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.

had time to tell me you were pregnant." He jabs me

doesn't know I feel everything

tell him about my burn with the pizza as he spilled my

found out that day, I came straight to tell you Jace. I would have come to the

had plenty of

alone. Left

that what I am to you Jace, a hotel girl. Some female you picked up at the bar, a dirty

he shouldn't have tasted me and then ran out, bringing home another girl. He was almost speechless, his words struggling to come out. "I was naïve, I can see that now."

Not any more.

"I want you.."

I won't be a mistress, a dirty secret. I should have gotten into that

grips my shoulders painfully,

"No."

fight against it. I want to be with you, don't do anything you will regret. just need time. Please Cleo."

the plea in his tone, he was only asking for some

I also needed myself but there was something about

can give him time, surely can give him some time. He needed to do right by his mate, he needed to tell her... to

needed to make sure she was safe, that she was

the sake of our baby, I can give

can give you time,