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

Chapter 0484

- Cleo ~

Josie keeps trying to call me and for the first time since forever, I'm not answering.

I need time to think, time to put a plan in place.

Jaxon knows, my attempts to persuade him that the baby is human may have worked on my parents, but he could sense the child was related to him.

Which means...I haven't got a lot of time. His out-of-the-blue arrival yesterday means I need to speed things up.

I haven't got the luxury of time like I thought I would. I wanted time to adjust, time to let my body get used to be pregnant.

But now I need to act...before I am truly ready.

Time to think how I can stop Jace finding out...that's if Jaxon hasn't already said something.

Hence, why I can't bring myself to answer Josie's call...what if she also knows.

She doesn't, he wouldn't have done that...I made it very clear I would leave.

As my phone starts ringing again, I cast my eye down...surprised to find that it is no longer Josie but Maya calling.

"Maya?" I answer it without hesitation.

heard the news?"

news?" I

back..back at

silent as she waits for my response, only for

had been all this time." Her voice is gentler this time. She's thinking

hell...you did didn't you...was he

""What guy?"

I assumed you stayed away

I need to stop her mind from running away with her because

Her voice is so low, almost like a whisper on the other end

be telling anyone but she's already found

"Locked in, I swear."

You cannot tell a soul,

best friends. I wouldn't ever want to put her in a

already knows too much. I need to see her, I need to press

she'll mention the bartender to Josie, and when it comes out that I am pregnant...and was

much I have loved him and for how long. She'll know that between him and a human bartender, it

down the phone line, but I still need to see her. A promise is better made face

my eyes as I confirm

when I

known for the past two months of Jace's location, painfully flashes back in my mind. Josie

bartender?" She gasps, not able