THE VAMPIRE CEO MATE

CHAPTER SIX

"Tyler, what the actual f**k?,Why were you in her house?!". Ryan groaned as his hands rubbed his exhausted eyes.

Tyler sat on the leather couch in Ryan's study, sipping his whiskey he had poured out for himself.

"I went to apologise on your behalf for your foolish actions. Honestly, you should have been the one to do it, but knowing you, I took the liberty of building the bridge between the both of you". He took a sip of his whiskey before shooting a satisfied look at his brother. "You're welcome".

"Oh really, and tell me how did she react to your suppose bridge building exercise?".

"Well....."

Ryan looked at him in anticipation.

Tyler paused for a while and gave a shrug, "She yelled at me to get the f**k out and tried to push me out of the door of her apartment".

Ryan let out a disappointing sigh. "For f**k's sake......". He stood up and started to pace. Now, it wasn't enough that he had already messed up his chance with Claire but now Tyler had also gone and mess things up for him too.

"Look, Ryan what you did was wrong and you know it, if you say you love her and want to be with her, put your arrogance away and stop taking advantage of her because if you continue like this she is definitely going to hate you for life. Forcefully, binding her to you would create an eternity of hate and resentment. You just have to earn her the right way. Start all over".

"Start all over...." Ryan repeated.

Tyler nodded, "It's not the first time you have pursued a woman before Ryan, like I told you before use your charm".

Ryan sighed, "Tyler, what if I don't have enough time....."

Tyler tilted his head to the side, now understanding why his dear brother was acting the way he was.

"Ryan, are you acting with so much urgency because of what happened with.....?".

"Please, Tyler". Ryan stopped his brother. He could not bear hearing her name right now. He had made so much effort all these years trying to suppress the memories, trying to overcome the trauma of losing her.

"Emilia".

Ryan took a deep breath, trying to rebury the things he wanted to forget. "What if she doesn't grow to love me?, what will I do then ?".

Tyler shrugged, "Let me help you, I know it's been a while since you tried to take a wife, I can remind you of how the wooing is done".

Ryan raised his eyebrows at Tyler, "Hold on, YOU... You are going to remind me on how to woo a woman? Tell me, how many women have you wooed or been with again? Oh, that's right just one". Ryan said laughing.

Tyler rolled his eyes at him, "Ryan, I'm French, we invented romance and a plus point I can't remember myself being a womanizer like you ".

"f**k off". Ryan muttered to Tyler.

Tyler stared at him laughing at his brother defeat.

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It had been three days since Tyler appeared in Claire's apartment and tried to force down what she called a fake apology. Since that night, she had barely seen the two brothers. They would come in and out of the building, probably busy with some important company stuff.

However, she didn't know what they were, which was odd. She was suppose to be Ryan's "right hand lady", but she had been left out of the loop for the past couple of days.

A sudden wave of anxiety washed over her. What if she was about to lose her job. She had tried killing her boss, did she think he would be fine with that ?.... he was probably plotting against her. These thoughts kept purging Claire's mind .

She didn't want to think about it, So she turned back to her computer and was about to start typing when she saw a notification on her computer. Thinking it was probably another message from a client, she clicked on it.

Speaking of the devil.....

It was a message from her boss, with the username R.dragonoff . The message had a simple greeting, "Miss Willow".

Rolling her eyes, she typed "Mr Dragonoff".

"What have you been occupying yourself with in these couple of days? They are several contracts that need to be looked over".

"Really, you don't say......'. Claire muttered to herself. If he had been here he would have seen that she has been several steps ahead of him the entire time he's been in New York.

She rolled her eyes and typed, "Yes, Sir I've been working on the contracts for the past few days".

"Silly me, I should have known that I could rely on you.That's why I gave you this position".

"Oh, cut the bullshit". She knew as well as he did that the only reason he had given her this position was so he could get close to her. If he wasn't obsessed with her she would still be working at the design department.

She sighed and typed back to him, "Just doing my job". A few seconds passed and she noticed he was still typing a response. She waited for the message to come in.

"Hopefully, you would have received the memo by now, I want you to join me in the meeting room with the Board of Trustees tomorrow".

She sighed in irritation. His he trying to teach me my job or just looking for a silly excuse to talk to me.

