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

Chapter 0490

"Protect from what?"

"From you...from your family."

"I wouldn't hurt the baby." The colours runs off his face as if I had just slapped him.

"No, I know that. But the baby will be the heir to the Clear Waters until you have a real baby with your mate.."

"A real baby.." He chuckles out finding my paranoia laughable. Well he is the only one.

I take a further step back from him, anger radiating through me. Always pushed aside by him, always

ignored for no fault of my own.

"Don't laugh at me." I seethe out, hot molten anger racing through me.

"I'm sorry, I'm not laughing at you. You must know how much I love you Cleo, how much I want to be with you. Since the hotel..." Again he tries to close that gap between us. My back almost touching the brick house wall.

"Since the hotel you've had plenty of time to tell me that you have another. You let me find her almost naked in your bedroom..." My finger jabs into his chest, pure anger in my voice.

jabs me back, in the upper corner of

than I am letting on. He doesn't know I

him about my burn

would have come to the hotel if you hadn't text back to say

I've reached out, you had plenty of

me, how I had waited...then you left me alone. Left me to

to you Jace, a hotel girl. Some female you picked up at the bar, a dirty little secret?" I was finally letting out two month's of anger, two

me and then ran out, bringing home another girl. He was almost speechless, his

Not any more.

"I want you.."

dirty secret. I should have gotten into that

my shoulders

"No."

do, I've just tried to fight against it. I want to be with you,

the plea in his tone, he was only asking

but there was something about him, something

know he was in shock, I was still in shock myself...I can give him time, surely can give him some time. He needed to do right by his mate, he

protective...of everyone. He needed to make sure she

the sake of our baby,

you time, If you are