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

Chapter 0491

"Together." I repeat his words, that's all I have ever wanted...to be together.

"Together." His hand raises up and cups the side of my cheek before it falls back down. I take a step forward, needing to touch him, to feel him.

He was rigid, more muscular than the last time I

saw him. He was still in shock because his hands don't hold me like they did at the beach club, no...they wrap around my upper back...not around my lower back or waist like he did then.

But he has another now, he was a man of honour. He needed to break it off with Callie first, he needed to be respectable to her.

That feeling of sadness, of knowing I would have to do this alone was being replaced with happiness, with excitement.

I wouldn't be alone, he will be with me every step of the way.

He is picking me, picking us.

"Jace, I..." I want to tell him how much this means to me, how sorry I am that I didn't trust him. I should have trusted him, trusted us. I wasn't just some girl with a crush, he was going to pick me. It wasn't one sided, he loved me too. "My mobile isn't safe right now, so wait for me to come back." He commands out.

""What, why?"

a few days." His

a step back, turning to move...my hand moving to my

kiss was too soft. Before, at the beach club, he kissed me like he owned me,

would be the only one he would kiss for the rest of his

kiss just now

was covered in complete black. Covering his entire body...every part that is tattooed...even

I couldn't smell his trademark coconut scent...it wasn't even

I growl out, my jaw stiffening as my fists move to my sides, both becoming small tight

that I had

it for confirmation, I knew exactly

you shouldn't have

need to give

to head inside. "Cleo?" He pulls me back to him by my elbow but I

it was Jaxon, Jace wasn't as built as him. The months of rejecting his alpha

any waiving thought of what role