Chapter 416
Chapter 416:
When he stepped forward and shook my hand, his thumb deliberately dragged across my sensitive palm in one slow, measured stroke. A sharp, undeniable jolt of electricity shot straight up my arm. His scent flooded the fluorescent-lit room instantly — an invisible net of stormy sea and leather. For the next hour, he systematically dismantled my financial models with ruthless, overwhelming precision. Worse, his predatory eyes constantly dropped to my lips and throat, as though savoring the memory of what had happened between us. My Lycan roared in my head, torn between furious pride and a sickening, trembling recognition.
I stormed back to my corner office the moment the meeting ended, my Lycan aura leaking out in uncontrolled waves.
“Find a loophole in the contract,” I snarled at my human assistant, Chen. “Fire Pierce’s team. I want him out of my sight p>
Chen turned deathly pale, trembling beneath my oppressive presence. “M-Mr. Shaw, I can’t,” he stammered. “Mr. Pierce was hired directly by the board. You don’t have the authority to terminate him. Any challenge goes straight to the Chairman p>
A blind rage took over. I grabbed the heavy crystal paperweight from my mahogany desk and hurled it. It shattered against the drywall, leaving a massive spiderweb of cracks. I was trapped. I had no corporate leverage to rid myself of this Alpha.
By 9 PM, the pressure was suffocating. I fled to a subterranean private club in SoHo, hoping the thick cigar smoke and cheap whiskey would numb my mind. I was leaning against the mahogany bar in the darkest corner, forcing a meaningless flirtation with a blonde woman, when the air suddenly thickened.
𝘚𝘁𝗈𝗋𝗂е𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘶 𝘄оո’t р𝗎t 𝗱𝘰wn 𝗼n
The blonde looked at something behind me, went pale, and practically ran.
Preston stepped into her place. His Alpha aura was a physical weight, effortlessly clearing the space around us. Before I could process the shock and bolt, his hand clamped around my wrist with terrifying speed.
He dragged me toward the dark, narrow hallway leading to the private VIP rooms and pinned me hard against the wall before I could even catch my breath. He leaned in close, his breath hot against my ear.
“If you cause a scene out here,” he murmured, his voice a dark, threatening rumble, “I will tell every Managing Director at your bank exactly how loud you screamed when you were on your knees for me p>
The threat of total professional and Pack ruin paralyzed me. My Lycan snarled in trapped humiliation, but my body froze, terrified of the exposure. Taking advantage of my hesitation, Preston shoved me through the heavy soundproof door of the VIP room.
The heavy brass deadbolt slid into place with a deafening click.
Carter POV
The loud, echoing click of the heavy brass deadbolt sealed me off from the rest of the world. The pounding bass of the SoHo club was instantly muffled, leaving only the sound of my own ragged breathing in the dim VIP room.