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Garrett
He didn’t like how she was thinking about herself, and didn’t want her to continue thinking like that, but he honestly didn’t know what to do about it, other than tell her she wasn’t.
In his world, things were very different. A wolf couldn’t do what they had done or wanted to do, once marked and mated. Cheating would be felt by the other party, so a mistress just wasn’t a thing that could be had without a Mate knowing about it, and none would ever agree to it.
Those that were looking to take a chosen mate did not mess around on their intended either. Nothing really escaped wolfen senses. One could generally smell if their boyfriend or girlfriend, who was not their Goddess–Gifted had been with another.
One could also assess them and tell if a lie was being told, if they suspected but had no proof, and just asked them out right, would see it all come to light for most wolves. Humans were very different and couldn’t do those things. Seemed to just make everything very difficult and
complicated.
Couldn’t it seem to fall in love and stay in love either, fell out of love for who knew what reason, and left the one they married. They could have children with their loved one, but then still leave them and move on to another after a time. It was all very confusing to wolves who didn’t live like that. Humans were fickle creatures when it came to love.
He thought they should be more like wolves, find a soul mate and be united always, happy with each other, but it seemed their lives were more complicated than otherworldly creatures were. Their eyes wandered to others at times.
“Come on, let’s get food into you, throwing up your lunch is not good for your bub,” he smiled at her and stood up, held his hand out to her without much thought, and she took it to stand
up, but let go once she was up.
“I’m not really hungry, Garrett.”
“Mm, I get that, but you need sustenance, and so does your little one.” he stated as he headed for the door, then he stopped walking and turned to look at her “Let’s keep that under wraps for now, your little one.”
“It’s too early to tell anyone, anyway.” she nodded, “and whom am I going to tell?” She shrugged. “My social circle was his circle. So that’s no more.”
Garrett stared right at her for a moment, only now just realising she was actually all alone in
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her life. She wasn’t about to hang out with Damien’s friends. Not when he was as certain as
she was, that they had all known about Chloe as well.
He sighed as he nodded. “You’ll make new friends here in my company. We’re all pretty friendly. I see you have lunch with the other secretaries and get along with them pretty well.”
She nodded “I like most people, take them at face value, unless they show they are untrustworthy or mean and cruel.” She sighed, and he just knew she was talking about the Blackwell’s. Who he was willing to bet, had treated her wonderfully, full of acceptance, in order to get her to think that they were in fact a loving family environment. Likely something she craved being that she had no one at all.
They did that in order to keep her happy and willing to be with their son, to help her fall in love with Damien. Having willing and accepting, loving in–laws would also help with this, because it wouldn’t cause her to worry about the social status difference, and how it would be once she
was married to Damien.
They had done this to her, and for years, just to get what they wanted from her. It was all now she knew, just a game of deception and lies, on their part, and their plans for her; were horrid. To have her live a life of pretend, to show the world she loved her husband, and he loved her, when in reality he always wanted someone else, how could anyone be expected to live that
way?
He smiled, “Well my dear Harmony, you’ve got me now, Wyatt, Ryan, her and Dallas, we’re more than happy to be your friends, and I’m certain they can introduce you to their wives. They’re all married. Likely to be having babies soon as well.”
“Knock that off Garrett, you gotta have a baby before we all do…” then Ryan snorted and shook
his head.
“Yes, that is what you all keep telling me.” He laughed and then opened the door to usher Harmony out, he steered her down to the cafeteria. It was very quiet down here, and he looked about and wondered where everyone was. The office was not normally this empty, and it was empty, he realised as he pulled on his pack tether.
“Gone home Garrett.” Wyatt commented as he caught up with him, standing in the doorway to the cafeteria, Harmony had continued on in to get something to eat. “It’s Christmas Eve and everyone knocks off at or after lunch today.”
“Oh, I kind of forgot about that for the moment, with all that happened today.” And he had, had other things going on in his world to be concerned about. He sighed a little as he realised that
tomorrow was Christmas Day.
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His eyes moved towards Harmony on the other side of the room as she got food and sank down by a window to eat. Realising it was likely that up until two and half weeks ago, her plans would have likely been that she would spend the day with Damien and the Blackwell’s,
out at their estate for Christmas Day.
It was very likely that she was to get engaged on that very day as well, and she knew it too. Had now seen that ring in the paper, her life was now very different, and he wondered how far
ahead she had planned.
Christmas and likely New Years would have been spent with her boyfriend and his family. She would have attended the Blackwell New Years Event with Damien, as his fiancée he was betting. Things she likely suspected too. Now she had no one and no plans.
