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?"

I'll see you in a few days." His lips press against mine, his kiss not lasting long enough. I needed more, but he had to get

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

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

the only one he would kiss for the rest of

just now was

covered in complete black. Covering his entire

I couldn't smell his

jaw stiffening as my fists move to my

me, astounded perhaps that I had figured it

me as he rips the balaclava off, no sign of a tattoo. Not that I needed it for confirmation, I knew exactly whoît was. He had played on my hormones, played on my love need to be with

shouldn't have just done that." I coldly

need to give him

I turn my back on him, preparing to head inside. "Cleo?" He pulls me back to him by my elbow but I brush off his touch, trying to push him away

built as him. The months of rejecting his alpha title has made him need to work more for his frame, whereas Jaxon

any waiving thought of what role he has