"She starts tomorrow, right? Be good to her"
"Sure." Nodded Marc.
After them getting married, Tobias had put Marc in-charge of SolTech, the leading company is developing new age solar materials. Lisa had joined as head of R&D ealier that week. Tobias had offered her the job personally as soon as her doctoral thesis were submitted.
He wanted the best working for him. Lisa graduated from Harward and earned her PhD from Princeton. She had published several papers in the field of thin film solar cell development and Tobias wanted to incorporate her technology in to his cars. Besides SolTech, Tobias owned a chain of restaurants, a car company, two major hotels in the country and a was a pharmaceutical giant. It seemed like he owned a share in industries. His name was known to everyone in business. Since Marc had an engineering degree from MIT, he'd be suited to head SolTech.
"I am appointing you the director of SolTech." he announced to Marc, soon after the wedding.
"Sure" was all Marc managed. He was beginning to feel like a loyal dog. Ofcourse he wanted to work but he didn't want to be offered a company simply because he was son-in-law to the Giant. But the world didn't know Tobias was sinister. Alphas were nototrious for misuing their powers and strength in ways humans couldn't even fathom. Marc had gotten a taste of that overwhelming power and didn't want to upset Tobias, not even in the slightest.
And Now with Lisa starting work at the same company would make matters worse. His visison got blurry when he saw her and judgement cloudy. It would be more difficult to control himself if she worked that closely. And if Tobias sense a hint of disloyality, that.. He couldn't afford that. He had to control himself. He had to shut his heart to Lisa. It is not like he had ever been inappropriate to her. Not as if he had accidently had something flirtious. She was clueless of his feelings towards her. If he could keep that up then everything would be fine. Could he though?
He thought about her pressing on him on the morning of his wedding. The floor felt cold on his back and his chest warm with Lisa's weight on it. He could smell her arousal. That was the first time, Lisa had responded to his presence in that manner. He thought he was mistaken, but she had defintely inched her face closer as he lingered his finger on his cheek. It must have happened all too quickly for her. But for him, it felt like the moment had lasted forever. Did she feel what he felt, that time seemed to have slowed down in that instant?