Chapter 3

   "HELLO, ARE YOU ALRIGHT?" His thick voice waved through her with a calming sensation. She tried to open her mouth to form a reply, but no sound came out.

"Are you Alright?" bending down to pick up her materials, he asked again.

  "Uh.. Yeah! Yeah, I'm alright. I'm so sorry, I didn't think anyone was inside.." Erin replied, giggling nervously.

  He then grinned. Erin almost gasped again at how his face transformed when he smiled. He was too beautiful. His skin had this unnaturally white shine to it, and his lips were so dark, a sinful dark red, like he'd been drinking blood. He was tall, very tall that she had to crank up her head just to get a good look at his chiseled face.

   "Alright. Here," He handed her the paper and pen, then shifted slightly to give space.

"Take care, Erin." He said briefly before walking off. Erin walked into the rest room and stared at her face in the mirror.

She looked unbelievably flush and shaken. Get it together Erin! He might be inhumanly handsome but he's still just a man!

   But Erin knew he wasn't just a man. He looked special somehow, Erin couldn't put her finger on it, but there was something about him, she could practically feel the aura, the power shimmering around him. She knew it had rubbed off on her too because she'd been captivated by him, she'd been speechless. She didn't know how that was possible or why it was like that, but she knew she wasn't imagining things.

"I didn't even get to know his name." She muttered disappointedly to herself. Maybe it was for the best.

Something caught her attention from the side of her eyes and she turned.

  On the sink, was a few drops of what looked like blood. She turned back to where the man had been standing a moment ago.

Was he injured? He hadn't had a single stain on his clothes. Or maybe he had but Erin had just been too distracted by his beautiful face to notice it.

She instinctively brought her hand down and touched the blood stain on the sink. It was thicker. Thicker than blood should've been. She gently brought the finger to her nose. She sniffed a little.

  The blood smelled... Pleasant. It didn't smell like normal blood. There was that coppery scent, but something else too. She didn't know what it was but she was suspicious.

The man had definitely been injured. That was why she had heard the strange sounds in the first place.

"Dexter! What the hell are you doing here!"

Erin turned in alarm. It was Mrs Suriya and she didn't look too happy. Scratch that. She looked livid.

She brought out her finger that she'd used to touch the blood.

"Um... Sorry, ma'am, I injured my self, and I just wanted to clean it before entering the conference room." She explained.

Mrs Suriya glared at her but she wasn't as angry as before. That was good.

"Well... Clean the wound and hurry up over here! I told you not to fuck me up! The Chairman is already on sit but I am not. I need to impress him for the few minutes he'll be here. If he's not impressed, I promise you, you won't have a job!" She shouted before walking out of the rest room.

"Oh geez," Erin exhaled before washing her hands and running out of the rest room.

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Julian didn't want to be here. He sat at the front of the conference table and studied everyone that entered with his senses.

He'd wanted to send Damon, his right hand man to oversee the meeting, but Damon had met with an unfortunate accident. Not the human kind of accident though, because he was immune to that.

When Damon had collapsed this morning, his men had found out that Damon had been poisoned. He'd been poisoned by the rogues. He'd been given woodworm, a very deadly substance used to subdue supernatural beings.

A Woodworm could kill a Vampire when taken regularly for weeks. But for a demon or monster, it was a straight, quick death once taken into their system.

The amount of woodworm in Damon's body had been much, which had made him faint. But he was fine now, still receiving treatment.

So he was here, in place of his vice.

"Mr Julian Ferrari! Welcome! I'm so sorry I wasn't here earlier, had to put some things in order. I'm Suriya Raj, the junior marketing manager. I'm pleased to finally meet you."

Julian smiled politely and nodded his head in greeting.

Then something happened. That smell. Julian's throat closed up as the scent assailed his senses. It was the girl he'd met in the rest room. He turned to entrance and saw her.

An involuntary hiss escaped his lips. In all his years as a vampire, he'd never desired to kill someone on the spot as he wished to kill her. Julian was known in the vampire world for his strength and self control. He was always careful. But this, this was something else.

He stared at her, she was also staring at him. Julian knew that look. It was the look every women, even men, young and old, big and small, gave him. As a supernatural being, there was an excessive display of beauty and power surrounding him that drew in humans. They were always transfixed by him. And he had the power to sense that. He couldn't read minds, but he had the ability to read people's expressions. From the sound of their hearts to their nerves. He knew when someone was sad, happy, lying or dying.

Julian Ferrari was a Vampire. A very old, rich vampire. And this girl, who he hadn't met before was his prey. He would find her, and take her blood. Every drop of it.

"Who is she?" Julian asked, pointing a finger to Erin.

"Oh, well.. She's... She's just my assistant, nothing relevant."

Julian smiled slightly as he registered the woman's expression. She didn't like her assistant. Not one bit.

"So.." Suriya continued, moving closer to where he was seated. Out of the corner of his eyes, Julian could see Erin walking over. He tensed as the scent of blood entered his nose again. Dammit.

"I was thinking.. Once we've wrapped up this boring meeting.. We could grab something to eat?" Suriya leaned in, making sure to put her cleavage in front of his face.

"I'm afraid I can't, Mrs Suriya. I am very busy. Thanks for offering though." Julian replied politely.

Her smile fell and she looked disappointed as she walked back to her seat. Julian returned his gaze to the girl. Erin was her name. He smiled at her.

ERIN FELT HER PULSE SKY ROCKER as Mrs Suriya walked away and the man at the rest room, who happened to be the CEO of the company, smiled at her.

What was happening to her??? She'd never been this intimated. Maybe because she'd clashed with the owner of the company!

As the meeting started, Erin tried her best to avoid his eyes.

"Hello, everyone. As you all know, I'm Julian Ferrari. I'm here overview the plan for the project that was assigned to you. Can we begin? Mr Trump? Please start with the presentation."

His voice commanded so much attention and respect. Erin was not surprised that whole room quieted as he spoke.

As the meeting went on, Erin jotted down the important things and avoided his eyes.

After an hour, the meeting was done.

"Thank you, all. If that will be all, I'll take my leave." Mr Ferrari said. He didn't wait for a reply before he walked out. Erin held her breath as he stormed past her.

She didn't know if she was happy or disappointed that he had left.

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