POV: MASON
I hate Mondays.
Don't get me wrong, I don't like lazing around during the week and not do anything. I just like the idea of working, not actually doing it.
I groan for the second time as I got out of bed. I did my personal training routine at the back of my yard for an hour before deciding to go wash up. The house greeted me in silence as I went to my room.
Part of the marriage agreement was to live where our communities meet. That is, we both( vampires and werewolves) built a duplex at the borders. You know, a neutral ground. I started staying here few years ago after I got back. More like my parents forced me to live here. I had fussed about it but after staying for a while, I liked it. It gave me my own privacy and peace.
It was a five bedroom duplex with a pool at the back. I had made sure the furnitures and painting where to my taste. There's a home cinema here with a popcorn machine and some candies. There's an in-built gym too but I don't fancy it that much. I really like running. The house was huge and everything in here screamed money. It's no surprise considering both families are super rich. I ate quickly, noting that I was late for work. I got in my black Mercedes and left for work.
Arriving at the office my P.A, Max, gave me a breakdown of my schedule this week including all my meetings. Max is 23, with brown hair and brown eyes. He is really hardworking, nice, organized and can work under pressure too. Exactly who I need as my P.A.
"Oh before I forget, cancel any dinner meeting on Friday, I'll be busy" I told him as we walked inside my office.
"Alright". he replied scribbling down some words. "Is it a date?" he asked, wiggling his eyebrows.
I sighed as I opened my laptop. " I wish. You know I'll soon be engaged right?". I asked
"oh yeah that's true. Elle is it? she's a nice person." Max said giving a small smile.
I stopped to look at him. "You know her? Where did you meet her?." I asked him curiously
"We actually went to the same high school. She was my classmate. You know they built one to accommodate vampires and werewolves right?". When I nodded he continued, "Yeah, she's a very nice person. She once defended me when some students were giving me a hard time after I came out" he said thoughtfully.
Max is gay. From what I heard, he came out in highschool and some people gave him a hard time for it. I don't know about the werewolves but our community was accepting to LGBTQ. Of course not all, hence the bullying. I didn't mind though, Love is Love.
"At least she's not homophobic." I said with a shrug.
Max gave a small laugh. "You don't sound happy about it"
"You know I don't mind right?", he nodded then I continued, " I'm just not excited about the whole marriage....and her" I said
"Arranged marriage, I understand now. But at least she's your childhood friend not some random stranger. Maybe you both could work out" he said
I scoffed. "No we're not". Max raised his eyebrows at that but didn't ask about it. He excused himself for some coffee.
Josh came in a few minutes later in a sour mood. I decided to piss him off him more."What got your face looking extra ugly today?" I asked teasingly.
"Very funny Mason" He sighed loudly and dragged his hands down his face. I won't be surprised if that's his attempt to "re-arrange" it. "My parents are at it again, asking when I'll get a girlfriend. ugh!" he said throwing his head back.
"Did you tell them you're too much of a playboy to date someone?". I said laughing
Josh rolled his eyes. "The next thing I know, I'll be in the hospital. In a coma" he said wide-eyed
I gave a small laugh. "Stop exaggerating. Your mom would just give you an earful of why fucking around is bad and settling down is important"
"Still the same thing". he said flattly. "I'll just have to ignore her for sometime while I come up with a plan".
"And by plan I want to believe actually getting a girlfriend and settling down right?" I asked
"No" he said and winked at me. "You're unbelievable" I said and laughed.
Max came in holding some files. When he saw Josh, he blushed and looked down. "um, if you're b-busy I could come back later. I just wanted to give you these files. I'll have to brief you about it a-and then u sign it." Max said, finding his shoes interesting
I looked at Josh and back at Max. "it's no problem. I'm not really busy". I replied Max
"N-no, I'll just come back later. I'll drop it here" he said dropping it quickly on my table. " There's something important I have to do". He walked away swiftly.
"If he has something important to do why did he come in the first place?" Josh asked me, curiosity coating his tone. When I gave him the look he continued, "What? Why are u looking at me like I'm stupid?"
"Nevermind" I sighed, I want to work so get the fuck out of here" I said checking out some emails.
"Aw, I thought you would miss me" he said batting his eyes.
"We literally saw each other yesterday. Please, kindly fuck off" I said
"Fine. I'll be back to disturb you later" he said walking away. I just shook my head and continued working.
A couple of emails, files, meetings later, I was done for the day and went home. I showered and microwaved some meals I brought from my parent's house. it's not that I can't cook, I just....liked my mom's cooking. Don't come at me.
As I laid on my bed, I couldn't stop thinking about the marriage and Elle. Like I said earlier, the hate isn't as intense as it was when I was eleven but I still didn't like her. I laid there thinking about what I was going to do before sleep engulfed me.