Page 11 of Rhythm Of Our Souls
We sit and talk. And thank god I’m able to slip into my professional headspace for the interview. Did I have to find aspot on the wall, just next to her head, to focus on instead of her stunning eyes? Maybe. But the fact is, I made it through.
By the end of it, I’m practically rushing out of the room.
I’m starting in a few days. There are some things I need to take care of back home, and then, I need to pack up my belongings.
“Fuck!” I growl, pounding my fist against the shower wall as the water flows over my hot and flustered body. My cock is so damn hard right now. I can’t stop thinking about how she smells, the way her lips look when she smiles, and that laugh; it’s more musical than her voice. And that woman can sing.
I’m screwed. I have no idea what’s going on.She’s not my mate. So why the hell is this happening?
I should call my brother up, tell him I can’t take this job.
But as soon as the thought pops into my head, I growl. I fuckinggrowl. Because the thought of not seeing her again, not being around her, makes me mad.
“She’s not mine,” I groan, closing my eyes as I lean my head back against the wall, hand fisted around my cock.
Yet as I say the words, my heart can’t help but feel how wrong they sound.
This isn’t going to end well. Yet, I can’t bring myself to put a stop to it before it starts.
I’m screwed. Totally and royally fucked.
Chapter 3
ONE YEAR AGO
Nate
“Do I have to go?” Ally whines, looking up at me with an adorable pout from where she lies on her hotel room couch.
A smile lifts at the corner of my lips. “No. You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to. But seeing how you were so excited for this movie premiere the past week, looking for the perfect dress, making sure you got your hair done, and you had the right makeup for the perfect look... I’d like to know what’s changed?”
She sighs heavily. “I want a nap,” she says, closing her eyes.
I huff out a laugh. She’s so damn cute. “That's it? You don’t want to go because you want to sleep?”
One of her eyes cracks open. “Ah, yeah? You know I’d choose sleep over anything, anytime.”
She’s not wrong. This girl can sleep anywhere. She could be in a loud club, standing in line for something, and all she would need is me, Liam, or one of the guys to lean against, and she’s out.
Maybe that’s because of how overworked she’s been.
Since I’ve taken the job as her manager, I made it my goal not to pressure her to do anything she didn’t want to do and encourage her to do the things she did.
Her old manager, Julia, was a horrible person who abused her Alpha bark to control Ally for years. Looking down at this sweet, funny, kind woman, and knowing that someone took advantage of her, abused her fucking enrages me.
At first, when her uncle, Chase, called me up and offered me the job, I took it because it was a way for me to take my career to the next level; to get out from being an intern and show the company I worked for that I was good at my job.
Then, when Chase explained what happened with Ally, I knew I had to take this job for more than that reason. I wanted to make sure that no one was able to hurt her like that again.
Being a Beta was honestly the main reason I got this job. I could have been the best in the industry, but if I were an Omega or an Alpha, it wouldn’t have been offered to me.
With Ally’s past trauma, it’s completely understandable.
I’ve strived every day since to make sure she had the best career I could offer her.
“How about I make you a deal? Go take a nap, and I’ll have the makeup artist and wardrobe come here so we’re not having to rush.”
“You would do that for me?” she asks. Those big brown eyes that always know how to capture me and have me at her mercy, shining up at me. This girl has no idea just how much I’m willing to do for her.
