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Hello, this is a takeover

"Three, two, one." He counted until she made a brusque entry in his office, he kept his eyes locked on the clock, and it was quite early but he expected her.

She threw the newspaper on his desk and Damon did not even take any time to read it for a second time. He stood from his desk and he fixed his tie whilst he walked toward her. He knew that she would react this way; she would panic once she read what was on the paper, and she would come to blame him for every flaws in the world. His soulmate chose to react at everything with this same idea that it must have something to do with him. It was quite endearing that she thought the world revolved around him. After all, he thought the same when he came to her.

Soulmate, stuck with Bonnie Bennett for the eternity. Just if I manage to survive and keep her safe. He did like thinking about the petite woman frowning as his soulmate, it was very comforting to find someone whom literally was made to belong to him, and it was a bonus that she was amazingly beautiful. Definitely, karma chose to ignore me. Done a lot of crap and found myself linked with the saint of all morals and she looks like an angel. He thought but it barely lasted a second until she reminded him that she always seemed to be eager to punish him.

"Say something" Bonnie said when she noticed that he was silent. She looked at him; he was nonchalant as if he had no care in the world. In a very Damon's fashion, he was pouring himself a glass of bourbon and worse of it all he was smirking. "Is it supposed to be a very unfunny joke or I just don't get it? I thought you fix it by compelling this police officer but here I am accused of being the reason why you killed Elena." She said exhausted and she went to sit on his desk.

"You must admit the pic they choose of us is flattering. It must be that soulmate chemistry look how good we look in that park" he taunted her and he could see her anger rose until she hit him with an aneurysm that lasted a good minute. He redressed himself and speed by her side.

He was already sitting next her on that desk. He made her face him so she could easily see his concern on the situation "You barely took the threat on yourself seriously; you still don't believe Elena can come after you." He scolded her for the hypocrisy she showed. If he was not taking the situation seriously, she did the same too. Bonnie only stared at him from a second until he saw that little anger appear again.

"Well if she did not want to kill me before now she has a reason." She said even more annoyed. She pushed away from him and almost burned that editorial. He looked at having the machinery of his head rolling and plotting. It was not exactly a bad thing if it could draw Elena out of her hiding.

"You need to calm down, one or two bad press won't kill anyone also it took me a long time to get this interior you can't just set fire in this room." he tried to reassure her and he took the new outlets out of her hand and recklessly threw it before she burned after staring so long.

She put her finger against her temple and started massaging it, he was giving her another headache, and it was only 9 a.m. She did her best not to throw the ball with him but it was hard to deal with Damon nonchalance. How was she supposed to help someone who had no care for his own fate? She could easily manage a baby vampire but whoever was after Damon was going a step further. He was getting more aggressive and he was targeting more than Damon's life.

The idiot think Elena should be someone that I should spare some thoughts for, a baby vampire. It could seem like an arrogant way of thinking but she would chose to deal with Elena only if she represented imminent treat. It was still her friend and she was not willing to go in witch-hunt.

"How do you want me to calm down when this might be a way to take away your company? Am I the only one caring about what that psycho is planning? I already told you about Fran's premonition and you seemed not to care about any of this. Do I have to remind you what happened to Elena? Now this." She spat her words even more exhausted by the thought of her friend who was still MIA. It seemed the list of her worries never shortened but only grew longer.

"For once I am actually relax because I finally understood the reason why that creature is after me." He said softly and he was trying to calm her. He understood her worries but he had different set of priority and he worried for her. He was sure that he would never be the victim of Elena wrath, Bonnie would be, and he was not sure she would be able to do everything to save herself. She stopped frowning and she turned to face him with the most interested expression.

"Are you going to let me in or I have to beg for it?" She quickly regretted uttering the last words because he had a preying smile. She raised her hand to stop him before he spoke. " I will remind you that it is way too early for any stupid joke or salacious thoughts that crossed your mind, so don't or I am frying your brain or body, I will let you chose."