She typed back, "Yes,Sir. I've read the memo and I will be there for the meeting".

"You are an angel, Claire Willow".

"And you're a demon, Ryan Dragonoff" she said to herself.

R.dragonoff is typing....

"What is it now?". Claire just wanted to finish up the spreadsheet she was composing so she could go and fill her hungry belly with food.

"Miss Willow, I sincerely just want to apologise for my actions towards you. I know I've been a total pain in the butt".

"Oh, so he knows". Claire thought to herself.

"It would be an honour if you could give me another chance to redeem myself. Is it possible for us to start over? Can I prove myself to you?".

Claire raised her eyebrows, "Prove to me that you aren't the asshole you have shown yourself to be?" Just then there was a knock at the door. "Come in" She called.

A sigh of relief filled her when she saw it was Madeline. She hadn't seen her best friend for a few days now and with her current situation she could really use her best friend right about now.

"Madeline, I'm glad you're here, I need your advice on something".

"Hey Claire, What's going on?".

"So..... someone came unto me".Claire began. She continued to explain the details to Madeline but decided to omit Ryan's name and details of him being a vampire because she didn't want to worry her friend too much.

"Hold on one second.... Are you trying to tell me someone wants to date you, but you refused?, Claire aren't you suppose to be excited? when was the last time you went on a date?".

"Well, he was really being a jackass about it and coming way to strong about it". Claire said.

Madeline paused in thought,"hmmm, I don't know... A bit of aggressiveness is a turn on for me".

"Trust me girl, you wouldn't like his aggressiveness. But anyway,he apologized for being a d**k about it and now he wants to start over. I don't know what to do. Being around him scares me but also I just can't seem to explain it but something about him draws me to him. He says he would do better this time around but I don't know if he really means it or he is just all talk". Claire felt she needed to be on guard with Ryan Dragonoff. He was a businessman, cunning and overly too confident.

"Well, I say you give him a chance. Let him prove himself to you. Your gut feeling knows when to be careful. If you're getting any bad vibes, just get out of the situation. You know I always got your back, if you need my help don't hesitate to tell me, got it".

"Are you there, Claire?".

Claire glanced between the monitor and her best friend. Who had noticed the notification sound come in. "Who's that" Madeline asked making her way round to Claire side in excitement. "Is that him?". She gasped when she saw the username.

"No, friggin way!!, Did Ryan Dragonoff hit on you?".

"Madeline, keep your voice down!". Claire exclaimed before covering her friends mouth with her hand. She could not risk other employees hearing their conversation.

"Do not tell anybody what you found out today, do you hear me?".

Madeline nodded a confirmation indicating she wouldn't tell anyone.

Claire removed her hand from her mouth .

"I promise, I won't tell a single soul!, but oh my God, Ryan Dragonoff asked out my best friend! Do you realize the man is worth billions".

"I'm not interested in his money".

Madeline scoffed, "Obviously not, because you wouldn't have asked me if you should give him a chance. I totally feel you should go out with him. See what he has to offer, you can never know what might come out of it". Madeline said giggling.

"Also, you might get to see what he has underneath that suit, hmmm just imagine". Madeline winked at Claire.

"Eww, Madeline, you're such a w***e". Claire said laughing.

"Girl, stop playing, you know you're curious". They both laughed.

Claire loved her best friend and was happy having her in her life.

There was another notification from him. "If you decline, I will understand. I just wanted to let you know that I regret my actions .

Madeline turned to her friend, "Girl, answer the man!".

Finally, Claire typed her response, "Hey, Ryan I acknowledge your apology. I'm letting you know that I've forgiven you because I feel you are a good person. But what you did frightened me to death and I'm willing to give you another chance to prove yourself. But if you do otherwise I will report you, that's a promise. Thank you for your apology. Let's start over".

Claire tapped on send, "Now,we wait" Madeline said sitting on the arm of the chair Claire sat on. They both stared at the computer screen waiting patiently for his response.

R.dragonoff is typing.....

The two glanced at each other in anticipation.

"I understand, I'm just glad you're willing to give me another chance. I promise you that you won't regret it".

Madeline chuckled, "Claire, he's making huge promises I just hope he knows what he is getting himself into".

"Right.....God help him".

More like God help me, she thought to herself.