So I didn't make it to second meeting. I had to skip the country and she didn't even know. I would have told her-if I had her number but I didn't so I couldn't.

The business trip to Shanghai in China took me a week but during that week. The week that I had planed on using to get to know my mate.

*Flash Back*

"You said that you had cleared my schedule,what happened?" I barked at my beta in my alpha voice. If he was trying to piss me off them he had succeeded.

"I did Alpha,but he kept saying it was important and that it couldn't wait." Dylan said,cowering into a corner. "What the fuck do you mean by that?" I said taking a step toward in his direction and he took one back. "H-he said they is so-something important he needs t-t-to talk to you about." He said stuttering. I took a deep breath to calm my lycan down.

Dark was not exactly ecstatic about not meeting Scarlett again. About disappointing her.

"I am going to reap him to pierces."

"Wait buddy! You don't really want to kill our friend now."

"I do."

He said certain death evident in his voice. After an internal war,I managed to block him off.

I took a glance at Dylan who was more than scared at that moment. He was literally shaking and it was the umpteenth time he had seen my lycan about to surface but he had never seen that side of him. Not even I had seen that part he wa ready to kill him. He had scratched and scratched and I was beginning to get a very terrible headache.

I returned back to my chair behind the desk. "When does the next flight leave?" I asked in a more calmer voice and he also calmed down a little from the shaking. He took small cautious steps from the corner to the desk and took a seat. "In two hours and the bags have already been packed." He said in a low voice. His heart had stopped beating fast like before,it was now even. I heaved a sigh, a sigh of frustration. " Did he tell you what it is about?" I asked leaning on the desk. He shook his head and mouthed a 'No'.

We got to the airport with forty minutes to spar. The flight took the whole night. It was tiring and painful. Painful because I didn't know when I would be back. I had to make this quick,Dark was not going to stay calm forever.

After landing we were received my a Chinese lady that said a few words. "Welcome Alpha king Nick. The Alpha is already waiting. It will only take us a few hours to get there." She said in a low voice. I mentally scoffed at what she had said,'a few hours ',as if it was true. It took about ten to eight hours to get to the East pack and a few hours was a huge understatement from my side.

We got out off the airport and went to a black limo that was waiting outside and it took us exactly nine hours and forty minutes to get there.

The pack house was big but not as big as mine. I got out to meet with the welcoming committee,the pack Alpha,Vince Chin, his beta and the gamma. He was a werewolf and the fear they emitted was revolting to such a point that it became tangible. And the looks given by the pack member did not make the situation any better even I did not want to be there any less than they wanted us. And it was the two of us,me and Dylan.

"Why did you call me here." I got straight to the point,not beating around the bush. If I was planning on getting back soon, I had to first hear the boy out.

He was no older than thirty-two years of age hence the 'boy' part.

And unfortunately for me I was not going to like what he was going to tell me. He led us to our rooms,which he obviously put effort in making it look comfortable. I declined his offer to get some rest and we went to his office. "Abigail go and get us drinks. " He said rudely to a maid and she ran out off the room with glassy eyes.

I loved to kill people but I never liked those that were rude,disrespect and ignorant.

"I don't ever wanna hear you talk to anyone in that tone again."

He let out a whimper and that was good. I had meant to scare him. He had no right to talk to people like that. They were still as much human as he was.

He had every right to use his authority on his pack but not to be rude.

I gave him a questioning look and he started talking. He said something about an attack on his pack. He wasn't not the first to talk about it, he was one among many packs. And from the information I had gathered, they had not long ago,held a meeting to discuss the attacks and how to incouter them but to no avail. They got worse hence my involvement.

And with that was my guaranty that this was going to be a long trip. Mating after meeting, it was tiring and among all that work I managed to plan a get away sort of thing for my mate. It was definitely nothing fancy just a visit to the pack lake house. It was available to the whole pack but I wanted it to be vacant for when I returned plus I chose the one that I had a room in. Plus there were three more on the territory so it wouldn't be such a bother.

*End of Flash Back*

I got in my car and went straight to were she worked.

"I hope she does not ask me how I knew we're she worked." I prayed.

"You wish! She is no fool." Dark mocked.

I arrived precisely at eight. Well a few minutes had past. I parked at the front and waited. I smelled her before I heated her and she was talking to Anastasia,my cousin's mate. Anastasia's body stiffened for a moment when she saw me,well my car. She brushed of the feeling and continued talking.

Judging from the look on my mate face it was quiet clear that not a lot of car were parked-waited at the front. She walked infront of the car. I called out stopping her.

"Miss."

She turned her head back. She had not seen me but there was an expression on her face that I could not place. She finally turned to the car as her friend walked away after saying something to her and I obviously heard what they had said. I told her to get in the car and to my surprise she did without a fight,But that look was still on her face.