"Then I will keep my salacious thoughts but also my finding until I judge you deserving to hear it darling." He teased her and he returned to his desk. She needed so much patience when it came to him. Whom did she offend in the universe? She would never stop asking that question, they were so contrary. She looked at him exasperated by his antics.

He stood again to grab a new tumbler of bourbon. He poured another one for her and handed it. She looked at him as if he has lost his mind before rejecting it. She wanted to know more about what he found; starting drinking at this hour of the day was her last wish.

"I don't drink when I am on the clock." She said even more annoyed because she was waiting for him to bring her in his secret. Why was he sure that he understood the reason he was the focus of a psychotic killer. He chuckled and drained the drink for her. He liked taunting her and he liked having her extremely bothered, right now he was perfectly doing both of those activities. He looked at his own tumbler and he rolled the golden liquid.

"You really don't want to use the benefit of screwing the boss around here; you're too good for this word Bonnie Bennett." He pushed another tumbler filled with bourbon toward her, and she stared at him as if she was planning to hit him with another aneurysm. He could take it all day if he could pock her until she contemplated murder. He grinned and pushed further toward her.

"Actually I am not screwing you. You and this newspaper are full of bullshit, what I am supposed to say to Jeremy. Look I am not the reason behind your sister death. I had sex with her boyfriend but it was accidental. Why am I accessory to murder when you told me you fixed it?" She hissed at him and stood from her spot on his desk. Damon held her hand and carefully yanked her toward him. He lifted her head so she could look straight into his tempting blue irises.

"I promised that it was fixed so I guess it is still fixed. Lil gilbert would get over it. " She could read some truth and confidence in the strong blue of his irises.

He pressed her against him and made sure that she stood between his legs. He placed his hand in her straight mahogany hair and looked as the tress slipped from his finger. "Now we know it is only matter of time before I bend you in different position on top of this desk, so I can be that much full of bullshit." he kissed her taking advantage of her shock. He was already sneaking his tongue and he kissed her just to make a point then he released her.

"Also I told you that I fixed it because I did. There are no cops looking for me or you but this only a gossip paper. Now I would tell you about my little investigation if you accept a dinner with me tonight." He said to a speechless Bonnie.

She stepped away from him, she needed to breath and refrained for hast decision. He might not notice it but someone needed to use his or her brain in this situation. Since he wanted to rely on his hormones, she would be reason for everyone sake. The proximity, the bedroom eyes Damon was using on her, certainly, he had decided what took priority. She straightened her pencil skirt and she put the most charming smile on her face. This would be a long and hard day. Hard was maybe not the right choice of word, even long. Too much wrong thoughts. She stood there stupidly debating with her building lust and her unfocused thought.

"No, sorry I can't have dinner with you tonight." She saw his confidence crumble right before her eyes as he registered each of her world.

That was some early morning satisfaction. He stood there dumbfounded, he tried to enclose her in some spell of charm, and he brought her extremely close to him. He took his time to caress her cheek with his thumb and dived in for a very passionate kiss. It was slow, sensual, and demanding. She had her lungs burning once he was down and maybe her tongue was a bit painful from the passionate tango that it had participated in. " now it is still a no Salvatore." She said confidently and with the confidence came a beautiful smile.

"So this soulmate thing is actually not some sort of Jedi power. I don't get you to do anything I want." He said with a sense of disappointment and Bonnie could not hold her laugh in. he rolled his eyes at her and she calmly tapped on his cheek, as she would do with a pouting child.

"Now don't you think I would have use it? The only advantage is to know who you are going to live your entire life with and considering the hatred my ancestor have for me, I had to no earlier than needed. There is no other reason why I get to suffer eternity with you and no it before end." She continued making fun of him but he just tightened his grip on her waist.

"Knowing that I would be able to drive you mad an entire forever is heartwarming. Now who is the one to have the last fun?" he countered and it was enough to stop her mocking laugh. He smirked, he finally released her, and he passed the bourbon glass to her. "Now you might need it, my soulmate." She frowned and she took a big gulp after she snatched it from his fingers. He could no longer hold his own laugh.

