Publicly Rejected and Secretly Loved

Irresistable

The night held a strong connection to werewolves. The moon was their goddess and tonight she was at her peak. Aria looked up at the sky. The beautiful White moon seemed to smile down at her. The full moon often made the werewolves lose control. Thanks to her suppressant she could keep it a little subdued but she was sure many of the werewolves were staying at home. Great… she didn't want to see any of them. Not when her werewolf was so close to the surface.

As Aria entered Blackrock, the gigantic company that the brothers owned. No one was there except for the cleaners and the guards.

“Nice seeing you on the night shift Aria!” A guard waved.

She smiled back, this was nice, no pressure just her and her trusty mop, “where am I assigned today Enid?” She asked the night supervisor who told her that she was in the executive block for the day. This meant cleaning Damian and Lucian’s offices too. She had to be extra careful while doing it and to make sure she didn't break anything.

Not wanting to argue, Aria accepted the task. She was a young girl, thin and almost weak looking but she was determined and did anything that was asked of her.

Even as she mopped the corridors of the executive building, she focussed on her job. Yes, the scent of her mate was close by and she could feel her wolf try to surface; but she could not care about it any more. What was important was getting the job done.

“Did you hear? He didn’t come in today..” One of the other cleaners spoke to the security guard who was leaned against the wall.

“Since when does the beast take a day off? He has never done that before…” The guard remarked. Aria’s ears perked up at this. The beast ? Damian? He was known to absolutely love his job… and to never take a day off. His brother Lucian was the man who loved to relax and let go. Damian? He cared about the job.

“I heard it was after the Gala, he became sickly and snapped at a few people around him. They never heard him shout like that before… It was only Mr. Lucian who calmed him down.”

“His office was trashed…that’s what the cleaners told me. It was like there was a struggle.”

They chattered away as they walked down the corridor and Aria was left with the air knocked out of her. Damian? Her mate was Damian!?

The man was as large as a football field ! he would crush her in one hand!

She needed to see a picture of him! Putting aside all her reserve and hesitation, she ran towards the office of Damian Blackrock.

“This is wrong, this is wrong, this is wrong…” mumbling over and over, she quickly took out the keys and opened the door.

She was immediately hit with a scent- Musky… pine? It was so soothing, she closed her eyes and inhaled deeply before walking in.

The room was strange as if someone else had arranged it for him. It was far too sophisticated and neat. However there were touches of him in the room. A small lion figurine, a photoframe of himself and his brother, a large coffee mug that was bigger than her face.

She picked up the photoframe and really looked at his face, he was handsome. His dark hair and beard framed ferocious green eyes and a beautiful smile. Aria almost smiled as she looked at his picture.

But what attracted her most was his table, his pen and paper, his writing. His scent was the strongest around there. She got into his seat and her entire body stiffened. It was as if he was there.

She touched the pen and the paper, the contours that his writing left on it.

“My mate…” she mumbled to herself, she was sure of it now. Damian was her mate… this feeling. This overwhelming feeling of him being around her and of her wanting him…

No, she stood up from the desk, ignoring her wolf that was waking more and more, “he won’t want me…” She assured herself and began to clean the office. She did her job quickly and efficiently before leaving.

Aria wasn't what he wanted and she knew it. He would surely scoff at her. The rest of the night passed with her thinking about that picture that she saw and the feeling she felt with merely his things.

A shudder passed through her when she thought of what would happen if she were ever to meet him? Unimaginable.

Aria was a nobody and she kept reminding herself that even if she wanted him, he wouldn't want her- a nobody.

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“I am well today, do not worry. They will give me a list today and I’ll be fine.” Damian assured his brother who was urging him to take a vacation.

“Fine but if you feel any sort of way, you come to me okay? Dad is coming for an audit of our work, that’s the only reason I’m allowing you to come..” Lucian patted his brother on the back before they split up to their respective offices.

Damian walked in, greeted by his nice clean office. He hated it absolutely. This was not his style at all… This was so corporate and cold.

That was when he felt it, a chill around him. The scent. She had been here?

He began to sniff around almost like a crazed animal. She had touched things!

Picking up the photoframe and his pen, he knew she had touched them! His chair was oozing her scent. He sat in it and it felt like an embrace.

Lucian… he had to call Lucian. Quickly dialing up his brother, he could only legibly ask him to come over. Lucian did so within a minute.

“What? What is it?” He asked, looking around for any threat.

“She was here… she touched things! I can feel her!” he almost yelled.

Lucian winced at the volume and raised his hands defensively, “Look, she must be a worker here, a cleaner I think. Are you okay? How do you feel?” he asked.

“I … I need to know who she is Lucian. I am losing it here.” He sat down his hands running through his hair.

“Okay. I can tell you who worked here last night within the hour. Don’t worry. If your mate was here, she will be found.”

“No… if I felt her, she felt me. She is avoiding me. Maybe she doesn’t want me?” He asked.

“I thought the mate thing meant that you guys didn't have a choice?” Lucian frowned.

“I want to confront her.’ He said, pacing around the room, “Make sure no one knows we know she was here. Tell the supervisor whoever cleaned the room did a great job and we only want them cleaning the offices.”

“Good idea, she comes tonight and you talk to her.” Lucian nodded with an impressed face, “I didn’t know you had a brain in you there brother.”

“Shut up…”