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?”

But he wasn’t ready for the truth. I

are you going?”

so angry. Why did he always have to push? Why did I

buried six feet under if

I flick out the mat, he appears. His arms folded across

something that you’ve never

the headphones in his direction and abruptly pull them over my head, silencing him,

minutes into my yoga session, I rip the

to.” He frowns “And 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 else puts you

“No it isn’t.”

I’m sure I can handle it. Is

“No.”

all

handle it. Whatever it is. We can figure it out if

hadn’t felt since I was a kid. He was the only person to make me

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