I am Incubus mate

Chapter 3

GREG

For the last two weeks, I have been very angry. Everything and everyone around me makes me furious. That is a feeling when you know what you want but you feel useless and you know that you missed something but are not sure what, so you are analysing everything again and again. I was in that damn pub every night after night when I met her. Every bouncer in this city had her photo and they kept their eyes open. I promised 1000 euros to the one who would spot her first. If you wonder how I got her photo? Well, my name opens lots of doors in this city and one of them was a door to the pub owner. For a small amount of money, he showed me video footage of the bar counter from that night. To be honest, I was prepared to pay much more than 2000 euros, which the owner wanted.

-'black coffee now!' - I growled through my intercom. My secretary made my blood boil every time she was late for my coffee or my lunch. Useless woman. And when I was thinking that my day couldn't be any worse than the last few weeks, I got a call from my cousin, Yann. My father has a brother and they both started a company together, but after some time their ways split and my uncle with his family moved to Scotland and started a wolf pack. My uncle still has some shares in our company but he is a mute shareholder.

phone conversation

-'Hello Greg, how are you?'- my cousin said.

-' Yann, we both know that you are not calling to ask me how I am, so cut this crap as we are both busy businessmen'- I said, still in a dark mood.

-' I want to ask you for a favour'- he said to me with the same tone of his voice as if he had not heard what I just said

-' what do you want?!'- I growled again.

-' my mate's sister has just finished her studies at Saint Louis university'- he started

-' Didn't tell me you promised her a job at my company?'- I asked with disbelief in my voice. What an ass.

-' I didn't promise any work. I said that I will speak with you if she can call you and speak with you by herself and that you will make a decision. Look, Greg, I saw some of her projects and she is really good, the company can benefit from her work.'- Yann tried to convince me. I had already made up my mind and had a devilish idea.

-' did you not mention that it's your mate's sister?'- I asked to double-check

-' yes she is, but Greg she is a human, like all her family'- I bust a loud laugh

-' you want to tell me that after so many years of looking for your mate your Moon Goddess gave you a human mate.'- that was the best news that I could hear. I was still laughing when Yann spoke again.

-' My mate almost finished her transformation into her wolf but her family are all humans'- he calmly said. Hell, his calmness makes me angry even more. I was jealous, OK. I always was. I was jealous that Yann had a brother. I wanted to have a kid too, but I don't think that I will have any. I am not a one-woman man. Now I am jealous because he has found his mate. I despise that mate thing but, at the same time, I was jealous because he had everything that he ever wanted.

-' Greg, are you there? Can I give Ella your number?'- Yann asked again.

-' what? ahh yeah, you can.'- I reply but I still were deep in my thoughts.

-' Ella comes back to France next week and she will call you. Thank you Greg'- Yann said and before I noticed, I held the phone next to my ear but the line was dead quiet.

phone conversation end

I came back to my senses and started thinking about my devilish plan. Of course, I will meet that girl, Ella, and I will make sure that she will feel for me and, of course, I will leave her at the same time. I gave a s**t about whose sister she was. That will be my little revenge on Yann. These thoughts make me a little calm. Before, I noticed that it was time to go to the bar and wait for her.

ELLA

I came back from Poland just last night. As I promised Yann that I would call his cousin who is the CEO of the company where I wanted to work, I was ready to give this man a call. I still couldn't believe that. As our beginning wasn't great, my brothers and I were horrible to Yann and we got better after my sister said that she would marry him one day and that she was happy with him. She also mentions that if they were not welcome at our parents' house they would leave in just a second. That was our wake-up call. We actually liked Yann after we properly met him. Kate was right. He was a really good guy. My thought chain had been distracted by my doorbell. That was Ugo. Of course, who else could visit me in the early morning the next day when I come back?

-' Thank God you came back. I missed you'- he said and, slumped on my sofa.

-' Oh well, it's nice to see you too. I didn't know that you missed me that much. What did I miss?"- I asked. I gave him orange tea and seated next to him.

-' Mia left for Canada last week'- he said, and I could hear a little sadness in his voice. Did I be so blind and not notice that he felt something for her? But how? I always think that he is gay. I never bothered about his orientation as that was his business, but I didn't expect that he was quietly suffering.

-' Did you tell her before she left about your feelings?'- I asked, and looked at him.

-' Of course not. I couldn't suffer any more if she answered that she did not feel anything for me'- he said with a pained voice. I just only shook my head with disbelief.

-' What if she felt something for you too but was coward like you and never told but feels the same now?'- I asked his look said everything. The typical man never thinks about that option.

-' I will think about that later. Tell me did you meet with your sister?'- Ugo asked. I knew that he was trying to change the subject, so I decided not to push him for now.

-' Yeah that was a great reunion. She's brought her new boyfriend and you will never guess where I want to call now?"- I said with a mischievous smile.

-' Just tell me. You know that I don't like any surprises'- he said, very inpatient. I showed him a small piece of paper.

-' You see Ugo, this is a direct phone number for Mr Greg Nicholson"- I said. Ugo looked at me with big eyes and I only nodded with confirmation.

-' Yeah right. You just want to tell me that you got the phone number of that Greg Nicholson from Nichol Enterprises ?'- Ugo asked and hoped that I would start to laugh that I had made a great joke. I only nodded again with a big smile on my face and with sparkling eyes.

-' You see Ugo, my sister's new boyfriend is THIS Greg's cousin'- I said in one breath.

-' Come on Ugo, let's find out if this is the correct number'- I said and started dialling. Ugo held his breath when we both heard the man's voice.

-' Hello who is it. It's Greg Nicholson speaking'- said the voice on the other end.