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.

time to tell me you were pregnant." He jabs me back, in the

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

must have failed to tell him about my burn with

that day, I came straight to tell you Jace. I would

out, you had

that night meant to me, how I had waited...then you left me alone. Left me to wake up

hotel girl. Some female you picked up at the bar, a dirty little secret?" I

out, bringing home another girl. He was almost speechless, his words struggling to come out. "I was naïve, I can see that

Not any more.

"I want you.."

a dirty secret. I should have gotten into that lift,

my shoulders painfully, shaking me

"No."

against it. I want to be with you,

his tone, he

that I also needed myself but there was something about

can give him some time. He

and protective...of everyone. He needed to make sure she was safe, that

the sake of our baby, I can

can give you time, If