Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond

Chapter 0354

- Josie -

His arm brushes against mine, his breath already on my neck. Tingles erupt across my skin as I watch him reach for the jar and place it down in front of me.

I don't even turn, I know who it is. It is only his scent that would cause such a reaction from my body. A reaction that seems more intense all of a sudden, even harder to fight.

"I knew doctors made the worse patients." My head rolls back exposing more of my neck to him. Suddenly his voice had the potential to command me. I'm not saying I wouldn't fight it, but to fight it would be a struggle.

His voice had a new tone to it, a new weight behind it...something I couldn't quite understand. Something I didn't really want to understand. I just didn't want this feeling of complete rapture to ever end. I was going to enjoy this new Knox for as long as I had him. I'd worry about the heartbreak at a later stage.

"Technically I'm not a doctor." I continue to lean into him, my back curling into his chest as my wolf pushes forward. She seemed to like Knox, so far he was the only male that she would leap forward for. However she has only, through my eyes, seen the men in my family or Doctor Abel. So there wasn't much competition.

"You should be resting...not working." His fingers lace around my waist.

"I'm not working...I wanted to fix what my brother caused." I turn, now pressed against my work top and his brick wall of a body.

"It's nothing, nothing I can't handle and nothing I didn't deserve."

No, he didn't deserve this. Never would he deserve this.

doesn't flinch from my touch but he does close

anger starts

until I see

my wrist,

in our way." His eyes seek into mine, he wants me to reassure him that I'll

It wasn't fair, I was just as much to blame..what was Jaxon going to do...hit me as well? No, then why does he think

hoist myself up on the worktop, pulling him in closer to me and wrapping my legs around him to trap him close to me. He doesn't fight against me in fact his lips are

I blend the remedy

you've put me through...this...and this..." He points at his

"..is nothing."

"So..."

repeated, raising an eyebrow at

"Emotional torment hmm?"

up

I guess what I wanted to ask him was at what point will he duck

as his hands move around

let's get you

rest...and I've got an