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Garrett.
Garrett had strolled into the office with Harmony right there next to him wearing that new coat,
he’d reached out and removed the tag from it while in the car, and as they’d gotten out, he’d
handed her the other bag and leaned over to her ear “This one is yours too.” he’d murmured” Just to help try and cheer you up. I like it when my secretary is happy.” He’d stated simply.
She huffed at him “I can buy my own things.”
“I’m sure you can, but payday isn’t until tomorrow, and being you’ve only worked here for two days, I think your pay will be small.”
“I’ll pay you back for them.” She’d told him, and he’d nodded at her, she was independent.
“Okay, I’ll draw up the p*****t schedule if you like.” he’d chuckled softly “Say over, oh, ten years. So you’ll have to agree to work for me for that long.” He winked at her as they’d walked into the building, and she’d shaken her head at him a little.
He’d returned to his office and watched her sit at her desk; he’d wanted to take her out for lunch as well, but after that incident with Chloe there was, he thought, no hope of getting her to agree to sit in a nice restaurant with him. Not when it was a possibility that Damien and all
his friends could see her there.
He sat at his desk and checked on the stock market and the continued trolling of Damien Blackwell’s name, and to see just what kind of damage was being done out there. Blackwell Industries share price had fallen, with the news of the heir to the company’s blatant public display of s****I behaviour, in a nightclub that saw him cheating on his long–time girlfriend. It
was still losing its value, he saw.
Damien, the future of that company, was now seen to be as irresponsible and unfaithful. Disloyal and untrustworthy were the words that were being used in the business world. And those two things you did not want attached to any of your company’s CEO’s or higher–ups, let
alone the future of the company.
Investors would see it as Damien wasn’t going to be a good leader, that they wouldn’t be able to trust him to make an honest deal with them and their company. Some would see it as he would make a deal, and back out of it if he felt like it, uncaring of what the other party’s
investment was.
He could see that Gregory Blackwell was due to hold a press conference that afternoon. That
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man was on damage control and Garrett knew it. His son’s actions were affecting the
shareholders‘ and investors‘ opinions. That company was run much like his own was.
With a family vibe, passed down from one generation to the next, Damien had gone off to university and studied the right degrees, and was, from all accounts, intelligent and a good businessman, who had learned the ropes well, was expected to be a good CEO when the reins
were handed over to him in a few years‘ time.
He was currently a Junior Vice President of the company, and had worked in many departments, done the hard yards to earn his place over the years. But it was now his playboy reputation that was now hindering everything. For the past three years he’d been seen to be well settled with a steady girlfriend, and the company’s shareholders and board members were likely expecting Damien to get married and become a family man in keeping with the
company’s image.
He’d had everything he wanted, until that night he just couldn’t seem to keep it in his pants. His true nature was now being shown to their company’s board of directors and shareholders,. and all their investors now wanted answers. He was curious as to how Gregory was going to
handle it.
He would sit and watch that press conference, considering there was more to come on Boxing Day. Damien should never have made Harmony cry. Come Boxing Day, Gregory Blackwell and his shareholders, investors and potential investors, those that were now trying to broker business deals with Blackwell Industries, were going to see just how vindictive and cruel Damien Blackwell truly was and those other companies and businesses were going to be backing out. Could well see his banks calling for loan repayments before the company takes a
further dive in the stock market.
Whatever spin he was going to put on the events released today, were not going to help, because the next reveal was all about the terrible, mean, nasty and very hurtful references he’d given. Showing just how very unprofessional Damien could be.
Which would imply if a company left the Blackwell Industry for whatever reason. Damien would be bad–mouthing them and trying to do everything to ruin their reputation, and destroy them just like he was trying to do to Harmony.
That boy was in for a world of pain. He could well see him and his family lose everything and all within a short few months as well. He hoped the boy had some gumption, and could stand up to the same sort of attack on himself that he was trying to do to Harmony. Garrett wondered if he would cry and beg his father to fix it.
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He’d headed off to the cafeteria for lunch, as had his unit and everyone up here on the 12th
floor. They all generally ate together, it was a wolfen social thing, and the humans also.
seemed to like it. He saw Harmony sit and stare aimlessly out the window after getting coffee,
and he sighed internally, she’d gone back to being quiet.
