The Alpha's Human Mate

6.reject her

She stepped out of the room to go home. She kept wondering what kind of question the rude interviewer had asked as she walked out of the company, which made her not concentrate that she almost bumped into someone.

"Sam. What are you doing here?" She asked, smiling at him. She had been trying to talk to this guy for weeks, but he had been ignoring her calls. And there he was, smiling at her as if he hadn't been avoiding her.

"I think I should ask you that instead. I work here." He replied, smiling back at her. "So, what are you doing here?"

"I came here for an interview; I applied here as a marketer." She replied.

With a surprised expression, he asked, "You are here for an interview? Did you leave your previous job?"

"Yeah, it's a long story. How about we go somewhere and talk about it?" She suggested, still smiling at him. All she wanted was to talk to him.

"Um... I'm sorry, I won't be able to do that. I'm so busy. How about we talk about this some other time?"

"Hmm. Of course." She tried to hold his hand, but he removed his hands before she could touch him.

She knew he was just trying to avoid her. He had even stopped picking up her calls, but she couldn't stop herself from thinking about him. It almost made her feel like a stalker. He left her sight and walked away.

She sighed, looking at his back view before she also turned around to leave.

She took a taxi and went home. On getting to her apartment, she realized her door was open. She was so scared, thinking someone had broken into the house, but she mustered up her courage and walked in. She saw a bag on the chair in the sitting room.

A woman came out of the kitchen. "Ellie! You're back." It was her mother.

She finally sighed in relief when she saw her. "Mum, what are you doing here?"

"What do you mean by that? Of course, I came here to see my daughter, since she has stopped coming to my place." Mrs. Loren lamented. She placed two plates on the table in the dining room.

"Mom, you know that's not how it is. I've just been so busy," Ellie replied.

"So busy that you couldn't buy fresh groceries in the house. You're not a kid anymore, so you try to take care of yourself."

"I get it, Mom." She said as she poured herself a bowl of soup.

Ms. Loren sighed before she continued. "How will you get or take care of your husband if you're like this?" Her mom knew that she did not want to get into any relationships. She had asked her so many times what was wrong with her. She had even tried setting her up on different blind dates, but it had failed miserably. It's either she doesn't show up, or she disgraces herself in front of the guy.

"Mum! Can you just stop now? I'll choke on my food." She said, almost begging.

"Fine, but that doesn't mean we're done with this discussion," Ms. Loren said, to which she only rolled her eyes backward.

After lunch, they both washed the dishes and cleaned the house. Her mom finally left, but not before talking, scolding, and telling her to go on a blind date with a man she had just gotten her.

After her mom left, she took out her phone and saw that she had missed Jasmine's call. She called her back instantly. "Hey! I missed your call."

"Yeah, how was your interview?" Jasmine asked over the phone.

"Well. It went well. Guess who I saw today?

"Who?" Jasmine asked.

"Sam. He's also working at Stewart Corporation." Ellie said happily.

"Oh," Jasmine said, her voice getting low. She knew her friend must be so happy to see him, but she was just worried about her. "Just be careful, Ellie." She said.

"I'll be fine. There's nothing to worry about," Ellie assured. They also talked about some other things before they hung up.

She opened her gallery, looking at the guy's picture on her phone. "I hope I get this job so we can start working together as soon as possible. I might even stop going on blind dates."

Then suddenly, the image of that night flashed through her mind. She dropped her phone instantly and sighed.

Ever since that day, she couldn't stop thinking about what happened. She had been trying to do things that could get her mind off it, but it always comes back, haunting her.

***

In a conference room, they were done with their meeting and were packing their files. The CEO of Warren also came out of the conference room to go back to his office but hadn't gotten there when he heard.

"Alex." the man called out from the back.

"What are you still looking for? I thought you had left." Alex asked as soon as he saw him.

"Yeah. I came back." He replied, smiling at him. "Are you serious about not finding her?"

"When did you start caring so much about my life? Don't you have anything to do or a company to run?" Alex stopped a little to look at him.

"How can you say that to me? I'm just trying to help. You know you can't do without her, not after you've marked her, Alex." Callum said, but this time with a serious face.

"I'll reject her," Alex said. He had also been thinking about it the whole day. He did not want to do anything forbidden, not when he was the Alpha of his pack. "I'm going to abide by the rules, Callum. I can never be with that human. She and I are two worlds apart, and we shouldn't have met."

"Are you joking with me, Alex? You, of all people, know what can happen to that girl if you reject her after marking her. She may lose her life." Callum explained.

"Just stop, okay? Who knows? What if she's not even my mate? Maybe a witch in disguise or my mark could disappear on her. Anything can happen. Just stop stressing me and go to your company." He said, walking towards the elevator alone. "I wonder how a CEO can have so much time gossiping around." He muttered, but it was enough for Callum to hear.

Callum just stood there and smiled. "You're going to come back and beg me when you need my help." He raised his voice, getting the attention of the people around him.

He sighed, straightened his suit, and left the company.