Does she know?

Paul paced back and forth in his office as he waited for Sam to come in. 'She works for me!" he chanted in his head. 'She's here because something is wrong with my company!' he thought.

Beep!

"Mr Lahote, Mr Uley is here to see you," Kim his assistant said before she escorted Sam in and handed Paul the file he had asked for.

Whilst waiting for Sam he had asked Kim to find Bella's file, he needed to know everything about her.

"Thank you, Kim, hold all calls and visitors until we have finished," he said, she nodded then left.

Sam sat lazily on the sofa Paul had in his office. He yawned loudly as he stretched his arms and back.

"So, boss what was so urgent you couldn't wait for tomorrow?" Paul glared as he took a seat in the chair opposite him.

Sam smiled, "What? I just flew back from Australia. I am incredibly jet-lagged so can we hurry this up. I may be a wolf, but I'm still tired."

Paul glared again before giving Sam the file. He flipped through Bella's file curiously.

"Ok, what about her? It says here she works in the New York offices. Do you want to fire her, transfer her or sleep with her?" he asked as he looked at his boss.

Paul rubbed his face and groaned loudly.

"None of the above ...... well maybe ...... no I mean she is already here. She is some kind of forensic auditor, she was sent here by the New York offices because something isn't right here," he said in frustration, he had never felt so conflicted.

He wanted to sleep with her badly, his wolf was pawing at him to claim her. However, his heart was stopping him.

Sam nodded, "Ok well, if you have met her then ask her about it and then either help her or leave her to find it," he said.

Paul glared, once again, at him as he swept a hand over his face.

"Someone from New York sent her here to do just that. The problem is I know nothing about it and seeing as I am the boss don't you think I should?" He was scowling now, a knock on the door brought them both out of their thoughts.

Kim opened the door a crack, "Sorry to disturb you sir, but I'm leaving now. Is there anything I can do before I go?"

"Yes, can you tell Jared to get in here," he demanded.

Sam smiled, "Please," he added. Kim chuckled as Paul glared at him. "Please Kim, can you ask Jared to come in here before you go," Sam said all the while smiling at Paul.

"Of course, goodnight," Kim said with a chuckle.

"Thank you!" called Sam before turning back to Paul.

"You know you can be a real ass," Paul told him as Sam laughed.

Five minutes later Jared walked through the door.

"What's up boss?" he asked as he sat down next to Sam and scanned the file. Sam filled him in on the bit he knew.

"Ok, so what do you need me to do?" he asked.

Sam shrugged his shoulders

"Honestly I have no idea."

They both turned to Paul who was rubbing his eyes in annoyance.

"I need one of you to call Jake, Quil or Embry in the New York offices and find out why they sent her here," he said through gritted teeth.

Sam was grating on his last nerve. It wasn't bad enough that he wanted to devour the very woman they were talking about, but now he had to sit here and endure Sam's annoying sarcasm. Jared nodded, walked to Paul's desk and started to make some calls.

Meanwhile, Paul could feel Sam's stare.

"What!" he demanded.

"How did you find out about her?" Sam asked curiously.

Paul sighed as he slumped in his seat ignoring his question as Jared sat back down.

"I couldn't get through to Jake and Quil, Embry said he didn't know anything about it but would look into it and get back to us in a few minutes". Jared looked at the staring match between Sam and Paul. "Have I missed something?" he asked, Sam shook his head.

"Paul was just about to tell us how he knows about her," he said then Paul sighed again.

"Last night, there was someone banging on my door. It was her, she was scared and needed help. There was a man hobbling away when I brought her in. She said had been attacked and my door was the only one with lights on. I had Seth drive her home and then before I called you I bumped into her again. I walked her home and that's when she told me she works for me and was here to do a special audit" he explained.

"So she knew who you were?" Sam asked.

Paul shook his head, "Yes ... I mean no ... I don't know. When I asked her what she was doing in New Orleans she said she was here on business. When I asked her who she worked for she just said 'The Lahote Development Company' it didn't seem like she knew who I was. I had only given her my first name the night before."

"When I asked her what she did for them she was reluctant to tell me. So of course, that had alarm bells ringing. Then she asked me not to laugh if she told me what she did. She said she is a forensic auditor; she comes in when something isn't adding up on the sheets or with the end products."

"I quickly said I had a meeting and then I called you," he left out the part about the connection he felt towards her.

However, Sam and Jared seemed to know there was more.

"You're not telling us everything. Have you slept with her already?" Same asked.

Paul shook his head; he should know better than to hide something from his pack brothers. Being the alpha of a wolf pack had its advantages like true brothers, great healing abilities and acute senses. However, it was next to impossible to keep things to yourself.

"No, I haven't slept with her," Paul said,

"You want to though, right?" finished Jared.

Paul closed his eyes and nodded.

'God, I want to do more than sleep with her,' he thought as the image of her alluring eyes flashed through his mind.

"Well do it then, get it out of your system. You don't need to tell her who you are."

Sam was always a very matter of fact type of guy. When he wanted a woman, he found one for the night and that was it. Jared punched Sam on the arm hard.

"He can't just sleep with her, for one he's her boss and that has sexual harassment lawsuit written all over it if she finds out or even knows who he is. Also, I think it's more than just wanting to sleep with her, right Paul?"

Paul nodded looking and feeling so lost.

"I think my wolf wants her too," he explained.

Jared nodded sympathetically, he had imprinted on Kim two years ago and he knew what was going through Paul's mind right now. Kim had worked for Paul for three years before he finally took notice of her. He had always spoken to her and thought she was pretty, but it took her crying at her desk one day to make his wolf notice.

