Chapter3
In a big villa located in a restricted area in New York, Zack paced around the living room as he looked at his assistant in anger "What does my personal life have to do with work or a contract I want to sign?" He fired speaking to no one in particular.
"Sir the board said they give you until tomorrow to bring your mate before they consider you eligible for the contract," his assistant said
"Call Jannie and tell her I have a job for her," He said indifferently
"I have done that but she said she is currently not in the country"
"How dare she turn down my offer!" He said, scattering the paper on the table.
"But sir, I got a surrogate, she will do it because she owes me something. I chose her as the lead role, that would make her feel indebted" His assistant said with a broad smile on his face.
"And who is that person?" He said inquisitively. Deep down he hoped it wasn't the person he thought it was even when everything pointed to her.
"Miss Guan Fedrick, the first and legitimate daughter of the Fedricks," He said with a smile and a little irritation "Her father is an asshole, he treats another man's child like his own and leaves Guan behind" He added.
For a few moments, he felt pity for her, someone coming into the family and taking all that was rightfully hers sucks. "Then inform her first thing tomorrow morning and make due reservations'' He said
She is his mate after all, and even if he tries running away from her it still remains the truth. This time he was going to accept her, and make her so-called family know how much power she holds when she is by his side. He didn't know why he felt like doing this but it felt right to him.
"Make reservations in all the places she might need and arrange a room for someone," He said and walked away as his assistant smiled to himself.
"Is he getting soft?" His assistant asked no one in particular as he chuckled at his own question.
She came out of the bathroom and wore a blue Louis Vuitton Top and a pair of blue jeans. She didn't have plans for today, but she had made arrangements with her best friend to go on a picnic by the beach today, he was probably waiting for her.
Her phone suddenly rang and she picked it up without looking at the caller's ID. "I'm on my way downstairs right now, just exercise some patience," She said and ended the call.
She took her bag and walked out of the room "And where do you think you're going?" Tasha blurted out to her.
"Look, I don't have time for your drama right now," She said and hurried downstairs where she met her dad eating.
"Your sister asked a question, Guan, where are you going?" He said with a frown on his face.
She didn't want them to kill her enthusiasm or contaminate her joy so she ignored her dad and walked out of the house. She wasn't surprised that he supported Tasha, he had always done that ever since her mum died and she was so used to it.
He didn't bother investigating the Vampire coven that attacked the pack and killed her mum, he acted like nothing happened and remarried two months after. It was almost like he had never had a woman in his life before.
She opened the gate of the mansion and came out. Why wasn't she seeing Drake's car? The only car she was seeing was a limousine and no way was the car for Drake.
She picked up her phone to call him when she was interrupted by a male voice "Come in Miss Guan" A man said walking towards her as he led her to the car and opened the door for her.
"Who are you? Were you sent by Drake?" She asked with a smile. Realising that he shouldn't have gone this far for her, just to make sure the picnic was memorable
"Who the hell is Drake?" A male voice sounded beside her, and it took her some time to realise that, that voice belonged to someone who made her heart skip a beat and it was none other than Zack Josh.
She looked beside her and almost jumped in surprise. "Why am I here?" She asked, looking at him with a frown.
"I thought you said you told her?" He said looking at his assistant annoyingly.
"Well….it's a work in progress Boss," He said, and then averted his gaze to her who still sat there confused
"I would go straight to the point Miss Guan, Mr Zack pitched a contract application to a company and he is about to lose it to his rival strictly because he doesn't have a mate, so they have offered one more chance to pitch his offer again but this time his pass mark would be bringing his mate to a dinner party hosted by the company tonight and that's where you come in, we want you to act as his mate just for tonight," He said giving a pleading look
"And why do you think I would do that?" She said with a frown.
"Because this is not an impulsive job but an offer directly from me because you owe me. You wouldn't be in Light shade if I didn't talk about you to Mr Zack so does that convince you?" He said, knowing fully well that his words has gotten to her soft part.
"And you will be paid a million dollars for this" Zack finally said looking deep into her eyes making her look away to avoid blushing around him.
"I guess Miss Guan's silence means she agrees with the offer so you might start the car and drive," Zack said and looked out the window.
He didn't understand why he suddenly felt nervous around her. After all, she was his real mate, why does he have to make her act it?
He picked up his phone and sent a message to his right-hand man. "I want to know everything about the leader of the dackhood pack and his family's history and dirty business if there is any" He typed and dropped his phone.
If he was going to help her get what was rightfully her's he might as well need something to work with. Though he didn't understand why he was doing this, but he was determined to know who killed her mother and why her father suddenly turned his back on her.