"I should have let that psycho kill your ass." She bit bike but he looked at her with a tender smile. He liked when she could not clap back, and he already knew that she was just exhausted. It would be an extremely fun eternity.

"You will actually cry like a child if that happen, I still have a vivid image of you bursting in my apartment. Now you can try hard but you Bonnie Bennett would do anything to make me happy and I will do the same to keep you happy. That is actually that soulmate trick. So this dinner." He redirected the conversation right where he wanted it to be.

"I actually can't, I am doing my best to keep you happy by going to another dinner with Kol Mikealson. I might need to go to more after the meeting he asked for this morning." She said as she quickly attempted to leave his office before he could make a scene. However, she was not fast enough, Damon was already locking the door, and he was walking her back to the room.

He looked at her and she shook her head. She was not ready for anything remotely close to jealousy but he locked the door, she could not escape it. She drew a deep breath and she rolled her eyes whilst he was pacing in his office. She looked at him and she barely cared that much, vampires and their excessive jealousy weren't her cup of tea. She poured a glass of bourbon and raised her hand so he could grab it from her hand.

"Now can I go? We're done with you processing the information. The bourbon bottle is half-empty so please make sure that this is your last drink. You have a meeting with Kol later on." She said with the most professionalism after all she was still his assistant and he paid her greatly for that job. She stood to walk away, still he stopped her, and he made sure that the door was locked. "You have that meeting in ten minutes, so don't even think about it?" Her tone was stern and no one would catch her again going at it in this building. Stefan was certainly enough for a lifetime.

"Oh I was only planning to mark you, what did you thought I wanted?" he said with a sleek smile and pushed her deeper on his office couch "but you clearly have a better idea." He continued and he started kissing her neck. She pressed her hands again his chest and successfully moved out of his arms.

"Now marking me? What part in I'm not interested in being with you right now. Next I know you will be dead or losing your company from the way you're behaving so recklessly." She said and he looked at her walking away. He could tell her all the progress he made but what if it endangered her. If he was right then she might just walk right in a trap.

"Okay what if I bring you in. you promise to follow my lead on everything." His words were enough to stop her. She tilted her head to indicate that he needed to continue. "Not here, too much preying ears."

"Damon…" she insisted but now he was the one pushing her out of the room. He grabbed his suit jacket and closed the door. She looked at him exhausted by his antics. Now that she wanted to give him time to explain himself, he was trying to escape the conversation.

"Ten minutes are up and if you are really going on a date with Kol. I need to do my best to conserve this law firm." He said in a very patronizing manner and he slightly pushed her forward. She tried to stop the push but it was a losing battle and she did not want to give more incentive to the rumor spread in those gossip pages.

In the entirety of the room, the only one who did not seem surprise was Damon. He looked at a shocked Bonnie whilst Stefan and Enzo were frowning. What did they all believe? There was a reason all the bad press came at once, Kol wanted to attempt a hostile takeover and Damon gave him a chance to flop. However, Damon's smile never faltered, he had an entire counter plan, and he made sure to secure the stockholders to his side.

A senior partner accused of a crime of passion meant stocks falling and they were starting to cost less that bread crumbs. Vultures prying left and right. He looked at Kol barely interested by what the Mikealson was spurting. Surely long lines on something that meant shit. He thought and redirected his attention onto Bonnie. He had no reason to doubt her loyalty and after Stefan, she was surely the most loyal person to him. He would not tell her but since she came clean about that soulmate thing, he did some digging of his own. If she found out he would be dead or she would congratulated him for thinking maturely.

From all he knew, she used to be Kol fiancé, and she was or appropriately used to be Elena's best friend. He did found Fran the witch whom had a vision and just to say in the situation in which he placed her she could hardly lie. He needed truly to have faith in Bonnie if he was going to do what he had planned. He bent and whispered something to her. She had to hold her falling jaws; he smirked, and finally winked at her.

"Now that most of those shares are low and you can hardly maintain yourself in the CEO chair maybe we can redefine who need to manage the firm." Kol directly spoke to Damon who for almost half an hour had been busy binding his time.

