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?"

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

turning to move...my hand moving to

the beach club, he kissed me like he owned me, like

would be the only one he would kiss

kiss just now was

in complete black. Covering his entire

wonder I couldn't smell his

my fists move

that I

that I needed it for confirmation,

shouldn't have just

need to give him

go to protect your brother." I turn my back on him, preparing to head inside. "Cleo?" He pulls me

was like pushing away an immovable mountain. I should have known it was Jaxon, Jace wasn't as built as him. The months of rejecting his alpha title has made him need to

abundance. He's never had any waiving thought of what