She was going to be at home in her apartment all alone, and he didn’t know if he could or should just invite her into the pack for Christmas celebrations. Didn’t even know if she would accept his invitation to join him. She might see it as intruding on his family. She’d only known him just four days in reality.
It was also likely that there would be wolves wanting to be out if wolfen form to play with their pups tomorrow. Christmas kind of got very lively inside the pack. “Who’s actually still here?”
he asked Wyatt.
He saw that man’s head tilt and knew he was actively sensing out all the wolves in the building. “Not many, just those down in the hospital ward, and us.” He answered.
“Go on home, take Ryan and Dallas with you, be with your families. I’ll come later.”
Wyatt nodded “Alright, though… I don’t know if it’s safe for Harmony to stay at her place. Probably best not to, the press could still be there, though if Gregory set that up he could have
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recalled them now. But considering the day and what went on, what Gregory just heard about…
he sighed and looked at Harmony, kept his voice for Garrett’s ears only “you and Harmony.”
“I understand.” He nodded and connected himself via the mind–link to his Beta so they could talk without being overheard by Harmony ‘That is something I have to find the time to talk to
her about,
‘Best you do it sooner, rather than later.‘ Wyatt commented ‘If she finds out from someone else, and that you know that baby she is carrying is also yours…she might see you as just like
them.’
He nodded, ‘I’ll likely see if she’ll come to the pack, stay there with us, but I’ll have to broach the pack about it, being tomorrow is Christmas.‘ He felt for his mother and father, they were no longer here either, had already returned to the pack like everyone else. ‘Can you talk to father
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about it. See what they want, he can connect with everyone, just tell him she’s got no one to be
with her tomorrow.”
‘He’s not so dumb, Garrett. Wyatt murmured.
‘I understand that, it’s likely he’s already picked it up from my reaction to the Blackwell’s, just not getting involved, he won’t. Would have known I was away for the full moon, and would not have scented her out. But will also now be looking to seeing as there is a pup involved. And he
did believe his father knew what was going on.
He watched Wyatt nod ‘I hope he keeps it from your mother, she’ll be pushing for you and Harmony to be together and that could seem no different to the Blackwell’s to her right this
minute.‘ then he turned and headed off.
Which just left him and Harmony up here on the 12th floor. She was sitting with a glass of apple juice in front of her and a fruit salad. He got himself a sandwich and sank down at the
table next to her to eat. He wasn’t overly hungry, but wolves could eat all the time.
She half smiled at him “Everyone’s gone home to their families.” She murmured, looking
around at the empty room.
“They have.” He nodded, wasn’t going to lie to her. “I don’t think it’s wise for you to go back to
your apartment at this time, Harmony.”
“I have to go home sometime.” She sighed a little, and he knew she did have to. “May I inquire
as to what your plans for Christmas and the New Year were to be?”
“Not what is going to happen now.” she stated as she pushed a piece of fruit around on her
plate with a fork. He could see as he watched, she was missing the tip of her left pointer
finger. He’d never noticed that before.
“Harmony, what happened to your finger?” He asked, reaching out and touching it. It was very
neatly sewn up, surgically done so, he could detect the fine scar there, now that he was
focused upon it.
She lifted her hand up and looked at it, “Oh, I lost it in a car accident a few years back.” He
saw her turn it over and look at it, herself. Likely thinking about the how and when, he
supposed.
“Oh,” he didn’t really know what to say to that. Didn’t know all that much about her, and
probably should start learning, he realised, considering he was already thinking about mating
himself to her.
“Most people ask me about it at some point,” she nodded “I’m used to it just not being there.
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Though I don’t look at it myself all that often.”
“Why not?” he asked, “If you don’t mind.”
“It happened in the car accident that I lost my parents in. It is a permanent reminder of that
day.” She sighed heavily.
“You were there? Survived.”
“Yes.” She murmured “Not fun at all, I don’t really like to talk about it.”
“Sorry.” He murmured, “I didn’t mean to make you sad.”
“You can’t make me feel anything that I don’t already feel every day about that accident.” She
shook her head. “Sometimes I wish I’d gone with them.”
“Don’t say that.” He frowned at her. “I’m glad you’re here with me.”
She smiled at him a little, “I’ve never had any inclination to harm myself, Garrett, and now…” she smiled just a little, down at her stomach. “I have a family growing inside me, something to
smile about, even with all that is going on around me.”
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