Perfectly imperfect

Jae woke with a start , immediately reaching for her wrists and sighing in relief when she found them strapped in her black hard leather gloves.

She swung her legs off the bed and arched her back,damn how good it felt to do that on a Saturday morning.

She thought back to her dream and stared at her hidden wrists. Everyone knew about the love bug that was meant to let people know who their soulmate was. Scientists were awesome with how they found different solutions for the people's guilty pleasures but what they didn't do was give people the antidote for wrong marriage choices. The people spoke out and the scientists answered , creating a love bug that was inserted in everyone's wrists even babies. So anytime your wrist glows red you'd know you're soulmate was right in your line of sight.

She dragged her well rested self to the bathroom to wash up and hummed to Lewis capaldi's someone you loved imagining the possibilities of her mate being someone famous. She scoffed at the mere thought of it ' yeah like that'll ever happen'. And before her train of thoughts took a wrong turn her phone's ringtone coursed through her ears, she ran over to it and checked the caller's ID before she visibly paled.

Swallowing, she accepted the call " Goodmorning Mr.De......."she began but was cut off when an angry bellow came through the phone " WHERE THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU!!!!!". "I'm at home sir, it's Saturday", she replied in an obvious tone and she could practically see Mr.Degarcia going livid by the way his breathing was becoming laboured " YOU. IDIOT!!!! Have you lost the only marbles you've got, its MONDAY! you Numscal". Confusion was written all over her face, she checked her digital clock and what do you know, it really was Monday! " Shit! It's Monday!!!" she cussed as she fumbled to get ready. How the heck did she sleep for two days straight, that has to be unhealthy, but then again she works for the devil incarnate so maybe oversleeping would do her some good.

She ran up the flight of stairs leading to Mr. Degarcia's office while grumbling on about how there were many people working there and they were always making the elevator full. Finally, she reached the floor his office was on breathing hysterically. She blew her dark hair out of her face and tried to finger brush it when the elevator dinged and Mr. Degarcia filed out with a group of associates that he was eagerly discussing her.

Before he could cast his eyes on her frigid body, her legs took charge and she dashed into his office straightening her skirt and shirt in the process. Jae placed herself next to his desk and worked on calming her rather laboured breathing.

When the double doors opened, a cold pair of green orbs settled on her form and she set her mood to professional and brooding, just the way he liked it.

" Good morning, Mr. Degarcia....Mr. Snow.....Miss Martinez....Mr. Gelding". She said finally acknowledging who they were, the owners of Better Build the rival company that decided to join forces with John&Spencer when they realised they couldn't outmarket it.

They all nodded in response to her greeting except Mr.Degarcia who regarded her with a raised brow and a snarl on his lips, silently promising to deal with her later.Jae swallowed and made her way over to where Mr. Degarcia sat and stood in place so the meeting could commence. Both parties discussed various issues that their companies were facing and how them joining forces would be of benefit though they had one main issue, there had to be one overall CEO that the rest would take orders from. Obviously they all wanted that sort of power, yet Mr. Degarcia managed to earn himself all their votes with his strong words of devotion. Jae was amazed 'there has got to be a school for business tycoons that makes them so good at what they do' she thought.

"Miss Winters..?" Luke asked getting irritated by her dazed state. She snapped her eyes to him and watched as he let out a frustrated sigh. "May you escort the gentlemen and Lady out of my office" he asked in a sickeningly sweet way and she opened the door to let them out staging a perfectly forged smile.' Don't leave me!!' She screamed in her head as Mr. Gelding went out last.

She had dreaded this moment ever since she realized it was Monday.

"Miss Winters,do turn and face me"he harshly requested and Jae did so, her timid hazel finding his sizzling green. "Now do tell me what on bloody earth you were thinking to tell your boss that you thought it was Saturday just to get a day off!!!!" His booming voice rose with every two words he said.

"No that's not it I sle...." She started but he stopped her.

"And don't you even dare think I'll be dumb enough to believe that you slept for two days straight!!"

Jae shut her mouth then, what was she thinking , Any chance of reasoning with him was obviously proving to be futile so why not just let him sprout all his lazy employee nonsense.

"Look, you obviously need this job so I'm not gonna fire you...this time" he said as he gave her a once over. Jae scoffed barely loud enough to hear herself and watched as he continued with his work and only stopped when he felt a pair of eyes on him.

"Well...what do you want..uh..just go sit at your desk till I call you in" he rudely dismissed her.

Jae's POV

"Let me guess,the boss went all psycho on you about thinking it was Saturday" Nick, my best friend teased me and I stuck out my tongue at him .

"Oh..real mature Jae" he mused and I smiled at him.

"He didn't fire me though so I'm perfectly fine"I said as I took a huge bite out of my burger.