I drove to the lake house creating some action on the way.

"You really messed this up." Dark said with pure disappointment in his voice.

"Mxm!...You know I didn't mean to scare her like that and you weren't helping anyway."

"Like you said, I shouldn't come out for now."

"..."

And with that I blocked him.

I did tell him to lay low for a while. If he showed himself she would get scared and that was a chance I was willing to take.

Her face when we arrived at the lake house was priceless. She eyes kept roaming around with her mouth agap. She took her time taking in her surroundings. It was best thing ever and when she smiled after telling me her name,which I already knew,was...

We sat near the pool for a while when she sudden stood up and said she will be back. I offered to go with her. She could have went into any of the rooms in that ho use but she chose the one that I had went into. She stopped at the door and turned to me. She told me to go,go back down stairs though a little,ok a lot reluctant I left her.

We had agreed on five minutes,that she would take that time to complete what ever it was she gonna do. And she came down an hour later. Yes I looked at the time.

She came down sneaking up on me. Her footsteps were slow and calculated and she breathes were low. Almost like she didn't want me to hear her.

"Not going to happen princess." I said to myself facing the coffee machine.

"So tell me,how long does it actually take you to take a shower?" I said with my back facing her. Her breath hinged but she recovered quiet quickly. To my suprice and walked forward.

Her scent was mixed with the smell of my shampoo and my scent. I didn't think much of it since she was in my room seconds ago,more or less.

''Ten minutes." She answered.

"I thought we agreed on a certain time limit. Even so,you didn't have to take a whole hour at It." I said meekly as I turned to face her.

I was again left speechless. Now that explained why she had my scent on her,She was wearing one of my shirts.

"If I remember correctly you are the only one that agreed on that not me. Either way how could I have known how that shower." She said nonchalantly as she reached for one of the chairs to seat.

My eyes did a full body scan on her. I couldn't stop staring at her with eyes filled with awe,lust and whole lot of foreign emotions I didn't know I had. She body was so perfect in it,Like she was meant to wear it somehow. She was so ting in it but perfect. It reached a little bit above mid-thigh and she had rolled the sleeved. Her hair was left to air dry and it make the shirt on the shoulders. I was basically staring and possibly drooling at her. I did not even blink,I didn't wanna risk my chances. If I blinked she might disappear and leave me there,so I didn't want to try my luck with it.

I scanned her as she sat on the down. The shirt went up a little, almost like it was mocking me. Her skin looked soft to the touch. It got me thinking.

What would it feel like to touch her? To have her under me?

I found myself involuntarily swallowing and smiling. This girl was going to be the death of me.

Shifting my dirty thoughts,I let my eyes wonder elsewhere other than her thighs.

After a few minutes of staring at her like an idiot and a perv, I spoke. If I kept staring like that Dark would soon join the party.

"W-what are you wearing?" I said in an unsteady voice. "Why are you wearing my shirt? Who gave you permission?" I tried to sound as cold as ice and I succeed. Truthfully I was more that glad she had worn it because she looked scrumptious in it. "Yeah about the shirt, I-I didn't have anything to wear after the shower so I took y-you shirt...it was just...let me take it off." She said standing from the chair. She stole s glane and looked at me. I gave her a blank cold stare. She started fussing over the hem of the shirt and I became even more attentive to her actions. My eyes moving with her hands.

"I'm really sorry for taking your shirt without your permission. It was ignorant and irresponsible of me." She said nervously mumbling other things that I didn't quite hear. She had started unbuttoning the shirt,starting from the top. She ubrudly stopped on the third button.

I was a studled by her actions but the same time wanted more. Anticipated more. I had looked forward to seing her naked chest but most importantly,If she was actually gonna take it off.

Knitting her brows,She said something that left me both bewildered and speechless. "I hope you don't mind if u jeep it on for now. I will take it off in the morning and wash it." She said without waiting for an answer and she buttoned the shirt.

I didn't know how to react. Was I supposed to be angry? Confused? Impressed with her?

It was no doubt,Why she had did no one had done it before to me. She was unbelievable to say the least.

"I was looking forward to that but still...She could sleep with us." Dark suggested after he had laughed at me. It was a tempting offer but she would think I was a pervert for thinking out loud.

"That is a possibility."

"You think."

"It's not like I am the only one that wants her, don't forget you want her as much as I do. Maybe even more. You wanna fell her,touch her, skin to skin,chest to chest..." I mocked him of the obvious truth.

''Ok you can stop it. You got your point through." He said cutting me off and looked away.

"Is the big guy shy all of a sudden?!" I said as I laughed hysterically at him and he blocked me from having contact with him.

