Alpha Markus and Celeste
Chapter 49
Chapter 49 – Celeste
Celeste P.O.V.
“I want to cook all of Gillian’s favorites this week, though I am a little mad he’s been helping them this whole time without telling us, so maybe I should only make him one thing. I’ve been so worried about them. Feeling guilty that I was getting full meals every day when I
couldn’t know if they were getting any food at all,” I said as we drove to the bank the next morning.
“That’s Gillian for you. He will never tell the extent of what he does for others unless you catch him mid act,” Markus explained.
“How did you meet him?”
“Dad always made time to visit the orphanage. He still does I think. His dad was not a kind man. He provided the bare necessities
and refused to grant any past that. It takes a while to rebuild trust after having that type of Alpha and dad worked very hard to get it. He
made personal visits to the Orphanage because he wanted to make sure the kids had a happy life despite their tragedies. One day, Mrs Quinn wasn’t available to babysit and dad decided that it wouldn’t hurt for me to come play with the kids. They were going to be my
people eventually anyways…” He said as he got lost in the memory.
“I found Gillian in a corner of the playground. He was getting bullied by a couple of bigger kids and I threatened to call my dad if they
hurt him. When they finally left, I realized that he wasn’t even protecting himself, he was taking s**t because he was protecting a little
bird that they had been trying to pluck the feathers off of. We took the bird to my father, who allowed me to take it home to watch until it
was better and could fly off. He arranged for visits from Gillian to come see the bird at the Packhouse. We have been friends since.”
“So he’s been helping since he was a boy.” I nodded. “OK, I’m back to cooking him three meals this week,” I said and Markus laughed
as he parked the car in front of the bank.
“When am I going to get my favorites cooked for?” He demanded.
That was true, I had never cooked specifically for him. “What are your favorites? I can cook them for you next week?”
He smirked at me. “You.” I was confused and about to ask what he meant when Kara flashed me some images that made me realize
what he meant and I swear I heard the capillaries in my face all burst at the same time. He laughed and pulled me over the seat and onto his lap. It was a good thing this was a big truck or I would have hit my head on the roof.
“Markus!” I said before he crashed his lips on mine. His kiss was hungry and electrifying. My entire body reacted and molded to him,
wanting to feel him everywhere. I moaned as his lips finally left my lips and trailed kisses down to his mark. My core clenched when I felt his teeth gently scraped on the mark, sending jolts of pleasure through me.
“Fuck….we should get this over with so I can get you home and take you properly,” he groaned. We sat there for a few minutes while
me the file folder we had put all of the documents in and led us to the bank.
“Mr Salonen! Good to see you sir! How is your father?” an older gentleman greeted us at the entrance.
“He’s great. Enjoying retirement, thanks for asking,” Markus responded, shaking his hand. “Thank you for meeting with us on such short notice, Mr. Ronin. This is my ma-ehh…partner Celeste.”
“Pleasure to meet you Celeste! And it’s no bother at all! We’re happy to have you. You’re one of our biggest clients. Can I offer you
some water, champagne, some lunch?”
• I looked at Markus and scrunched my nose as he walked us towards his office. He smirked, “No thank you, we have a lot of business
to get done today.”
“Of course, of course. I would imagine the owner of a billion-dollar company has a lot of work to do,” he said as he sat down. “So
what can I do for you Mr. Salonen. Do you have any concerns with how we’ve been handling your account?”
“No no,” Markus said, “In fact one of the things we need to talk about is adding Celeste as joint holder to my personal account.” One
of my eyebrows rose on its own accord at this. He had never mentioned this being part of the plan.
“Ha-have you talked to your attorney about this sir?” he said, darting a look at me.
couldn’t see, trying to calm his anger with the mate bond.
“- I just thought, considering the size of your estate, that perhaps you should consult with your attorney before adding a young lady that isn’t yet your wif-” He shut up at the look that Markus gave as he stood up. I grabbed his arm.
“Markus, we can discuss this later. How about we go through my documents instead? That was the reason we came.”‘ Please love, 1 don’t care about what he thinks. He is human. He doesn’t understand the mate bond, mind linked him as I rubbed my arm up and
down his arm.
Markus sat back down, breathing hard. Clearly trying to calm himself. He gave a curt nod before he crossed his arms, not taking his
angry glare from Mr. Ronin.
I pulled out the statements from the file folder. “I found these documents among some of my parents’ things. I would like to know if
these accounts are still open. They appear to be in my name.” I placed the statements and slid them over to him. He took them from me
and his eyes bulged.
“Dellarosa? The Dellarosa?” He asked.
“You are familiar with those accounts?” I asked.
“How can I not? They were the biggest accounts we had before Mr. Salonen here grew his into what it is today. It was a terrible.
tragedy what happened to your parents.”
“What’s been happening to those accounts since Celeste has been away?” Markus asked.
“Well, there were very specific instructions from Mr. Dellarosa. He had liquidated all of his investments and put them into a trust. We were to keep investing conservatively to help it grow and once Ms Dellarosa came of age, it was to be transferred over to her. I remember
asking why he was transferring things over and he said that he had other assets with another bank but wanted to make sure your future
was secure. A couple of weeks after the changes were completed, they died in that awful airplane accident of all of those people from
that town over.”
‘Plane accident?’ I asked Markus.
‘We can ask dad, but I would imagine that it was the work of the council to try to cover the m******e to the humans,’
responded.
“So the accounts are still valid?” I asked.
“Oh yes. They all have grown considerably over the past decade. We have a team of investors dedicated to your accounts. We take
care of all of our clients here,” he said and shot a quick look at Markus, who was still glaring. He visibly gulped before he turned to his
computer. He printed a document and was going to hand it to me before he hesitated, “I’m really sorry miss, but I need to see
identification.”