Page 3 of Undercover Wolf's Forbidden Temptation

I’m laying everything down and I know it could end up biting me in the butt. I don’t know if it will but it’s pretty clear to me that this whole thing could go up in smoke. When I look at him, I just wonder if dad realizes how happy he has really made me. If he knows that this moment has made everything for me and now, I’m going to go have my happily ever after if given the chance.

“Do you know if he likes me?” I ask Dad, seeing how Sasha looks at me with wide eyes, “I can’t really read his expression when I meet his gaze. It’s like he is indifferent to everything and nothing bothers him. I could lie and say it doesn’t bother me, but it does a little bit. I’m just worried that I’m going to give him my heart and he is going to end up trampling on it. What if that does end up happening?”

“I don’t know if he likes you.” Dad tells me, a sad smile on his face, “Truthfully, I highly doubt he would tell me even if he did because he knows how protective I am of you. I can’t say that this decision is what I wanted for you, but I know that he is going to be able to give you everything that you need. If he rejects you… You just have to accept it, okay? He is allowed to do that.”

I hate the idea of rejection, but I slowly nod my head, “Okay, dad, I understand. I hope he doesn’t reject me, but I willunderstand if he does. He has no obligation to me, and we have to let our feelings through.”

Something about Hayden has always been odd though, drawing me in much closer than anyone has done before. I don’t know what is going to come from it but all I can think about is the future and how I long for him to be by my side. To love me and never let me go, that is what I need right now. If anything else happens, I honestly feel like I might end up dying if given the chance.

Oh, fuck me, what else can I do?

How can I see how Hayden feels?

“I’m going to tell him how I feel.” I finally reveal, hoping that I don’t live with any regrets, “I hope that you two will continue to route me on no matter what happens.”

As Sasha and Dad agree, it’s an oddly intense feeling that makes me crave a lot more. I don’t know if we will be fine, but I do know that I’m not going to lose anyone again.

I can promise that.

Chapter Three

Hayden

“Have you figured out any intel yet?” Director Hayes asks me through the phone that I have kept hidden where nobody would be able to find it, “It has been a long time, Hayden, and time is going by really quickly. Do you have anything for us to nab Andrew?”

“Nothing yet besides the evidence that I have been sending you.” I explain to him, hoping that I’m going to be able to do a lot more but I’m trying to do everything that I can to make sure that I’m going to win this, “I am doing my best to get more but Andrew is getting more suspicious that someone is a traitor. I know he isn’t looking at me right now but there is a chance that he might. I think that we need to be a bit more cautious.”

“I don’t know why you’re feeling that way, but I do hope that you get this job done.” Director Hayes growls at me, making me bristle because my wolf does not like that tone of voice, “I understand that you are one of our best but I’m not going to accept anything half-assed, Hayden. We need to get this doneand quickly before the whole program gets shut down. Hurry up, please.”

“I am doing everything that I can.” I promise him finally, running my fingers through my hair as I am doing everything that I can to make sure that he won’t tell me to leave, “Just give me a little bit of time. I will update you in a week.”

I don’t wait for his response as I end up hanging up and hiding my phone once again. We have a decent relationship, that much I can say but it’s not the easiest one. He has a control problem, wanting everything to go one way or another and he doesn’t care what might stand in his way. Truthfully, it looks like his job is on the line because of Andrew.

Not like it is any of my business.

A sudden knock on my door makes me stiff, not expecting anyone. Unfortunately, I do live in the pack house, but it is because I am a ‘recruited’ member of the group and not someone that people have known all their lives. I know with time I gained their trust, but not enough for them to leave me alone. I wish that I could do the right thing and get out of here, but I have to do everything that I can.

I have to make sure that I get this done.

It has to happen soon I think.

Cautiously approaching the door, my instincts are telling me to open it. I have no clue who is going to be on the other side, feeling a bit curious but I open the door either way, seeing how Claire is standing there, looking a little weird. My eyebrows furrow slightly when I look at her, confused as to what is going to come from it but I don’t know right now.

I would love to do what I can to be close to her, but I also need to run away.

I can’t let her get close to me; she would be able to bring down my walls quite easily.

“Claire, what are you doing here?” I ask her softly, making a bit of conversation as I’m trying to not let anything get to me, “I thought that you would be with your father. Truthfully, I don’t know what you’re doing here at my door.”

“I wanted to talk to you.” She explains, fidgeting on her feet like it was no one else’s business, “I think it is going to be something that we can talk about, but I don’t know if this is the right time.”

I frown because I’m not sure what I’m going to say to her. I should have told her no and asked her to leave but I decided to move aside and let her get closer, feeling really weird. She enters my space, her sweet scent filling my senses that is enough to drive me crazy. All I can think about is her now, like nothing else I have ever begun to dream about.

It’s what I need.

It’s what I’m aching for.

“What did you want to talk about?” I ask her finally, hoping for the best as she is Andrew’s beloved daughter, “I don’t think we know each other well enough to truly be close.”