him and pushed his chair out of the office.

"Well, I appreciate your game, little girl, but I don’t think there is any fun in this," he told me when I pushed the chair faster.

"So, you agree to come with me now," I asked him while continuing to push his chair... {weeeeeeee}

"Fine... now stop doing this," he said, and I stopped, but my stupid self forgot that I should not have left the hold on the chair. As soon as I realised that it was too late as his chair went directly towards the wall at full speed. He put both of his feet on the wall to stop himself from bumping, but that was actually very stupid of him because as soon as he tried to stop himself from bumping, his chair flipped, and he fell on the floor, and the chair flipped above him.

"Oh my god," I gasped in horror and ran towards him. "I am sorry, Ryan, I am really sorry... shit, I am so stupid, sorry Ryan, sorry", he shushed my ranting with a slight groan.

"If you can’t help me, at least stop your bullshit," he said, and I quickly removed the chair from him. I extended my hand towards him, and he gave me an are-you-serious look. "Do you seriously think you can pull me up?" he asked, and I smiled sheepishly. He stood up and glared at me. I looked everywhere but him while he continued his glaring for a few minutes.

"Well, now, what are you waiting for.... take me wherever you want to," he said, and I smiled at him cheekily. I took his hand in mine and ran towards his room, and this time thankfully, he followed me. As soon as we reached in front of his room, I stopped and turned toward him. "What?" he asked me, and I rolled my eyes.

"My clothes are in your bathroom, and I want them" he again gave me an are-you-serious look, and I blinked my eyes innocently at him.

"If you are joking, then please tell it. Otherwise, let me tell you that you are successful in annoying the hell out of me," he said harshly, and I bit my lip.

"Well, I don’t want to breach your privacy only because you have allowed me and my gramma to live in your house", I explained, and his expression changed from irritated to neutral.

"You do know that a few hours ago, you just dragged me to my room and demanded my clothes without thinking about my ’privacy’." he pointed, and I nodded.

"I was unable to think that time... sometimes my brain works a little weird," I told him, but he did not reply anything; instead, he went inside his room and took my bloodied clothes with him.

"Here, you can do laundry downstairs, and as I have already told Shira, there are vacant rooms downstairs. You can take anyone you like" I took my clothes from him and walked downstairs. I put my clothes in the washing machine and walked towards the kitchen.

Gramma is humming songs while cutting the veggies. "Can I borrow some clothes of yours, gramma?" I asked her, and she looked at me with distaste.

"I think there is something seriously wrong about you, missy. At this age, you should be buying and wearing some sexy outfits and not asking your grandmother for her clothes," she nearly shouted at me with the ladle still in her hand "now get out from here, or I will surely knock some brains in your stupid head", and that’s how I don’t have any option to wash and dry my clothes before doing other stuff.

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Did you ever feel so embarrassed that you just wanted the earth to open up and swallow you completely? Well, let me tell you, whenever you feel something like that, you should run to the washroom and lock yourself there until the embarrassment fades away a little. It has two perks. First, it gives you some much-needed alone time; second, the washroom is the best place to think.

So, that’s what I am doing right now. I am sitting in the washroom of ’knights’ and trying to think about something that will make my embarrassed self a little less embarrassed.

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