141 Evil recidivis

Maddy was standing in front of the Winter Corp. building and silently talking to herself.

- Damn Greg! He is not a brother of mine! I'm sure that he was adopted! This spawn of the devil Sending me alone to steal secret corporate documents?! Is he completely mad as a March hare? And what does that even mean, Ryan will help you if you ask nicely? Oh, yea! He will help me out of the building if I ask him with a kick in my ass! And how can I run with such a leg ?! Psychos! They are all f*cking psychos!"

At least the girl today didn't look anything like an evil recidivist. The doctor refused to take off the cast, and now she barely could walk on two crutches. Not exactly the most common image of a spy.

"Maybe even if they catch me, I still can blame everything on an overdose of painkillers?" - She murmured hopefully under her breath, heading for the main entrance.

The guards, as always, met her quite friendly. Many have become accustomed to her strange hair color, and have not even stared at her like the first few days. Noticing the girl's leg, one of the familiar guardsmen offered help. Maddy put her most charming smile on her face and politely refused, proceded to limp to the elevators.

Her office was on the second to last floor. Which mainly consisted of the higher administration offices and a few of their assistance. As soon as the elevator doors opened, she immediately stumbled upon one of her colleagues. A young guy, Kent, worked in the department of the secretariat and spent a lot of time following her around, although Maddie diligently tried to give him cold shoulders, he was a tough cooky.

" Madeleine!"- He exclaimed, making a horrifying expression, immediately noticing the injury of the girl. - "What happened?"

"Nothing special, Kent!" - Maddy tried to brush him off, stiffening internally. Kent was the last person she wanted to see right now. - "Just weekend with the family went a little out of a plan. That's all!"

Diligently ignoring the fact that the guy had already extended his hands to her to help somehow, the girl hurriedly stumbled in the direction of her office. But the guy apparently decided today to be more persistent than usual.

"Wait, Maddy. I can help. You just tell me what to do?" -Sreamed Kent, chasing her. - "Maybe I'll run to Mr. Grant. He just has to give you a day off. You really shouldn't have come today."

This time, Maddy winced, not hiding it at all.

" Listen, Kent." - she decided to act directly, otherwise, this one would not lay it off so easy. - "I have a lot of work. And I still have to go with the cast for at least two weeks. Are you asking me to quit my job?"

"Of course not. What are you talking about?" - Kent sputtered, not expecting such a retort. But apparently, today, was this lucky day for Maddy when this sissy guy finally decided to man up. Bless him! He quickly gathered his coverage again and caught up with Maddie at the door of her office, not letting her enter.

"Listen, Madeleine. I want you to know that you can always rely on me. Today, if you need something, just call me. I'll do everything. And not only today ..." - Having uttered the last phrase, Kent immediately cut himself short and even turned a little red. Maddy barely restrained herself not to roll her eyes.

"Ok, thanks, Kent. Very nice of you." - She muttered, opening the door to his office and immediately slamming it behind her in front of the confused guy's face.

"Heck!" - Flew from her lips, when she realized how bad this idea smelled for her now. If she doesn't manage to get rid of this guy, who will probably be guarding under her door all day, then Greg should forget about his brilliant plan.

Her little brother, of course, said that if nothing works out for her, then it would not be all that bad, and he could handle it himself. But the question was not what he said, but how he did it! Apparently, any brother automatically gets a unique ability, to say such things as subtle, that it will just tear you apart at the very thought of loss. That cunning bastard!

Maddy gritted her teeth at the image of Greg's patronizing expression if she'll return with failure.

"Well, let's see!" - she growled to herself, walking up to the table.

She only had to make two phone calls to get Kent to leave his post near her door. Maybe it was not very nice to rate him out to his colleagues from the Secretariat about stealing others people's food from the fridge, but what could she do?! All his fault!

That left the last call, which was supposed to provide her with free access to Brian's office or the same quick way for her ass to be kicked out from the building. Should she trust Greg's words or not?

Unfortunately, she didn't have to think about this topic for a long time. As soon as she finally made up her mind and was ready to take the phone, the door to her office opened without a knock.