Nick smiled and started to eat his lunch as well. We had been friends since I could remember, we even tried out for John&Spencer together. No doubt about it Nick is absolutely gorgeous, with his curly brown hair and striking blue eyes that even guys could probably get lost in and his body, Gosh!! it would be a crime if I was to mention how perfect it was.

I admit it I've had a crush on him ever since middle school but I could tell he wasn't into me, he was so in love with the idea of his soulmate that he refused to wear long sleeves till he finds her. I wanted to be her so bad that I actually removed my gloves to take a peek at my wrists thrice, call me desperate but you would be too if you'd met a loyal,sweet,funny and totally hot guy like Nick.

"You gonna finish that?"Nick asked sending me a smirk, he took a glance at my gloves and stared at them thoughtfully before he asked"when are you gonna feel confident enough to remove your gloves Jae"

"Its not that I'm not confident I just don't want to find him right now" I tried to reason and he scoffed.

"That's BS and you and I both know it" I stared at him in shock, Nick never cussed. He sighed angrily and ran his fingers through his hair.

"I've seen the longing looks you send people's way when they find their mates, you want someone to look at you like that but that's not gonna happen till you actually find them, and you're not gonna find them if you keep hiding your wrists,"he reasoned and I could tell he was frustrated but I didn't really know why, untill it dawned me and my heart warmed with joy but plummeted soon after and I smiled sadly at Nick,

"Its not me Nick" but he wasn't satisfied with my answer

"How can you be so sure when you keep hiding your wrists" he argued and I smiled softly, all this time he actually liked me back.

"Your wrists aren't glowing which means it's not me" he groaned in frustration.

"Maybe...maybe mines broken" he stated and we both laughed at that.

"Don't worry bro you'll find her," I picked up my phone and threw him a wink. He stood up with me and we made our way back to work.

"Ah...classic girl rules, you don't love 'em put 'em in the bro zone" he pouted and I laughed at his childish antics and when the John&Spencer building was in our line of sight I braced myself for the next five hours of torture.

When we entered the building it was abuzz with excitement, me and Nick shared a confused look before we heard yelling inside one of the designer's offices we pushed to the front of the crowd and I finally deciphered the voices, the meek one belonged to Stacy as every hive has a queen she thought she was one at this one just 'cause she's been bedded by Mr. Degarcia or so she claims.The other deep rich velvety voice laced with anger was obviously Luke Degarcia, I mean when is that guy never angry in his free time.

"What's going on why is he going all mano-a-mano on her," Nick asked one of the girls in the crowd and I also lent an ear to her to hear what she was gonna say,

"Well Stacy was telling people that her soulmate was Mr.Degarcia and to prove it She was gonna remove his wrist bands," everyone collectively gasped and I realised almost the whole office had tuned in on our little conversation.

"Yeah, well she did and obviously his wrists didn't glow, to say he was furious when she pulled her little stunt would be an understatement, he wants to fire her and right now she's begging for forgiveness," she concluded and people continued the conversation in small mummers amongst themselves.

Nick nudged me with his shoulder "Hey, covering his wrists, ain't that something you and dear ol'boss have in common, perhaps you too are actually mates," I gagged at the thought and Nick burst out laughing. Yeah sure Mr.Degarcia was hot and 28 but there was no way on earth I would be his other half, besides tall brooding guys with dark hair, vibrant green eyes and anger management issues were totally not my type.

Not long later the door burst open and Mr.Degarcia stormed out with a hysterical Stacy at his heels everyone staggered out of his way and when his eyes settled on me they narrowed and he stalked over.

"You.."he stated as he pointed at me threateningly," deal with her" he simply stated and walked off to the elevator taking him to his floor.

Stacy made haste to follow but I grabbed her roughly by the arm holding her back.

"Let me go bitch!" Now usually I play nice but the way she was clawing at my arm made it so hard to not do otherwise.

While I was pondering on how to deal with her gently I felt a sting on my cheek, my mouth went agape and I stared at her and the victorious smirk on her face at that precise moment all thoughts of mercy and sympathy left my being.

"Did she just slap me?!!" I asked Nick who was beside me incredulously.

He sucked in a breath" I think she did" he slowly nodded and I threw the playing nice facade out the window. Twisting her arm at an odd angle I pulled her to the door her, cries falling upon death ears. I thrust her out and Nick brought her things placing them in front of her before he stepped out of my slitted eye's sight.

"Now listen here woman, I don't care what you and Mr.Degarcia do behind closed doors but when it comes to work you're supposed to be devoted to your job not your boss' D, to top that all off you lied and caused a scandal at work. Don't you care about yourself, have you no ounce of dignity?" I asked my anger quickly and in her crouched position she lowered her gaze to my feet in shame ."I do, I have dignity" she said weakly,tears streaming down her eyes and my heart went out to her, she wanted to be loved. I knew that feeling better than anyone else, the need for someone to tell you they didn't know how to live until they met you. That's what she was facing except she was ready to go out and get it .I smiled softly and cleared my throat before I continued,

"Then grab your stuff go find a new awesome job not because you can but because you care about whoever you need to take care of especially if it's you and make your soon to be found soulmate proud" I sent her a small smile and she stood up,grabbed her stuff, nodded stiffly,a small smile etching on her face and she walked away from the tall building but stopped and turned with a small smile.