"Gladly but just you know. You have little chance to win that one." Damon said cockily and he looked at Bonnie expectantly. If it was a time, he prayed that his cockiness got him on the right spot; it was right now and right here. She could back him up or just see him fall.

"So for a hostile takeover you will need more than fifty one percent of shares. However there is a tricky clause, a known shareholder whom is part of the early company holders can only sell their stocks." She grabbed a pile of files and pushed it toward everyone. She was glad that she read some of this before she walked in this conference room. She looked at Damon hoping that the next time he did something unpredictable, he would inform her hours before the meeting. She could barely remember most of the information he threw at her during an elevator ride. "It is stated that actual share can't be diluted, so only new share can be bought. You Kol would not be able to buy share." She finished and looked at him as he was reading the files.

She hoped to see some sort of expression on Kol's face but he was the picture of uttermost calm. He quickly read the lines and dropped it back on the table. He smirked and Bonnie's heart did stop from fear that he might have planned that point.

"Then if some of the new shareholders sign with me, it would guaranty me the majority." He grinned, thinking about the plan that had taken years for fruition. He had received a tip and right now, all the efforts that he made toward this victory were paying off. He looked at Bonnie then his eyes settled on Damon whom was still extremely calm.

"Well you should asked Bennett, She is the one who made the biggest move yesterday meanwhile all the stocks were falling." He smirked living the entire room astound. He could think three or two steps ahead when he came to his business. The move was risky but he had blind faith on Bonnie. She would not stab him in the back. The brunette turned to face him and she could not start to understand what was happening. He winked at her and smirked at the entire room.

"Then it is settle that Damon still has the majority." She quickly said and she stood briefly trying to understand how she found herself at the head of almost twenty percent of stock in Salvatore and Salvatore. That fool had just made her the third shareholder of the firm.

"I believe we are done here. Good luck trying again Mikealson." Damon stood and he placed his hand in Bonnie's back to help lead her out of the room. He made sure to slide it lower when he passed in front of a pissed Kol. Stefan quickly followed the pair and so did Enzo, they all left an angry Kol. He needed heavier weaponry and he needed to be more harmful in his attempt. He could also attempted to sway Bonnie on his side, now that she had a hold on Damon's firm; she even became a sweeter conquest. He drew a deep breath and knew he could get some of this mess fixed.

"Where did you had the crazy idea of making me a shareholder?" Bonnie asked once they were far enough from everyone and Damon only smiled as if he knew much more that she could fathom. That always annoyed her; she massaged her head just to remove some of the building stress. "What if I had sided with Kol" she inquired and he answered with a bright laugh.

"You wouldn't because right now I can actually place you in the category of the person I could trust with my life. I can't say it about everyone and I needed some proof to confirm a hypothesis." He said keeping that unbearable smirk that she wished to kiss away.

He gets ten times hotter when he shows sign of intelligence and agency, refocus Bonnie. She chastised herself for her own thoughts. She needed to be angry because he did not bring her in.

"Oh this cute, you want to kiss me right now. I love this soulmate thing also like I said I am fixing it." He said unexpectedly after following the course of her thoughts. It was so easy to read her, he barely had to try, and he could understand what her look meant. He just needed to observe her expression and he was in her head. He languished for such emotional connection and suddenly it was easily given to him.

"You asshole, you leaked that picture in the news." She said having a revelation at that right instant. He was so calm during the entirety of the situation. The picture was the exact one that psychopath after him had sent to Damon. She could have taken notice before this moment but she often stressed so much for him. "You could have told me or at least gave me a head up, so I wouldn't have to explain to one of my ex why I was mentioned in a headline as a reason his sister was dead." She said profoundly annoyed.

"Something was definitely off in your taste in men before you met me." He said arrogantly and he tried to move away from their actual conversation. He also leaked that picture because he wanted to draw Elena out. She rolled her eyes and he knew that it would not be so easy. "So I should start talking right?" she simply nodded as an answer.

"It is quite clear that this entire affair is linked to this law firm. If you want more detail, you know what to do." He winked at her and sped away before she could stop him. He really wanted to have that dinner