"Were is my ice cream?" She said as she walked around the island to were I was as if nothing had happened. "It's not there." I answered bluntly. "And why is that?" She said as she stood on her tippy-toes to gain eye level with me. It was hopeless, I was a good two feet taller than her,give or take. I said nothing but gave her a cup on fresh coffee while I drank mine. She gave me a sweet innocent smile as she mouthed a "Thank you." With the most humble of voices. "You're welcome princess. " I said with a smirk.

I offered that we go back out but she refused saying it was bit chilly so I closed the doors and we sat in site facing the fireplace. A peaceful comfortable silence had fell on us as we both enjoyed our cups listening to the sweet sound of nothing.

I sat there occasionally stealing glances at her as she watched the wood burn with the outmost curiosity and concentration. I wanted to say something but I didn't want to disturb her so I kept quite.

Just when I thought we were just gonna sit there doing nothing she said something that made my head snap in her direction. It frightened and scared me to the core.

"Let's play a game!"

Her voice was high pitched. She was excited about it,it was clear in her voice and the way her eyes sparkled when she said it. What scared me that most was the easy she said it,out of the blue lime that and in such a chirpy voice that made me want to run and hide.

Something was up with her.

I was unsure of what to say but I answered anyway. "Sure."

She said up right,with her back straightened and knees facing me with a half filled cup in her hands. She cleared her throat to talk. "Ok,so we are gonna play twenty questions. " I nodded in agreement still giving her a blank face. She took that as show that I didn't know about the game. She explained it to me in great detail,Like I was a kid.

I knew about the game,a bit about it. Some of the kids at the pack would play it and also Ria would play it with her friends,sometimes. Which was in a long while.

"Ok,so now that I've told you about the game,do you wanna go first?"

I had long stopped focusing to what she was saying. I looked at her talked continuously blinked with those bewitching long eye lashes. She looked at me putting a serious face,of wish I found cute. I raised a brow at her in question.

"Are you still game?"

I nodded. "Yes I am." I said casually with a smirk.

This was gonna be fun.

"Should I start or you wanna..." She said a little frustrated that I was ignorant of her second ago. I used my hand to usher her to go first. "No you go first. I don't want to make it hard for you as yet." I said my lips curved a little.

"Ok...fine with me. Question number one: were are you from?" She asked as she took a sip of the coffee in her hand and crossed her legs. Her actions caused the shirt to rise. My eyes were on her legs,prying them away I looked at her quizzical.

"From around here." I answered shortly as I also took a sip of my own cup. She heaved a sigh of pure frustration. "Ok your turn." She said like she couldn't care less what I asked. "What do you work as at that hospital?" I asked.

I already knew what she did,I was playing a game after all. One that was meant to teach you about the other person.

"A surgeon in trauma." She said proudly as she straightened her shoulders.

We played for some time and I learned some really useful things about her. That she loved that colours yellow,black,white,red and blue but her favorite was yellow. That she was twenty-five years of age. It was a young age to have succeeded so much and that said a lot about her. That when in high school she once had a huge crush on some guy named "Jack" and that they tried dating and but it was never meant to be. I was pleased to hear that. It was one of those cases were you didn't want to hear about anything to do with yours lover's Ex's. Other than those I also learned that she was shy-still is around big crowds. That she didn't talk much. Which I found false cause she looked like one of those people that would talk you to sleep if possible.

During our question exchange's I also told her a few things about my self,barely searching the surface. I told her that I was two-hundred and twenty-eight years old of which after she heard looked at me like I had grown an extra head and laughed her heart out. It was a sweet sound to her and I didn't expect her to believe me as I was telling her the truth. I didn't wanna lie at least about that. I also didn't blame her for laughing like that. I looked barely above twenty-seven at the least to humans but a mature serious one at that.

I told her that I indeed had a pack not specifying on what kind and on what made that pack. She was ecstatic after hearing that cause apparently she was an animal lover.

I couldn't help but wonder if she would still be as much an animal lover if she knew my supposed 'secret.

We had already finished our coffees and it was way past midnight. Way to late for someone that was going to work. "I think it's time we went to bed." I said with an apologetic smile. We were having a very good conversation,the last I wanted was to end It but I had to. As soon as I released those words she yawned. "Yah,I guess you're right." She said as she smiled sloppily through yawns.

I offered her my hand and she took it and stood up. I wanted to carry all the way to the bed room but she would've probably refused,so I didn't try. It was not going to happen that much I knew. From the little time that we had spend together I had learned she was not a woman that went back on her word.

She let go of my hand and smoothed the shirt. I told the cup from her and went to put it in the kitchen but not after hearing a tired "Thank you."