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

you

he always have to push? Why

six feet under if they tried to

he appears. His arms folded across his wide chest as he leans against the doorframe,

that you’ve never felt before,

them over my head,

session, I rip the headphones off. “You think you

problem is. We want the same things. We enjoy each other and I know the very idea of me

“No it isn’t.”

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

“No.”

had missed all the clues. Clues that I

it is. We can figure it out if

kid. He was the only person to make me feel like this. The only person to see something other than the

might want to put some clothes on.” I sigh. Someone would find out