"I'm sorry about slapping you,I was being bitchy, you are an awesome girl, your soulmate will be lucky to have you"she said with a knowing smile and I blushed at her words.

I entered Mr. Degarcia's office happy that I had handled that well and everyone left contended. Apparently my happiness was creating a joyful aura in the room that Luke didn't like. And he shot me a look that said you better stop smiling or you're fired. My smile melted away ,' yeesh someone actually had a crush on you and you're throwing a hissy fit about it,talk about over dramatic' I thought sourly.

"I have handled the situation sir,"I said and he grimly nodded and waved me off. I sneered and went to my desk outside his office. So much for trying to help a fellow wrist shy man. I thought to myself as I stared at my gloves for sometime. I shook my head and tried to concentrate on my work.

We finished our work for the day quite quickly. I must say this is the most eventful day of my life first I think it's Saturday, Nick comes clean with his feelings, Stacy got fired, at least now I know things can't possibly get any more weird.

I made my way home feeling tired and in need of a nice hot shower. I glanced at the silver watch on my wrist and smiled, it was a family heirloom, but once my mind registered the time I went pale and dashed to my home. Crime time was at 7:00 on the dot and it's 6:47 right now. Yeah, the bad guys of Vesannia are so sophisticated they've got their own time. It's funny though how they are never caught I have a feeling the police and them have a deal or their circle is just too secret, teehee see what I did there, yeah anyway I wouldn't want to know what would happen to me if I stuck around to have a look at Wrath.

I shuddered at the thought, Wrath was the baddest of the bad guys. I mean he had this whole keep the civilians struck with terror thing going on, no one has ever seen him....and lived, he's not part of the secret circle and those guys obviously adore him, he shoots five bullets into the night sky each representing an initial of his name to warn everyone that he's coming and those that do not heed his warning are prone to his wrath (ha another one,I am on fire)

I made it to my house, locked and barred the windows just in time to hear Wrath's bullets. I sighed in relief that I made it and went ahead to have that hot shower that's been on my mind. My mind drifted to all sorts of places as the water cascaded down my body I wonder when I will find my soulmate what would he look like hopefully tall and dreamy or hot and steamy, oh I hope he's funny too and his eyes are green,that has nothing to do with Mr.Degarcias eyes, no matter how much I hate him,I'm a sucker for green, such a vibrant colour. Stepping out of the shower I put on some comfy pjs and switched on the Tv which was showing breaking news.

"This is Chad Chamelot announcing that the infamous Wrath has been sighted on 44th avenue street and is being chased by the best cops the town has" I tuned Chad out '44th avenue that's my street' I thought as I went to get myself a cup of coffee that is until I hear a loud thud in my room the first thing I saw took all but one word out of my throat.

"Wings??......" I asked in disbelief and when a masked face turned to face me I almost fainted in fear

"Its Wrath actually..."he smiled evily I looked at his outfit,he was clad in a black leather suit huge magnificent wings at his back.

. 'Wrath has WINGS!!!'.

Too many thoughts were racing through my mind right now,it was hard to think ,my hands were shaking so bad and these stupid gloves were not helping, yeah I bathe with my gloves on.

"Help me," he groaned as he clutched his midsection and I set my eyes on his core where the leather was torn and blood was oozing out.

I gasped and rushed to make him lie on my bedroom floor. Grabbing a first aid kit, I slightly panicked on what to do, he groaned and bellowed at me " what's taking so long woman I'm dying over here and if I do I take you with me" he threatened and I whimpered "I don't know what to do," I cried and he let out an agitated sigh, scrambling in my kit he pulled out a sewing kit and put it in my hand . I shook my head successfully "I c...cc...cc..can't I don't k..know how," I chocked out and he groaned louder,

"Have you never sewn before!!!!" He thundered, and I trembled in fear

"Only a dress,never a person!"

"Oh JUST DO IT ALREADY WOMAN!!!!!!!"

I took a deep breath and worked as best as I could trying to ignore his gruesome groans.

I was done with the last sticth, my trembling hands collecting the materials as my mind remembered his cries.

He stood showing no signs of the previous activities.I went to wash my hands, I had to put my gloves away since they were all bloody and before I knew it my day had actually has gotten more eventful.

I went and to check if Wrath had the same reaction his eyes widened when he took a look at my wrists and ever so slowly he took off his glove and sure enough it had the same reaction.

'Well....you keep thinking it's someone famous well there you are,famous villain'.

But only one thought was on my mind

'My wrist is glowing'.