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Ha-joon

Every time I turned around, Gerald Woods the third was tending to and doting on Ellie. The git was so bold in his flirting that it was hard not to smack him.

Seriously.

Even if I wasn’t sure I’d win against the lion since he was older than me, I was really being pushed.

And I was fairly sure he knew it.

Ellie had slept over, so even though she had gotten ready at her own place, we left about the same time and were walking in from the parking garage when someone was waiting. Yes, Gerald Woods the third .

He was acting like he wasn’t waiting and it was a coincidence.

“Oh, good timing,” he greeted her only. He smiled and handed her a drink. “I was going to drop this by your office, but now we can walk there together and discuss a few things.”

And then the fucker smirked at me.

“What’s this?” Ellie asked even as she accepted the big iced latte. “It smells heavenly.”

“You mentioned you hadn’t had a chance to try Starbucks’s limited spring drinks,” he said easily. “So that’s their iced pistachio white chocolate latte. You said you didn’t like whipped cream, but I wasn’t sure which milk, so I went with regular.”

“Regular is fine,” she said easily.

“But you prefer soy for your lattes,” I interjected, giving Gerald a look to back off and he didn’t know her well.

“Yes, but regular is fine. Thank you so much, Mr. Woods,” she muttered before trying it. Her eyes went wide and she groaned.

Oh, I was going to give her something to groan about that night.

And scream my name while she called him Mr. Woods.

I hated this git. For real.

“It’s good, right?” he chuckled, completely focused on her like I wasn’t there and hadn’t said anything. “It’s a bit too sweet for me every day, but I needed the perk this morning.”

“Yes, this is definitely a Friday morning or weekend drink when putting in extra hours,” she agreed… As she turned and walked off with him. “Thank you again. This is great. Did you get the extras I sent last night? I know your day probably hasn’t started yet—”

“No, I reviewed it already. My phone reads my emails to me through my car.”

“Really? I didn’t know that was possible. Can you show me if my car will do that?”

“Of course, of course. I just had to update the software when I got my oil changed. It was all done easily,” he accepted... And smirked at me over his shoulder.

Git.

I hurried to catch up, curbing the urge to steal the drink or demand a sip from her straw. I wracked my brain on what to say before I had to break off to head to my practice. “I’ll leave you both to it, but we’re still meeting later to discuss the renovations, Ms. Reed?”

She glanced at me and did a double take, clearly forgetting I was there which… Well, it thrilled me.

“Oh, that can wait until tomorrow. I’m sure you’re busy. Have a nice day, Dr. Clark.”

“You both as well,” I said as evenly as possible.

I was going to seriously bite her ass and leave my mark on her. Was she really this dense that she didn’t know when a man was hitting on her?

And allowed it in front of her lover?

Yes. Yes, apparently, she was.

Then it was food that he’d made “too much of” and she gladly accepted, gushing how amazing it was later.

There was also inviting her out to dinner in front of me, his treat of course, like she wouldn’t catch on that it was a date… But she didn’t. She said another night since work was piled up.

Yeah, I actually said something about that and how when a man offers to treat, it’s a date. And I would really, really punish her if she did something like that and went against the contract we’d just fucking signed.

At least she apologized well.

Like on her knees until I calmed down. She truly hadn’t thought anything of it since she and Dr. Carpenter took turns paying all of the time. Fine, that was different, and I was glad that she understood that and would be more careful.

I still fucked her like a crazy man that night to mark my territory.

And remind her how well-sated and taken care of she was.

Something happened and Woods’s attitude towards me changed. It wasn’t amused but hostile. He walked right up to me when it wasn’t needed and greeted me… So he could try and crush my hand.

Game on, wanker.

I gave the handshake back and let him see that I was amused. “What brings this about? I mean your visit?”

“I just wanted to drop off the temporary terms for your bonus structure,” he said. “Since you’ve been picking up appointments from other departments to help out, Ellie wanted to make sure it was fair and you were compensated.”

This git was going to call her by her first name to me?

My wolf was going to take down a lion.

Seriously.

“She’s good to me like that,” I said, and something moved in his eyes.

And jealousy filled my nose.

He knows about us.

I leaned in and dropped my voice to a level only he would hear since he was born of an Alpha family too. “Clearly, you learned something from HR.”