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'Kim said goodbye to her boss as he left for a business meeting. As soon as she sat down her phone rang.

"Hello, Mr Lahote office, how can I help you?" she said automatically.

"You could tell me what time the very sexy and smoking hot assistant will be finishing work?"

"Ben" she chuckled.

"Got it in one babe. So what time shall I pick you up?" he asked.

"Sorry Ben, but I have to work late tonight there is a lot of paperwork that needs finishing for tomorrow," she explained as she opened her emails.

"Are you kidding me?" he asked.

"Sorry, but it's my job. Mr Lahote has given me a task to do. It's not like I do this every night," she said trying to soothe his impending anger.

"He's the fucking boss, he should do his own paperwork," he demanded angrily.

Kim sighed this was an argument they had, often enough. Ben thought an assistant should only have to answer calls, emails and get their boss a coffee as well as plan their meetings. He couldn't understand why Kim would do paperwork as well.

"Ben! He is a busy man and he does do his own paperwork, but I am his assistant which means I do some of it too. I've told you this before, why won't you understand?" she tried to keep her voice level.

"What other type of paperwork do you do for him Kim?" he asked in a level toned voice.

"What do you mean?" she asked her eyebrows knitted together.

"I mean, do you do the bending over type of paperwork, or is it the laying on his desk with your legs wide open type," he accused.

Kim's mouth hung open and her eyes went wide. She stuttered for a bit before finally getting a hold of herself.

"Ben! How could you think I would do something like that? Mr Lahote is my boss and nothing more," she said angrily.

Ben chuckled darkly, "Oh come on Kim. You and he have worked alone together many times. He is wealthy and, according to your friends, good looking. You're telling me you have never been tempted to seduce him or he has never taken advantage of you?" Ben sounded so ugly; Kim was starting to tear up.

"No Ben! I have never been tempted nor been taken advantage of. Mr Lahote is a gentleman and a good man unlike you are being right now. He knows about you and would never take advantage of his assistants. I can't believe you would think I would cheat on you!" She was shaking now as she spoke.

"Well, what am I supposed to think when you would rather work alone with your boss than come home and fuck your boyfriend. He must be better than me in bed, why else would you choose your job over me?"

Kim couldn't believe how vulgar he was being. She took a few deep breaths and steadied herself.

"Listen very closely Ben," she said as calmly as she could, "because I will say this once and once only. I have never slept with my boss, I will never sleep with him. I am not choosing my job over you, you are doing that for me. If you think that I want to be with someone that doesn't trust me and would think I would do something so despicable then you don't know me very well. Goodbye Ben, we are done."

Kim slammed the phone down, the tears she had been holding back came flooding out. At that very moment, Jared walked out of the lift and walked up to her desk. Kim had her back to him he could see that her shoulders were shaking.

Jared could smell the tears and hear the quiet sobs. Quickly, he walked around her desk and knelt in front of her. That's when it happened, the moment he looked into her tear-streaked eyes. He imprinted on her, hard. Ben had shown up later that day and Jared had stuck around waiting for Paul. He was glad he did, Kim had told him what Ben had said on the phone and he was even more vulgar when he came.

Jared had the pleasure of punching him in the face and watching security escort him out roughly. Of course, he had tried to sue him for punching him, but the thing that Ben hadn't known was that all calls are recorded. Jared had also been recording a voice memo for later and had left it on unintentionally when Ben had arrived. So, the court heard everything he had said. The judge threw the lawsuit out. Jared and Kim have been together ever since.

"Paul, you need to tell her who you are," Jared said.

Sam looked at him like he had grown two heads.

"Are you insane? You want him to tell her about his wolf and all that shit. We don't know anything about her, she could freak out," Jared gave him the stare that said, 'stop being an idiot.'

"No Sam, I don't mean tell her that part, at least not yet. You need to tell her about being her boss. Just be honest with her and see what happens," he suggested.

Paul sighed, "You are both right. I should tell her who I am, but I need to know more about her first. At least more than this file can tell me. Sam run a full background check on her and we will see what comes up."

Sam nodded and left. As he left the phone rang Jared stared at Paul for a second before he got up to answer it.

"Hello"

"Hey Jared, it's Embry"

"Hey Embry, you're on speaker and Paul's here with me. Did you find anything out?"

"Yeah, Jake noticed something off in some of the numbers coming from the New Orleans offices. He wasn't quite sure if it was something or not, so he sent in Miss Swan. He was gonna tell Paul if it turned into anything."

"Does she know what Paul looks like?" Jared asked as he looked at Paul.

Paul held his breath, he really needed to know the answer to this question, and in the same instance, he was also dreading the answer too.

"No, I don't think so. Per Paul's request, no one knows his face. If you google the Lahote Development Company, you can't find a picture of the guy who owns it. So, I don't see how she could know who you are Paul. Why?"

Paul let out the breath he had been holding.

"Thanks, Embry tell Jake to email what he found."

"Ok, Paul will do, bye."

Jared ended the call and looked at Paul.

"So, what are you gonna do?" Jared asked.

Paul took a seat at his desk and sighed.

"I don't know, let's see what Sam finds first then I'll take it from there."

Jared nodded and left. Paul turned to look out the window. His wolf was growling at him, it wanted to see Bella again, but Paul was reluctant.

It had been many years since he had taken an interest in a woman. He had sworn off women after what happened with Jessica. He shook his head.

'No, I am not gonna let that memory back in.' He turned to his laptop to check his emails. Jake had sent what he had found, so Paul ignored everything and focused on his work. Hopefully, Sam wouldn't find anything on Bella that could hurt his chances.