Alpha Emmett and the special one

Chapter 9

Mitch’s POV

It’s getting hard watching her smile on all of her social media platforms. I catch myself staring at her pictures at night, or having vivid dreams at night. But we needed to go through this separation. It just hurts knowing that some other man is making her smile; that i’m not the reason that she’s smiling. 

I’ve been looking for every reason for her to come over and help me with a project on the house I've been renting. Just so I can see her and smell her. She calms me, and I'm not sure what it is. I know Sherri said it’ll be hard when we go through the break up process, but it’ll get better; that we’ll be inseparable once we’ve gone through the awakening stage. I’m taking everything she says with a grain of salt. But I don't want to let Nicole out of my sight. I don't want another man to snatch her up. 

I heard my ex-roommate tried getting in her pants. She really showed her colors and how much it bothered her. She told me how uncomfortable he made her, and she couldn't understand why she would get a bad gut feeling being around him. I didn’t listen, and to make matters worse, she started working with me; and he works on the same team. I love working with her, she has great ideas, and does a really great job at the construction site. But the way Jon looks at her, I wanna put him in his place. 

Emmett’s POV:

I showed up to the office today just knowing it was going to be a long day. Marisa my secretary informed me I had a few delays with the construction business I took over, that they were behind on their permits. 

I grabbed my work bag, knowing I’ll have to do the work myself. I mind linked my betta Zane to get the car ready for me when I got down to the elevator. 

Zane: “Where to boss?” “Just head to the Portland site, I need to go fix somebody else’s laziness”. 

After about a 30 minute ride into Portland over the bridge, we arrived on site. I managed to get my work boots on seeing as though, there’s plywood all over the driveway and mud everywhere. 

After sometime, talking with the city of Portland on what needs to be taken care of. I mind linked my beta Zane to get our men out here and get this job done. This project has been taking way too long for something so simple. ..But just then that sweet smell of Coconuts and Salted Caramel hit’s my nose. My wolf was stirring crazy in my head. I couldn’t figure out what his problem was. I kept trying to get Rex under control but that sweet smell was distracting me. Then it disappeared. 

Zane was up on the roof with our men, which consisted of werewolves and humans. 

Zane “boss you're gonna wanna look at this”.

My men started lifting pieces of the shingles up to see why it wasn’t passing inspections. Come to find out; we had 7 layers of shingles on the roof and the outer beams that the drip edges hold onto were completely warped and shredded. It needed a completely new roof. 

I was up on the roof with my men looking at everything and making notes about what needed to be done, so I could have our supplier bring out everything that needed to get done. But that smell was back, my wolf started going ballistic in my head. I about fell off the roof. Zane mind linked me asking if I was okay; which I replied with a nod. Just then, this human got out of a truck with a man and my wolf was screaming Mate! Mate! Mate! I wasn’t happy she was with another man. She was wearing black leggings, black tank top with a red flannel and some hiking boots that had mud going halfway up her calf. 

Zane and I made our way down the ladder, but I lost my footing, and slipped. I managed to catch myself, but she was there in a second holding the bottom of the ladder, smiling at me. “..And that is why I don’t go on the roof” she starts laughing. 

Once I reached the bottom of the ground. I introduced myself as Emmett of Lane Properties. And this is my right hand man Zane. They introduced themselves as Nicole and Mitch. They said they do the landscaping here and pick up after everybody; to which Nicole rolls her eyes. The way she rolled her eyes, I just wanted to spank her ass. 

Nicole: If we get in your way, just let us know. We’re hauling away all of the rose bushes, and taking about 3 ft of dirt away from the brick wall to make it level for when the cement guys come back out. 

I handed her my business card, and informed her I would be hanging around the site pretty much all day and through the next few weeks while they finished the houses. They both said okay that sounds great. 

I stayed off to the side, taking notes and getting our supply list ready for our delivery from the hardware store. But I kept finding myself looking at Nicole. The way she would stick her boot into the end of the shovel and scoop up the dirt. And fling it into the bed of the truck. Nicole and her partner were throwing ideas out there on how they wanted to haul away everything. He agreed, like it was his idea. She rolled her eyes. And started dragging the bush back, being careful with the rose bush thorns. 

My Betta Zane walks up, while I’m eye f*****g Nicole. “You know, if you walk up and talk to her, it’s less creepy.. Just saying”. I looked at him saying, “she’s my mate!”. Total shock on his face. We didn’t think I had a mate for the longest time, but I found her. She is human, but she’s different. Like her energy is so pure. 

The realtor shows up, all chipper and happy to see us. We stood around and talked. Then he called over Nicole and Mitch. My heart started racing watching her walk over. She had taken her flannel off at some point. So she was wearing her gloves and I could see her black lace bra strap. I was instantly on defense about how much she was showing when she bent over to fix her shoe. 

Brett the realtor introduces us, and informs us that if we need anything done. That they'll get the job done. They both roll their eyes. “Thank you, I’ll pay you guys for your time”. Brett “oh that’s not necessary, Mitch works for me, and she’s just helping”. 

I was taken back by the thought that she’s just helping and not getting paid. “You’re just helping Nicole? What do you do for work?” Me being so curious. To which she replies “I was working at the hospital here in Portland, as a medical assistant, until the pandemic happened. And a lot went down with my department. So I was in between jobs until my transmission went out. Mitch offered to help me fix it, if I worked with him. But we got rid of my vehicle. So now I’m not really sure. Mitch is starting his own landscaping business through the company and I’ll be hired to help. So at least I’ll be making money again” 

I started thinking about all she said, I knew if I hired her on, I'd be able to spend more time with her.. “Hmm okay.. well I’m going to pay you for working for me, that way you're making something off the work you're doing for me. Send me your resume and we’ll decide on a pay that works well with your experience”. “Okay do you want me to send it to this email?” as she flashes the business card we had just given her. “Yeah that’s totally fine”. She nods her head and pulls her phone out. I laughed at her phone case. She looks down and looks at the back of her phone case and tells me not to judge her. “Okay, it’s been sent; I included my medical resume and my normal resume”. Zane grabs the tablet to look it up, starts nodding his head. “That’s impressive, so how much do you charge for an ear lavage, I’m kinda overdue”. She smirks and looks up at him. “Well with a smart ass mouth like yours, I’ll charge you $100” I started laughing. She’s got sass, and a lot of it. I can already see she’ll be in trouble.