ALPHA ROMAN’S POV
What the fuck!
” I will leave the pack as soon as possible and never show up in front of you.” A low growl fucking slipped out of my mouth as I watched my mate cry asking me to reject her.
I didn’t know what was going on with her but I wasn’t going to reject her.
No matter what happens, rejecting her would never be an option. She was my fucking mate, for goddess’ sake; what was she thinking?
How the fuck did she expect me to reject her? Did she want to leave me?
My wolf, Xade, growled in my head, showing his disapproval.
I desperately wanted to hold her in my arms and pull her into my chest.
My hand fisted at my side as I found them useless. My eyes gaze at her with emotions flipping in my eyes.
She was the only person that made me feel weak and strong at the same time. Her tears were making me hate everything around me including myself. ” Bella….”
” You don’t have to explain anything; I get it. Just reject me.” She insisted, her head down as she was avoiding my gaze.
She wiped her face with her hand before raising her head to look up at me but not making the attempt to meet my eyes.
Her eyes were red from crying, and I didn’t understand why she wanted me to reject her all of a sudden.
Did I fucking do something?
What the fuck was going on with her?
I only brought her to this fucking resort because I thought she would like it here and it would help her cool down her nerves and relax a bit from all the stress. Both from school and the pack.
I also planned to tell her about her pregnancy which she didn’t know.
I was an alpha, and my pup was the last thing that could escape me.
I smelled it immediately. It started forming in her womb, and I haven’t had the time to tell her because of everything that has been happening lately.
I needed to fix everything to keep them safe. The rogue that attacked Juliet was still out there, and the bastard that killed my father wasn’t identified yet.
I have a feeling the past would come back, and I wasn’t planning on waiting for it to come and meet me unprepared.
I wasn’t going to wait for it to take another person away from me.
I ran my hand through my thick white hair and tried to get hold of her hand again but she stepped away, my wolf growling in my head like a fucking dog.
” You don’t need to pretend anymore, I will be fine.” She said and I couldn’t help but frown.
” You will be okay?” What the fuck was it with her? I was trying everything possible to not growl at her.
” Are sure you want me to reject you?” I asked, my eyes stared nonchalantly at her and she swallowed before nodding her head hesitantly.
” I will be okay; at least I won’t have to see you two together every day.” She murmured the last part and I raised a brown..
” Will you tell me what is going on with you?” she was making me lose my shit and I was going to go down on my knees and beg her to stop insisting on rejecting me.
How the fuck was I going to let her leave me especially now that she has my pup inside her.
Where the fuck would she go?
Christopher was still holding a grudge and the alpha king was waiting for an opportunity to strike.
Her wolf was rare and powerful but dominant.
The world was scared of her powers; therefore, if they couldn’t take her, they would want to take her down.
” Why don’t you tell me what is going on?” she stared back into her eyes with such anger. ” What do you want to know?” I pleaded.
The only reason I was trying everything to uncover the past was because I wanted to protect her.
I was scared that whoever killed my father in his sleep would one day do the same to her; I couldn’t image myself looking at her unmoving body.
I didn’t want what happened seventeen years ago to repeat itself.
” How long were you planning to hide your engagement with Juliet from me?” I frowned.
I didn’t have the time to think before she started to talk again.
” I bet you don’t have an answer to that because you were never going to tell me.” she half yelled, that was true; I wasn’t planning on telling her because I didn’t think she needed to know.
My engagement with Juliet wasn’t anything special; it was my father’s fucking idea to engage us because he believed Juliet and I was a good match. I didn’t know why he did that, but I did know now what I wanted.
” Juliet is nothing to me,” I told her, and for a moment, I thought I saw relief in her eyes, but I guess that was my fucking imagination because she wouldn’t even stare me in the eyes.
I bet she hates me now.
” She is nothing to you, okay?” the tone of her voice told me I needed to convince her, and I intended to do exactly that.
” Juliet and I can never be anything else. You are right I didn’t intend to tell you anything about her.”
I grabbed her shoulder and made her look at me.
” Why?” she whispered with tears lingering in her eyes.
” Because that engagement didn’t exist to me.” I was never in support of it. I only saw her as my step-sister, and I only allowed her to do the things she did because I wanted to please my father.
The time my father decided to pick a chosen mate, I didn’t disagree nor did I agree, but when he finally brought her into the pack, I realized I didn’t like her.
My father didn’t force me to like his chosen mate and Luna but pleaded with me to treat Juliet well.
Juliet wasn’t like her mother; the feeling I got with her was different even though she was annoying as hell.
The fact that her mother didn’t like her much made us grow closer.
” What if I wasn’t in your life?” She asked and I chuckled before pulling her into my chest. ” Juliet only has a place in my life.” I told her.” What about me?” she tried to pull away but I didn’t let her.
A smile tugged at the corner of my lips when I felt her relax in my grip.” You own it.” I pushed her a little and leaned to kiss her forehead.
” So are you saying you and Juliet..”
” There is nothing like me and Juliet.” I cubed her face in my palm and took her upper lip in my mouth.
Juliet would always be my step-sister. Her place in my life was that of a sibling and it wouldn’t go beyond that.
” So you are mine alone?” She asked, and I nodded to her words before pinning her against the glass wall.
My eyes ravished her body as I held both her hands above her head.
Looking at the woman carrying my pup, who has no idea about it and who happened to be my fated mate, brings nothing but pride and excitement into my heart.
Her green eyes stared at me, her wet lashed blinks a few times as if trying to get used to me standing this close to her.
Her heartbeat was banging in my ears, and I didn’t hate it.
” I can never reject you,” I whispered to her, and her eyes flashed gold, her wolf showing her present, and I fucking like that piece of her.
I leaned down to kiss her but she placed her hand against my chest and slightly pushed me.
A frown settled in my eyes as Xade howled in my head.” ROMAN…” her hand flew to her mouth before she slipped away and ran into the bathroom.
When the smell hit me, I knew what was going on and could only hope she was okay.
” Are you alright?” I asked as she strode out of the bathroom.
” I think so.” I walked over to her and wrapped my hand around her, feeling a bit guilty for putting her in this condition.
” Can I tell you something?” she asked and I hemmed, my fingers running in her long thick hair.
“It’s strange, but I like the smell of your breath.”
” It’s insane right?”
” You mean the cigarette?” she nodded, and I crushed my lips on hers, giving her what she wanted.
The feeling of her soft lips in my mouth left me wanting more. My grip on her waist tightened a bit as I yanked her to myself.
She moaned in my mouth, wrapping her hands around my waist as she kissed me back with so much need and desire.
A growl fell out my lips when she pulled back.
” Do you have more?”
” The cigarette,” she added, and I couldn’t believe she was asking for that!
Did she want to smoke?