Total pages in book: 85
Estimated words: 79692 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 398(@200wpm)___ 319(@250wpm)___ 266(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 79692 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 398(@200wpm)___ 319(@250wpm)___ 266(@300wpm)
But all Alejandro said was, “Hence your bitch fit then?”
I winced. “Yes.”
“And if you hadn’t seen that...”
“I would have asked you what took you so long.” My voice caught at the last word. “B-because I missed you every day.”
“I see.”
I tried to wait for as long as I could, knowing I owed it to him to be patient. But fear got the better of me in the end, and I was the first one to speak once more. “Alejandro—-”
“Thank you for your honesty. It’s appreciated.”
The rest of what I had to say died in my throat. This was not how it was supposed to be, I thought sickly. But then, hadn’t I made him feel the same way earlier? Hadn’t he come to my party, probably hoping for the same thing I did, but instead I had ended up humiliating him in front of everyone?
“We tried to make it work, Princess, but the two of us...”
I shook my head vehemently. “Don’t say it.”
His lips tightened, the only thing he did that told me I hadn’t completely failed in reaching him. And it was pathetic, but I hugged that clue to myself because it was my only hope. “Princess—-”
“I’ll do everything you want just to show you how sorry I am.”
It was his turn to shake his head. “Nothing you do will change my mind.” Before I could protest, he stressed, “What happened between us made it very clear that you are not the right mate for me.”
The words made me flinch, but I told myself I could cry my eyes out after. But now, not when I still had to convince Alejandro to let me stay by his side. “I-if you d-don’t want me as your mate, then w-what about being your bodyguard?” I managed a smile. “You can’t deny I’d be good as one. And it can come with all the benefits you want—-”
The next thing I knew, Alejandro had dragged me past the gates and into the first place with a locked door he came across. He slammed the door shut, and then he had me on my back, gritting out, “Why would you say something like that in front of so many men? Don’t you know by saying that they’d be thinking about you all the time now, fantasizing about you being their bodyguard—-”
“But every word I said was true.” His nearness made my voice shake, and I had to curl my fingers into fists so I wouldn’t be tempted to reach out to him. I didn’t think I could bear it if he rejected me outright.
When he only stared at me, I said very clearly, “I love you—-”
He spun me around.
Another second, and he had my jeans and panties down my ankles and his cock was pressing hard against my bottom.
His body slammed against my back, causing my breasts to flatten against the door. “Not going to protest?”
“I told you. I’ll do everything—-” I found myself gasping as he suddenly entered me from behind. His cock slid easily into my body, my pussy made wet just by being in the same room he was in. I tried to speak, but he covered my mouth, and he prevented me from looking at him, too. We fucked in silence, his thrusts hard and deep, almost painfully rough.
It was punishment, pure and simple, a challenge to see if I meant every word. Was I willing to do everything he wanted just to make him forgive me?
I squeezed my eyes shut.
Yes.
Eye for an eye. It was what warriors believed in. I had hurt him terribly, and for that he had the right to hurt me just as terribly.
Chapter Eight
ALEJANDRO
“Your fiancée just tried to enter the premises,” Alessandro, his twin, said as he slid into the seat across Alejandro. His human partner, Kassia, was beside him, their hands entwined as always. The sight of it made Alejandro crack his knuckles. He had the strongest urge to go to The Den so he could fight his way into numbness.
The club they were in was exclusive for shifters, but because his family owned the establishment, Alejandro was able to have Calys barred from entering.
“She says she wants to be my bodyguard,” Alejandro said with a shrug. “So that’s exactly how I’m treating her.”
Alessandro shook his head. “You’re a cold bastard, you know that?”
Alejandro looked at Kassia. “Correct me if I’m wrong, but was he not the same to you in the past?”
Kassia nodded. “And he was exactly like that because he loved me.” When Alejandro flinched, she asked gently, “Don’t you think you’ve made her suffer enough? Don’t you think both of you have suffered long enough? You two went through so much. If anyone deserves to be happy and in love together, that’s the two of you.”
“And just in case you think it’s not enough,” his brother said, “you should know that when we arrived here, we saw some Lyccan boys trying to bully her and making fun of her about being a monster.”