"What do you mean I'm not allowed to come inside?" She asked the security guard who was in charge of the building.
"I'm sorry, ma'am, but Mr. Smith told me not to let you pass."
She scoffed, "Do you even know who you are trying to mess up?" She pointed him in the face, "You can't do this to me."
"I'm sorry, but I have to follow my boss's orders," He insisted.
Adeline took a deep breath to calm herself, she didn't know what was into Zeus, but she had to talk to him before Rodrigo started his move. She looked directly at the guard and tried to use her charm because that was her only ace.
"Let me pass, mister," She said, trying to flirt with the guard, "Your boss and I have a business to deal so if you don't mind, maybe you can set aside and let me pass."
The guard seems to fall into her trap, causing her to smile secretly. Adeline knew her charm would be a good weapon since the guard was a young man and too easy to manipulate.
She also saw how the young guard swallowed when she licked her lower lips and tried to show him her long beautiful legs. Adeline put her arms around the guard's neck and moved her head closer to his ears.
"I won't tell anybody about this," She whispered.
The young guard gulp, "Even my boss?"
She nodded slowly, "Of course, even Zeus wouldn't know about this..."
She licked his ears seductively, causing the guard's body to react, and said, "Trust me..."
After saying those words, the guard steps aside and lets her pass. Adeline smiles devilishly after finally passing the front door, and now she has to find Zeus and talk about their wedding.
She entered the first empty elevator she saw after taking out her phone and scrolling a little bit, but when the elevator stopped and reached the fourth floor. She immediately went out and didn't waste anymore; she stopped after finally getting to the door where Zeus's office was
She grabbed the doorknob and opened the door, but to her surprise, she saw nothing but an empty chair, and Zeus was nowhere to be found. Adeline came inside the room and looked around, but when she was about to leave, someone closed the door, and it was Zeus. He's standing beside the door and leaning against the wall.
"What brings you here, Adeline."
She secretly gulped and stood confidently, "I want to talk to you."
Zeus smirked before crossing his arms, "About what? Did you seduce my trusted guard? That's why you're here in front of me?"
"You know I have to do that. He's too stubborn and didn't even want me to get through."
"Because I ordered him to do that, and I didn't know he's too stupid for being your prey," He uttered seriously.
Confused, Adeline tried to understand what he told her because the way Zeus delivered those words made her feel that he knew something she's been trying to hide.
She holds her bag string tightly without even taking off her gaze to the young man, she's trying to go deeper into Zeus's cold eyes, but she sees nothing but a despising look.
"What are you trying to say, Zeus?"
He chuckled sarcastically, "Don't pretend like you didn't know what I'm trying to imply."
"But, I swear. I don't know what you are trying to say because I know nothing."
"You know nothing? What a shame for a princess like you because I thought you were responsible for everything move you did."
"I—" She exhaled deeply and said, "Get straight to the point, Zeus. I'm not a fortune teller to know what is going on in your mind."
"Very well," He said before walking closer to the young lady and stopping a few kilometers away and said, "Did you tell me that you want to talk to me, right? Then, it must be so important for you to come here."
"What do you mean?"
Zeus laughed before approaching his swivel chair and sitting down. He turned his gaze to Adeline, who was standing across the table.
"Don't play stupid, Adeline. I'm not falling for your dramas, so why don't you tell me what is your real purpose for coming here?" He smirked, "Don't tell me Maverick abandon you after that night?"
Her eyes widened after hearing those words from Zeus's lips. Adeline suddenly felt her limbs shivering; after that, she swallowed and hid the fear inside her body.
"You know I was there — I'm with Maverick?"
"Of course, I'm not that stupid."
"But— how did y—" She said.
"What? Are you having trouble processing what I said?" He leans on his chair, "You know me well, Adeline, and hurting the person who belongs to me is a bad idea."
"Belong to you?" She laughed sarcastically, "When did that girl become part of your life? Last time I check, she's just a prostitute who seduces you and tries to ruin our wedding!" She shouted.
"She didn't ruin our wedding!" He yelled back.
Adeline froze in her position and tried to subdue the anger inside of her body. Her wolf is roaring angrily inside, and she can't tame it because, after all, losing the man that is supposed to be their other half has a significant impact on their lives.
"I'm the one who did it," He continued.
"What?" She can't believe what she just heard.
"Maybe your right, but Agatha is not a prostitute, and you know nothing in her life, so don't judge her by what you know."
"Are you insane? What about you? Do you ever ask yourself that question?" She gulps, "You don't know her too, Zeus, so stop acting as you've already met her!"
"I was the one who stayed on your side after that bitch left you, but what did I receive? Nothing! Because instead of loving me back, you choose to leave and change yourself!"
Her tears started to flow, "I've been trying to show you how worthy I am for your love, but what did you do? You hired a bitch to be your wife, so our wedding will never take off!"
"You never let me enter your life, Zeus, because whenever I did... You always push me away from you, so I will never attempt to enter your life again." She murmured.
Zeus takes a deep breath because, after decades of ignoring the young lady, this was the first she told him what she felt for him. But, he already knew what Adeline felt towards him, and he didn't have any plan considering it.
"I already answer that, Adeline."
"Yes, you did, but it wasn't enough! After what I did for you, this is how you repay me?!" She yelled.
"I never asked you to do that for me because from the very start. I told you who I love!"
She wiped her tears away and laughed, "So, you still love that bitch? How many times should I remind you, Zeus? She didn't love you, and she never did!"
"Stop!"
"And now you're telling me to stop? We're not done yet because I'll remind you what that girl did to you, and if I have to do it every, I will do it!"
"I said, stop!" He slammed the table and came closer to her insignificant steps before grabbing Adeline's neck.
"If I told you to stop... Stop!"
He tightened the grip on Adeline's neck and said, "You can't force me to love you because whatever you do. You can't replace her in my heart."
Zeus let go of her violently, causing Adeline to fall to the floor. She holds her neck and tries to catch her breath without looking at him.
But her gaze turned to the door when someone came in, and she almost choked to death when she saw her father. Adeline's father was standing outside the door and looking at her sharply before turning his gaze to Zeus.
The alpha king himself walked faster and approached his daughter, but when Adeline was about to explain, he slapped her hard, causing her to stop. Even Zeus was shocked by what the alpha king did, but he wouldn't let the king hurt his daughter.
"That is not necessary, your highness."
The alpha king looks at him, "This is a father and daughter problem, so you don't have the right to interfere in our problem."
"But hurting her is not right, sir."
"Then, what is right, Zeus?" The alpha king questions him, "Before saying that to me, ask yourself first because, in the first place, you were the one who hurt Adeline. Not me."
He lowered his head to show respect, "I know what I did, but you know why I did it to her."
"You can tell me if you don't want to marry my daughter, but hurting her after those times she spent with you is not a good idea. I'm her father, and seeing my daughter like this hurt me so much."
He kept his mouth shut and didn't say any more words because if he did, Zeus knew this conversation would go somewhere else. He let them leave peacefully and left him behind because, after his long existence in this world, Zeus suddenly realized what he had done to his childhood friend.