I Rejected My Obsessive Werebeast novel Chapter 37

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Chapter 37

Aurora’s POV

Kane’s eyes dropped to the stack of papers in my hands – the interview outline I’d just picked up off the floor.

He adjusted his stance slightly, hands in his jacket pockets, and said. “To make the interview run smoother, I’ve already proposed a plan to your boss.”

“You’ll be shadowing me for the next month. Foundation office visits. Shelter rounds. Meals. Everything.” He paused. “Of course, except living together.” He looked at me, “Can you handle that arrangement?”

I stood there. The papers in my hand were still slightly creased from the fall. My thumb ran along the edge of the top sheet, back and forth

once.

“Yes,” I said. “No problem.”

The corner of his mouth lifted. “There are still some details I need to confirm with your boss. I won’t take up more of your time.”

He turned and walked down the corridor. His silhouette disappeared around the corner.

I stood in the same spot for a moment, looked down at the neatly stacked papers in my hand, and took a deep breath before heading back to my desk.

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-I’d barely sat down when Mia materialized at my elbow.

“What did he say?” she whispered, eyes bright “What happened out there?”

marized it as flatly as I could. “Shadowing him for a month. Full Jule.”

inhaled sharply. “That means you’re going to be together all day, ery day, for a whole month.”

rubbed the space between my eyebrows. “That’s not the point. The point is I have to tell Silas.”

Mia patted my shoulder sympathetically. “Good luck with that. Your werebeast’s vinegar jar is about to overflow.”

–

I sighed. The rest of the afternoon, I organized questions and rehearsed opening lines in my head — trying out different ways to tell Silas without triggering a full meltdown. But no matter how I phrased it, the core message was always the same.

I’m going to be spending every day with another beastman for a month.

That sentence, in any language, is not calm-inducing.

I set my pen down, rubbed my temples, and sighed.

I’ll fi

et home.

ked up, stood, and was halfway to the ne again.

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-He was standing in the corridor – clearly just done talking with the

boss. He saw me, shifted his weight, and said naturally. “Lucky timing. I’m heading your way. I’ll give you a ride.”

blinked. “No, that’s fine. I’ll get myself home.”

h hour,” he said. “Hard to catch a cab. And since you’re going to th me for a month, you might as well get used to riding in my

was reasonable. I couldn’t find a hard objection.

“Okay,” I said. “I’ll just go to the restroom. Wait for me downstairs?”

He nodded. “Take your time.”

I watched him walk toward the elevators, then I turned and headed for the restroom at the end of the corridor.

The door clicked shut behind me.

I didn’t notice the shadow that slipped past the wall outside.

I was inside the restroom when I heard a soft metallic click. Something wedged into the door handle from the outside.

I walked over, turned the handle. It didn’t budge.

knocked on the door panel. “Is anyone out there?” Nothing.

1. I didn’t have time to move. A full bucket

the top of the partition, soaking me from

Ave.

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-I gasped. The cold hit like a slap. My dress clung to my skin instantly.

Water streamed down my hair, dripped off my chin, pooled around my shoes.

Outside the door, a low, deliberately distorted voice muttered. “You

in there.” Fast footsteps echoed away.

bitch

I w

water from my face and pounded the door again. Louder Iello? Is anyone -‘

The corridor was empty. The floor outside was dead quiet.

d my phone out of my bag. The screen flickered, lit black. Water damage.

up, and

caned back against the cold tile wall. Water dripped from my hair in eady lines. The fluorescent light above painted everything in flat white. I gripped the dead phone and stood there for two seconds.

Then I knocked again. “Anyone, help me!”

Kane’s POV

I’d been leaning against the pillar near the front desk for about ten

minutes.

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