Andre’s POV
I sat quietly in my study, my head running in circles. It had been quite a while since breakfast and that little drama that Nicole tried to pull out of the blue.
I gripped my pen as fury surged within me. Nicole seemed to have forgotten her place in this pack and was trying to bite off more than she could chew.
I closed my eyes and signalled Pierre through the mind link to bring Nicole to my office. We needed to have a serious discussion.
I continued to attend to the paperwork on my desk. I wouldn’t have had this much if only Nicole had been doing her job and had been less concerned about trying to push her way into my life. It was all futile. I had found my mate, and it was only a matter of time till her position was revoked.
I soon heard a soft knock on my door, and I perceived her scent, which was mixed with an insane amount of perfume.
“Come in,” I said angrily, and the door opened slowly.
She walked in, and I glanced up at her and saw that she was dressed in a tight dress that exposed her curves and had a low neckline that made her boobs seem like they were about to spill. Her lips were a bright red with her signature lipstick, and her hair was done, falling past her shoulders.
I scoffed silently and looked away. I knew exactly what she was trying to do, but she was only wasting her time. There was no way that I was going to fall for this little tease show of hers.
“Sit down, Nicole.”
She lowered herself to the seat with unnecessary extra effort. She whipped her hair behind her and leaned on the desk with her chest.
She gave me a wide smile, and her voice was low and seductive. “What can I do for you, Alpha?”
I shot her a warning glare, dropped my pen, and relaxed into my seat.
“Nicole, when you are with the Alpha, I expect that you maintain a proper sitting position.”
She smiled and sat up and adjusted her dress, bringing the neckline even lower and trying her very best to expose her breasts to my view.
Her gestures annoyed me rather than aroused me. I stared at her blankly. This woman was testing my patience.
I shook my head. Any man would have seen Nicole and would have been drooling over her, but not me. My self-control was one of the things that I had prided myself on.
I sighed quietly to myself. Despite all this, I had lost control of myself once, and that was to my mate, Olivia.
I felt goosebumps dot my skin as I thought about her. I wondered what she was doing in school today.
“May I ask why you sent for me, Alpha?”
I pulled out of my thoughts and stared at Nicole, who was smiling at me and redoing her hair.
I took a deep breath, placed my hands on the table, and stared at her coldly.
“You are crossing the line, Nicole. Would you tell me what you did at the meeting the other day?”
Her smile faded, and her face was filled with exasperation.
“Alpha Andre, don’t you understand the pressure that I’m under as the Luna? People are talking and are asking questions about why we don’t have a child yet. Even I have no idea why we don’t have a child yet. What do you expect me to do?”
I sneered at her reply. She was dumber than I thought.
“What do you mean by ‘you have no idea why we don’t have a child yet’? Have you forgotten so soon?”
“Forgotten what?” she shot back, her brows raising in surprise and confusion.
I couldn’t tell if she had really forgotten about the contract or if she was acting. Either way, nothing was going to change.
“Have you forgotten so soon that you signed a contract three years ago to be my Luna in nominal status only? That there would be no physical contact of any kind between us. Do you need to see the hard copy to jog your memory back?”
Nicole sighed and held my gaze.
“That doesn’t matter. You just need to see me as a woman, Alpha Andre. Am I not attractive enough to draw your attention? Do you really think that I don’t have feelings? It’s been three years since we’ve been married to each other, and you have not tried to make an advancement towards me, not even once.”
I chuckled and shook my head slowly. She really thought that I would be dumb enough not to notice.
“Nicole, Nicole, Nicole. You seem to take me for a fool, don’t you? Did you really think I wouldn’t notice all the boy toys you employed around the mansion? I could sack all of them in a heartbeat.”
I saw her body stiffen, and her face went pale with shock. I chuckled silently to myself. I guess that I had been too easy on her, and she had overestimated her importance.
She immediately fell to her knees and began to beg. I turned my head away. This was just pathetic.
“Forgive me, Alpha. I just did those things when I was in heat. I had been waiting for a long time and tried to get your attention for years. My heart belongs to you, Alpha. Whatever I did with them was purely physical.”
I watched her give excuses for her incompetence and behaviour. Regardless of how hard she begged, I was unmoved, and I allowed her to keep grovelling at my feet on the floor.
“I will not take this insolence from you again. Know your place in this pack, or else I will make living here difficult for you.”
She looked up at me with crocodile tears in her eyes, but her tone was filled with pent-up anger and frustration.
“What do I need to do to be your woman? Just tell me, Andre. I’ll do anything.”
I looked away from her. Very quickly, the door opened, and two guards I had signalled with the mind link came in.
She looked at them in shock and then looked at me. “A.. Andre?”
“Get her out of my sight.”
Without wasting time, they grabbed her and dragged her out, and I turned a deaf ear to her pleas.
I took a deep breath and sat quietly in my chair. Nicole and Olivia were so different in every sense. They were nothing alike in looks, temperament, and behaviour.
It was impossible to understand, but I was beyond glad that my mate was nothing like her.
She was my perfect gift from the moon goddess.