“I was there and overheard,” he said in just as fake of a pleasant tone. “I’m only explaining so you don’t think HR was wagging their tongues after all of the hard work Ellie has been doing.”

“Yes, Ms. Reed works hard and should be taken care of. I’m seeing to that now,” I told him, chuckling when he ripped his hand away.

“And respecting her wishes. She doesn’t like people using her first name in work settings, so your attempt to make me jealous would only have upset her.

” I smirked at him as I gave him the once-over. “A mistake I don’t make.”

I heard his slight growl when I walked away.

Yeah, the feeling was mutual, but at least he confirmed Ellie was on his radar and he wanted her in his bed.

I mean… The man had good taste. If he wasn’t after my woman, we could have been friends.

But he was. So I spent the afternoon picturing him flattened by my car.

When I saw her the next day eating more of his food, my jealousy got the best of me.

I picked it up and dumped it in her trash.

“He wants you. He doesn’t need to be making home-cooked lunches for you at work.

Why don’t you just call him ‘Oppa’ and make me completely lose it like the Asian dramas you love? ”

And then I stormed out of her office like the complete child I was.

Which was why I was waiting for her at her condo when work was over. I apologized by eating her out on her counter and then feeding her the takeout I’d picked up. Then I had her some more and begged her to fuck herself on my cock and feed from me.

“Fine, I forgive you,” she muttered when we were done and she nuzzled my neck. “ I did nothing wrong. I think you’re getting jealous for no reason, but I didn’t do anything wrong. I accepted food from Beth too and gave them both food as well.”

“You did nothing wrong,” I confirmed. “But he tried to break my hand after finding out about us and then is feeding you constantly which is how shifters show love. It’s irking me.”

“He found out about us how? ” she bit out.

I was glad when she sat up and accusation wasn’t in her eyes. She didn’t think it was from me, so I understood her upset. I told her the truth and she sighed.

“I didn’t see him. I was in HR and already a bad day so… Sorry.”

I gave a half shrug. “I don’t care. I understand not telling everyone since—I’m fine.”

“You sure you don’t want to punish me?” she hedged as she moved my hands to her breasts. “I should at least apologize in some way.”

“You should,” I growled as I attacked her neck. “I’m going to do something dirty to you in your office, love. And you will accept it.”

“Yes, yes, I will,” she whimpered as she started moving again.

Fuck, she was so perfect.

And I smirked at Gerald when I saw him the next day.

“How was your night?” Beth asked Ellie as she joined us. “Did you figure out a way to undo the stress of the day?”

Ellie chuckled. “It was good. Yes, I had a long, extensive workout that did just the thing. I really needed it.”

Shit, it was hard not to laugh. I licked my lips staring at her… Making sure Gerald saw it.

I wasn’t with her to win over him or anything like that. No, fucking with him was now just my own stress relief. He knew I was interested or something was going on and was making moves on her.

Now he was cooking for her fully knowing she had a lover. That was top-tier disrespect for me so yeah, I was going to rub it in his face on the side.

I almost died when Beth asked for her workouts because she was too tense already from this new position.

“It’s only in my condo building,” Ellie said with an apologetic smile. “I’m being spoiled.”

“Maybe we should get one for the hospital,” Beth muttered. “It would be nice to expand or redo the gym here for the staff’s mental health.”

“That sounds good,” Ellie agreed… And gave me a subtle wink over her shoulder.

Yeah, I was doing dirty, dirty things to her that night.

Except she said she was too busy to leave on time and tired, so she just wanted to crash.

No, not unless I put her to bed.

I went to my office and recorded a voice message saying how much I needed her. That I was hard in my office for her and would send her a video of me jacking off if that was what she wanted. I would record how many times it took me to be sated by my own hand if she left me hanging that night.

And I knew she needed me just as badly. I took her stress away and planned on doing it that night. I wanted her cunt for dessert and to have her in my shower again. I’d learn how to wash her hair and take the best care of her.

She sent me a link back which confused me… Until I saw it was a YouTube video about hair care. It was a step-by-step instructional on how to wash and condition long, thick hair.

I replied that I would become a master and learn scalp massage, but I wanted to ride her like her Alpha should.

Ms. Reed: You drive a hard bargain, but I accept. I first want a round with you over me and you finish on me. That was amazing and I loved watching your body move.

I blinked at the text. That was good to know, and yes, please, I wanted that too.