‘Ryan.‘ He mind–linked to his Gamma ‘Harmony?‘ he questioned.
It took a full minute for Ryan to get back to him ‘Hmm, a little odd, she’s actually not feeling
very well, has a headache and is tired.‘ Ryan told him.
She was stressed, he thought, about the day’s events. He’d tried to lighten her mood a little,
but that had been a bust because of Chloe Silverton turning up and harassing her.
Though he watched her smile as other secretaries sat down at her table and struck up conversations with her, and each other, and he watched her mood pick up a little, as she
joined in the conversation herself.
‘Relief.’ Ryan commented a moment later down the mind–link ‘that no one here is treating her any differently. I think she thought that they would be.‘
He nodded it was good, and leaned back in his chair as his phone alerted him to a new thread from the netizens out there. There was footage of Chloe having a go at Harmony. It showed Harmony trying to walk away, not wanting to get into it with the girl, and Chloe trying to make her. Showed him even getting involved, and Harmony trying to stop him, telling him to just let it go, they could leave.
He smiled as he watched it and read the threads about Harmony having more class and not starting anything. Trying to walk away and how Chloe was seen to be spiteful. They all thought she was still jealous of Harmony, and well, why wouldn’t a mistress be?
Chloe was now seen as vindictive and out there waving Damien’s credit card in Harmony’s face, she’d copped the title of ‘an unclassy gold–digging mistress, he liked that, hadn’t even
had to set it up himself.
No, the other customers in the store had filmed it all, and released it themselves; it amused him, all the comments about how there was no need for it, that Chloe had gotten the man, so why was she such a b***h? It hadn’t gone un–noticed that Harmony hadn’t said a single nasty
word.
His eyes moved to Harmony as she stood up, and her hand suddenly clutched at the table in front of her, to steady herself. He watched her sway on her feet, and stood up himself instinctively, as he saw two she–wolves at the table grab onto her as well “Harm?” one of them
asked.
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“I’m alright.” She nodded “I haven’t had anything to eat or drink since breakfast, other than this cup of coffee, dizzy.” She smiled at them a little.
He sighed as one of the girls got up, and she was pulled gently back down into her seat, and
food and a bottle of water was placed in front of her a moment later. “You should eat.” She
was told.
He sat himself back down a little unhappy about her not feeling well, and now this, she hadn’t
eaten anything at all, she was stressed, and it was affecting her health, it seemed. His eyes
moved to his unit to find them all staring at him, with more than a little curiosity on their faces
now.
Wyatt connected to all of them ‘Garrett are you sure you don’t…you know scent Harmony?‘
‘I don’t scent her, I’ve told you all this before. Why are you looking at me like that?‘ he
questioned right back, wondering just how many times he had to say it.
‘Well, boss‘ Dallas commented ‘You kind of just reacted like a Mate would.’
‘What?‘ Garrett frowned as he looked at all of them in turn, ‘I don’t scent her, she’s not my
Mate, if I did, do you think Damien’s head would still be attached to his body right now?‘ he
stated firmly and dissolved the mind–link to them all, as they all slowly nodded.
He did have a temper, and no Alpha would let another treat their Mate or future Mate if she
was human, as Harmony was by that boy. No, the boy would simply just disappear, because
he was human and of no consequence to their world. Harming a Luna, his Luna when he
found her, that was no–no, he’d never let it happen.
Garrett returned to his office, with a shake of his head. He’d never actually laid eyes on Harmony before that night at the Tripple Moon Club. His eyes moved to her as she sank down
at her desk, and a part of him wondered if it was possible. It wasn’t the first time he’d shown concern for the human woman. A part of him really did want to protect the woman, and he’d not liked thinking she was feeling unwell.
He shook it off. Huntley hadn’t scented the woman out, so it was not that, he returned his
attention to his work, but got up and closed the door to his office after 20 minutes, and his
eyes had wandered to her half a dozen times. His bloody unit was in his head, putting ideas in
there.
