Rejected by one Alpha, Loved by another

Chapter 85: Snobs

Millie's POV

At 3:30 on the dot I pulled into the carpark, Kai told me to pull into.

Pulling my phone out of my pocket, I texted my sister to let her know I was fine and asked her to stop ringing me every five minutes.

Walking into the building, I manage to get through the reception area and straight up to Kai's floor. I'm only wearing skinny jeans paired with calf-high winter boots and a long top with a cardigan, and I feel comfy and snug. This is what it feels like nearing November weather: not too cold but not too hot either, but in the late afternoon and evenings, it does get really cold here.

"Hello. May I help you?" the pretty woman behind the desk asks. I don't know what my facial expression is doing, I think I'm smiling but my body is as straight and tense as a metal pole pipe.

"Hi, I'm looking for Kai?"

"Appointment?" she clips at me. Her work attitude throws me back a little. He knew I was coming here so surely she should be alright with me heading straight through to wherever he is.

"I um..."

"Look lady, Kai is a busy man and he doesn't do conversations with commoners" she sneers at me as she clicks out of her computer and stands. I'm not usually one to talk back to someone but today I am not in the mood. For some stupid reason I thought this was a good idea and I believed it to be a good idea even as I rode the lift up...Alone because my stubborn ass didn't want to put anyone out.

"He's expecting me" I try to explain but she just giggles. It isn't a sweet giggle either it's laced with malice and jealousy. "I'm sure you think he is expecting you honey but truth be told..." she says with a hand covering part of her mouth and looking either way to ensure no one is watching her. "You are not his type. You literally look like a poor girl living in a fantasy world. Go back to whatever rock you crawled out of and leave my man alone" she says plastering on that fake smile.

My stomach clenches with the need to punch something...or someone... but I rein that thought in. Instead, I smile even though I want to cry and I turn around and walk toward the lift once again. Her sneer of disapproval makes me feel even worse today.

Her man?

The drive back to my apartment is in silence, usually, I would blast some tunes out and let myself drown in the feel of the music as I drive through the busy streets of LA. My whole body is aching from practice today and I was quite excited about meeting up with Kai. The nerves I had before have now turned into dread. I started talking to my mate...my mate who is currently seeing his work staff. Is this how it's going to be? I've never felt left out at home, I had and still have a good home life where my family are concerned. They supported me through quite a lot of ups and downs. Highs and lows of being troubled with issues but they never once made me feel like I have to hide them.

I never once felt like I was being hidden for their benefit, I was included in everything and when I was bullied by some guys my brother knew, he soon got excluded from his college for beating one up but no one batted an eye at the mental humiliation the guys and girls put me through in high school.

Thankfully I had my sister with me and we shared a lot of the same interests even if our friendship groups were different. While she was popular and happy, outgoing and loved to be around her friends, I was the book nerd, loved a good horror, murder mystery or even romance book, enjoyed my 3 now 4 friends who stick with me always and I love to sit on the sofa and watch the world go by with a cup of hot chocolate. We are the same person but we are totally different in personalities.

"Call Gabe," I say into my cars Bluetooth. Gabriella is one of our closest friends who is also like me. Just in a different body.

"Hey," she says as she answers the phone.

"Hi. I went to visit Kai like he asked me to" I say but I know what's about to come of me calling her. "And? How did it go?"

"His staff on the top floor refused for me to get let in and then she told me he was her man and that I was just a poor person playing rich which is..."

"Harsh! Fucking bitch!" She says before adding "Did you get her name?"

"I believe it was Casey that the tag said. I didn't exactly pay that much attention to her name tag or look anywhere but at the desk, she kept leaning over. She was beautiful Gabe..."

"Shut up. Mills, you are bloody gorgeous man! So fucking beautiful and I don't know why she said that but when I saw you both talking in the café the other week, you looked really happy and so did he"

"Yeah but for all I know he just wanted to talk to someone else before he went home to his partner. What do I know, I've never slept with anyone, I've never been in a relationship and I have never felt the things I'm currently feeling" I explain but I can't explain to her that I'm also a wolf and I have these feeling's because my mate is literally breaking my heart right now. I would definitely get put into a hospital and then try explaining that to someone on that side of the door.

"No doc, I swear I'm not crazy you have to believe me I'm normal" and that thought only makes me laugh. I laugh before I start crying from the laughing but I don't believe I'm actually laughing anymore. I pull over and let the tears fall before I decide that I'm better than this. I need to get home, get a hot chocolate and I need to lay in bed and put my headphones on and sleep. I think everything will be okay tomorrow. If not then at Christmas, I go home and I chill out there.

"Is Natalia at home?" she asks and I know she is tonight because her classes got cancelled and she doesn't have a boyfriend that she sees. I think.

"Yeah. I will give you a call later on when I have sorted myself out. Love you"

"Be careful okay? Love you too" she says and then hangs up. The 5-minute drive back to my apartment after my little cry is still made in silence and when I finally get out of the car and head upstairs it's almost on autopilot. I hear Natalia say something but I close my door and get into some shorts and my long-sleeved sleep top before putting my headphones in and crawling under the quilt.