The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0229

“Seriously?” He asks with a raised brow, bringing his fingers to his mouth to taste my juices that covered them.

“You have made it very clear that you want me to be your mate.” I mutter, pulling on a pair of workout leggings. “I’m not ready.”

Shit, wrong choice of words.

“Every day that you don’t let me claim you, we risk the chance of finding our actual mates. And then we won’t stand a chance. When will you be ready, Blair? Six months, a year, five years? You know we are good together.”

“Don’t push it!” I snarl through gritted teeth "And I've travelled the world, my mate doesn't exist!"

“Are you scared, is that what it is?”

I pause as I pull on my workout top. “Scared? You think I’m scared.”

“Something is holding you back!” He snaps at me. “Every moment that I think this is it. That I have found someone I can be with. You throw it back in my face.”

“Right, let's say you do mark me. What happens when I die? What I do doesn’t guarantee my life, Jenson? You could mark me and I could die tomorrow. Do you really want to lose another mate?”

know I was deflecting. But he wasn’t ready for the truth. I grab the yoga mat and strut towards the

are you going?” He

fucking work out. Is that okay with you?!” I was so angry. Why did he always have to

be buried six feet under

arms folded across his wide chest as he

you feel something that you’ve never felt

jab the headphones in his direction and abruptly pull them over my head, silencing him, but it doesn’t make

rip the

I don’t see what your problem is. We want the same things. We enjoy each other and I know the very idea of me being with someone

“No it isn’t.”

are you not telling me? I’m sure I can handle it. Is it

“No.”

as he tries to think of another reasonable explanation. The sad thing was, he had missed all the clues. Clues that I

steps forward, taking my hands in his. “I can handle it. Whatever it is. We can figure it out if it

him, I feel my stomach tying itself up in knots, something I hadn’t felt since I was a kid. He was the only person to make me feel like this. The only person to see

on.” I sigh. Someone would find out eventually. It might as well