The Meetings

Hayden pov.

I was on my way to the Roxy Family Restaurant. I still had no idea why Danny kept pushing me to go alone by myself, while he insisted to stand by the office. If only he was not my best friend, I would have fired him already.

And how about the party tonight? What should I do? I could not disappoint my pack members by avoiding it. But how shameless I was if I appeared there without Luna. How should I deliver the news that I still had no idea where the Luna was. I could not make them worried. Even if Danny told me that it was okay that they still did not had their Luna, I still felt it was wrong. I felt they pretended to be okay. I felt useless. I growled at my thoughts.

"We are here, sir" said Noah, my driver while opening my car door.

"Alright. Thank you" I responded.

When I arrived to the front restaurant, a waitress welcomed me.

"Mr. Johnson?" The waitress was confirming me.

"Yes."

"Please follow me."

Without a word I followed her to the table. To my surprise, there was a little girl sitting there eating ice cream cake.

"Is this the right table?" I asked the waitress.

"Yes, this is the right table, sir. The table is under the name of Ms. Wilson and Mr. Johnson." The waitress explained while checked on the tab whether it was the right table.

"Oh yeah, it's she and I." I frowned and sat at the opposite chair of the little girl.

"Alright, would you like to take the order now?" She said while handing the menu.

"I'd like to wait for Ms. Wilson."

"Alright." She smiled and left.

Where was Ms. Wilson? Why was the little girl here? How unprofessional Ms. Wilson was for taking a little girl with her to the meeting. Moreover, how would I focus on the meeting while the restaurant was crowded with parents and children going passed by our table. I looked around the crowded restaurant.

"Who are you?" Finally, a cute sweet voice came out from the little girl as she asked me to kill the silence between us.

"Don't talk to me." I said. But then I can't help myself from asking back, "But who are you? Why are you here? Did Ms. Wilson bring you along? And where is she?" The curiosity was killing me. I should have complained to Ms. Wilson about the unprofessionalism, and of course reconsider to take our contract in joining our company.

"Don't talk to me." The little girl mimicked me, still eating her ice cream.

"WHAT?! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!" No one dare to disrespect Alpha, even from a little girl! Rage in my chest blew up.

Suddenly, the restaurant fell silent. I looked around and found everyone looked at me with disgust.

"How come a man talk like that to a little girl!"

"Poor little girl to have such a father!"

"He's not deserved being a father." I heard they whispering. I WAS NOT her father! Trying to held a growl coming out of my mouth. I forgot that this was a family restaurant. Fuck!

I saw the little girl in front of me, she was frightened and cried. Shit! this was one of the reasons why I hate children so much.

"Hey, I don't mean it. Stop crying okay." I said to the little girl. While trying to make the little girl calm down, I smelled a sweet floral scent and it got stronger. I froze for a second. I found her here. My mate.

I looked around and met her. Yes, her. Ms. Elena Wilson. The CEO of Alexia company. And I heard my wolf growled 'mine'.

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Elena pov.

Today, I held a meeting with CEO of Johnson Globally Corp., Mr. Hayden Johnson. I felt sorry for him as I took this family restaurant as the place of meeting. I can't help it since Victoria Parker, my daughter's nanny fell sick suddenly this morning, thus, I should take my daughter along with me to the company and also to the meeting. I couldn't left my daughter with my PA, since she was afraid of others except me and Vic. I couldn't either choose an exclusive restaurant as the meeting place around here, since they wouldn't let children under 10 y.o. got in (my daughter was only 5 y.o.). And my daughter kept asking me to take her to the Roxy Family Restaurant since there was her favorite ice cream cake.

The meeting was supposed to be at the lunch time, but my daughter kept persistence to go here earlier. She wanted to eat the ice cream cake now. I rolled my eyes as my daughter threw a tantrum to get what she want.

As soon as I reached the restaurant I told my daughter to sit and wait for me as I used the bathroom. I order her favorite ice cream cake then left to the bathroom.

After I did my business, I sighed to myself as I washed my hand and looked at the bathroom mirror. I thought I should apologize to Mr. Johnson due my unprofessionalism. I wished he wouldn't cancel the contract because of it.

I got out from the bathroom as my nose hit a strong fresh masculine scent, I wonder what it was.

"WHAT?! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!" I gasp to the loud voice. It was a man. What's happened?

I rushed to go to our table and saw a handsome man (it was of course Mr. Johnson) was trying to calm my crying daughter. He froze for a second, maybe he felt my presence. He looked around and found me. Our gazes met and locked for a second, his eyes drawn me in. He had something in those beautiful eyes but I didn't know what was it. Until I realized that the yelling man was absolutely him. And he was yelling to my precious daughter. I couldn't accept it!

"Mr. Johnson!" I couldn't help my angry voice as I approached him. He gasped to my tone. Seemed like I took him back to reality from his own world while my daughter ran to me and hugged me tight. "What are you doing to my daughter?!" He looked surprised.

"Y.. your daughter? You have a daughter? He asked me. "How is it possible?" He asked himself now.

"What? Possible? You mean it's impossible for me to have any child? How rude you are!" What's wrong with him!

"No, no, no, it's not like that. I don't mean it that way."

"Then what is it?"

"I thought you haven't married and have a child yet. You look young."

"Oh, is that why?" My anger faded in an instant. I didn't know whether he was trying to flirt with me or it was a compliment. However, I found myself calmed down hearing his gentle voice. "But why were you yelling at my daughter?" I spoke as I sat down at the opposite chair of him, and put my daughter on my lap. She was still hugging me tight.

"I'm sorry, I just don't know how to deal with children, it's my bad. I apologize." He was being sincere. "So it explained why you wanted to hold the meeting here at the family restaurant, to bring along your daughter.? mmm.." He showed an understandable look.

"Oh yeah, I forgot, I should apologize to you first due to my unprofessionalism. I shouldn't bring her along but her nanny fell sick suddenly this morning."

"It's alright. Would you like to order first?" He asked.

"I would like to start the meeting then order the lunch, if you alright with that."

"Alright, let's start the meeting." He smiled. It was then when I realized I would not be able to focus on the meeting for the next hours. Why was he so damn hot while he smiled?