"Miss Maddelin Wells, care to explain why you came to work a full hour later?" - From the threshold came the voice that made Maddy's insides do the backflip. She jumped and almost fell from her chair.

"I just wanted to call you," - The girl replied, carefully avoiding irritated notes in her voice and trying not to look at the man in the doorway. Although there was a lot to see there!

Both cousins were indeed very similar. But when Brian Winterbourne was rather remarkably neet and extremely cold, Ryan Grant instead spread an aura of seething danger. Like a vapor of poisonous gas or a deadly acid. Even his eyes, different from Ruslana's brother, were not yellow, but toxic green, like a mutagen in cartoons.

Maddy barely suppressed a laugh when this comparison occurred to her. Now that she knew the unusual nature of this guy, he somehow stopped to seems scary in her eyes. Maddy has always been a bit sociopathic, and it was difficult to find a common language with people, so the fact that her boss was half animal was even a little reassuring. But he still irritated the hell out of her.

Immersed in her thoughts, Maddy did not even notice how the man crossed the room and fixed over her, his hands on the edge of her desk.

"What for?" -He asked shortly seeing as she was again lost in her head. His oppressive aura almost seemed visible to Maddy.

" I wanted to tell you about the reason for my late arrival and about something else." - Replied Maddie, slightly embarrassed, turning her gaze to her blue nails. It was always difficult for her to maintain eye contact with anyone, but with this person, it was almost impossible, although for some reason he always tried to catch her eye in every possible way. Who knows why?

"I'm listening to you." - Ryan hissed in response impatiently, with obvious irritation in his voice. He even began tapping his fingertips on the table, as if to show how angry he was.

Maddy took a deep breath, as if before jumping into the deep. But did she have a different choice? In any case, she can always say that Greg is to blame for everything. That's precisely what will be written on her tombstones ...

"Mr. Grant," she began, moving slightly from the table to demonstrate her leg to the boss.- "The thing is, an accident happened ..."

Ryan's face changed immediately. For a moment, Maddy even though that concern appeared on his face, but that expression disappeared immediately. Is it even possible for such a person to be worried?

"What happened?" - he said coldly, and his eyes flashed a bit.

Maddy hesitated but decided to lay out the whole truth all the same, as her brother insisted. And she just couldn't bear these boiling emotions that this man caused her to feel.

"It's all your cousin's fault. Who knew that he would blow up all the cars when he saw that raccoon ?! Even the fact that he agreed to take me to the doctor, turning into a wolf, does not correct his guilt!" - In one breath, Maddy blurted out, glaring at the man from under her brows.

Ryan froze like a statue, his eyes widened, and his mouth even opened a little. For some reason, he looked so stupid that Maddy had a quick chance to enjoyed this stupified expression. But the next second, his face turned black, and his pupils shrunk into a line so quickly that it didn't look at all like what she had seen in a werewolf's shift before.

" Did he bring you to the doctor? In the form of a wolf?" -The guy growled, hovering over the girl. For some reason, Maddy thought that a little bit more and he will have smoke coming from the nostrils.

"Well yes!" - she shrugged. - "Of course, not only him. In the harness, there were also Lana and her children. But how all of this matters now ?!" - Maddy returned irritably. She was always enraged when people tried to press her in any way. Especially this obnoxious boss of hers. So all his fuming didn't seem too scary for her. - "What difference can it make now anyway? This is not the main point at all!"

Hearing the confused explanation of the girl, the man, on the contrary, calmed down a little, but still did not move away, continuing to peer into the face of his subordinate.

"And what is the main point?" -He finally asked in a low, rough voice, which appeared too intimate to Maddy for some reason. So she immediately hurried to get down to business.

"The thing is, I have to get into the office of Brian and his father and steal important information from their computers. And you have to help me with this!" - Having finished her speech, Maddy looked up at her boss with big imploring eyes and noticed with pleasure how his face became completely blank again. His eyes mirrored only one thought: "What the f*ck was that right now ?!"