No Ordinary Boss

Listen to your wolf

I finally was able to pick myself up off the floor after crying for an hour. I decided even if it is only 5pm, it's time to end this day. I crawl into my bed and settle my head on the pillow.  Lying on my side I face the windows, and balcony door. The sun is still pretty high in the sky. It's almost summer, so the sun wont set for a while. A cool breeze blows the sheer curtains, reminding me of when I first moved in and how I saw Rome standing in that spot. I make the decision to lock all the doors and windows. I even place the security stick under the door knob of the front door.

Laying back down I pull the sheet up to my chest and turn on my side again. I stare into space and wonder how everything got so screwed up? Why is this all happening right now?

"Roman" My wolf growls out.

"What do you mean?" I ask her.

"He's how you got here, he's the reason why things got so screwed up."

"How would you know? You just showed up yesterday wolfie." I say sassily.

"First of all I do have a name, if you ever cared to ask you'd know it. And just because you're just seeing and hearing me doesn't mean I don't know anything." I role my eyes at her, but shes right, I never bothered to ask her, and I've been the only one in the dark all these years. Not her.

"I'm sorry, that was rude of me. What is your name?" She huffs, and rubs her snout with her paw.

"Sasha." I smile hearing her name.

"Pretty name Sasha. But it isn't all Romes fault. Peter lived next to me for years, and never said a word to me other then 'Hello princess' from his drive way. He knew about my parents, he knew he was my mate."

"You were too young, and with me dormant you wouldn't have felt the mate bond. When you did finally agree to give him your time alone he did tell you everything. He didn't hold anything back." I hate to say it but this bitch is right.

She doesn't speak up again. It's just silent in my head and the apartment, for a long while. As the sun finally sets I close my eyes, and figure I'll just go to sleep. But that thought is quickly thrown out the window when I feel a hum in the back of my head, just before I hear his voice.

"Princess." He whispers to me. I smile hearing his voice, and the butterflies in my stomach wake up.

"I thought you weren't going to call or come by? I thought you were going to wait on me?" I raise a brow.

"I never said anything about mind linking." I can just imagine the smirk on his face fight now, and I giggle.

"Nice loophole you got there." his deep chuckle has my skin vibrating. "A-Are you ok?"

"You're the one being torn in a million different directions, and you ask me if I'm ok?"

"I was just making sure. I don't know if I could handle anymore bad news right now though."

"Talk to me Princess. Please? I can feel your emotions. I know you cried for at least an hour earlier." I have to figure out how to block him from feeling everything every second.

"Speaking of pain. Did you feel the sharp pain I had in my chest? I don't know what that was." He's quiet for a little too long. "Peter?"

"Yeah, I felt it. But that wasn't your pain." I sit up in my bed, racking my brain at what he means. "That pain was mine. I was listening in on your thoughts. I wanted to make sure you were ok. You said that if I hadn't changed your name that you would've been dead a long time ago. I can't hear things like. The thought is unbearable."

"oh." My shoulders slump.

"Oh? That's it?" Now its my turn to giggle.

"Yeah, why? What did you expect.?"

"I thought you'd be angry at me for listening in. Not giving you privacy. I'm sorry I did it. It really was to check on you, but I also did it for selfish reasons. I wanted to hear what he was telling you. I wanted to make sure he wasn't lying or manipulating you. " I shake my head as if he can see it.

"N-no, I'm not mad. You were right to think about that. I kept my distance to make sure he couldn't do anything. But I'm okay. I'm just tired. "

"Oh, okay Princess, get some sleep. I'll be waiting for you love. Good night." I smile, grateful for him and his patience.

"Sweet dreams." I close my eyes again, but sleep doesn't come. I just lay there in the dark for a few hours. The silence started off as a good thing. Calming. But after a few hours of it the silence becomes torture. Now and then I can here an ambulance but it's not enough. I turn over facing away from the doors, when I hear something at my balcony door. When I look back it's Rome, Trying to sneak in. He tries to look in but it's too dark in my room, and the sheer curtains don't give anything away. He backs away from the door, and stares at the floor with his eyes closed. My heart breaks at the sight and for a moment I'm almost ready to open the door and pull him in here. But I force the feelings away. I told him I didn't want him here, and he was still going to try and sneak in here. I know Peter just mind linked me, but he didn't show up and try to come in when I said I needed time alone. He kept his word and didn't call my phone either.

If Rome would mind link me, I'd probably still be pissed, but I'd still be willing to listen to him. I'd probably even talk back. But he doesn't do that. In fact I cant feel him at all right now. I guess he blocked me out. I get why.

He disappears from my bedroom balcony door. I hear the jiggle of the doors in the living room, and then nothing. I lay my head back down closing my eyes. Ten Minutes goes by when I hear the key in my front door. I quickly get up and run to the front door. He tries to push on it but stops before he breaks it down.

"Fucking security bar." I hear him on the other side of the door. his voice is raspy like his throat is sore. Again, that ache in my heart.

"Roman?" I hear his movements freeze.

"I told you not to call me that." I smile, knowing he's probably pouting.

"What's wrong Rome? Why are you down here?"

"Grrrr." he growls out in frustration. "Why is everything locked up like fort knox?" I lean my forehead on the door. He knows why, but I guess he needs to hear it out loud.

"Because, I told you I needed time alone. Being alone makes me uneasy, so to feel safer I locked everything up nice and tight. Now why don't you go." I look out the peep hole and can see in the reflection of the glass framed picture across the hall; he's leaning the side of his face against my door, his hands flat and fingers spread on either side of his head on the door as well.

"Please Ava, please let me in." I shake my head. I know he cant see me, but I cant seem to find my voice. He lets out a sigh.

"I'll see you at work Monday morning Rome. Now please respect my wishes and go home." He slinks down my door instead and sits there. "Good night Rome." I look out the peep hole one last time, and see him look up in it's direction.

"Good night little one."