Page 136 of Tainted Romance

“Can you two hear yourselves? You aren’t even dating right now!” Chase said from the backseat.

“You won’t want me once you find her, but if you really want to hear it, you are the first one to have my heart, Falcon. So yes, I will always want you.” Allie tightened her grip on his hand. “Plus, I don’t think sex can get any better.”

Chase groaned from the backseat. “You two are doing it again, being a couple.”

“We aren’t a couple,” they said at the same time.

“Not even Dr. Phil could help you two,” Chase grumbled, and Allie was looking at Blake’s face, it was getting blurry.

“This is ridiculous.”

My mind was snapped from Allie’s because of Ebony’s voice. That wasn’t a dream. That was a memory, and she had just relived it.

A pair of fingers snapped in my face, and I was forced to look at Ebony.

“What?” What did she want?

“He won’t leave her!” she snapped. “Like he won’t stop holding her hand. As soon as he heard the doctor say she was healing, he basically decided it was him doing it and now won’t leave her. It’s been a week!”

She was talking about Blake and the fact I hadn’t been the only one living here. He had been too, but he got to hold her hand. He got to be in the same room as her. I was banished to the waiting room.

I hated the way he was with her. Hated it more when I realized she was dreaming about him, well, not dreaming, reliving memories of him.

“I’m busy, Ebony.” I wanted to get back in Allie’s head. At least being in here, alone, let me do that. I could live her every dream or memory.

“No, you aren’t. You’re in a waiting room, Zane.” Ebony looked at me as if I was stupid. “Are you not even caring I’ve lost my mate?”

“I told you he was a threat,” I grumbled. She wouldn’t believe me when I had said, but his feelings for Allie ran deep. “He loves her.”

“He is meant to love me more.”

“He is still getting to know you. He has known her his whole life.”

“You seem very calm about this?” Ebony’s voice went up. “Why aren’t you doing something about it?!”

“Because he could be right. He could be making her heal and if that is the case, I want him there because as soon as she wakes up, she is mine.”

“That’s if she doesn’t jump my mate,” Ebony snapped. “I always knew there was a reason why I hated her.”

“Leave, Ebony, before you say something else.” I knew her. She didn’t stop with one insult. She wanted to tear limbs off Allie for having her mate’s attention.

“He won’t let me back in. Said I was in the way.” She crossed her arms.

“When did he tell you that?”

“Days ago, so I left. I thought it was a temporary thing. It wasn’t until I came back today, to see if he was thinking clearly again, but he isn’t. Still high on the thought he is helping Allie.”

“Go home then.”

“I am. I wanted to know if you wanted to come?” She gave me a look I had seen before. It was her ‘I want to fuck you’ face. Normally I wouldn’t turn her down. That was before I admitted to how I really felt about Allie. Now, not even Ebony could have me turning away from Allie.

“Not interested.”

She scoffed, “First my mate and now you.”

“You just want to fuck me to piss your mate off to get his attention.” I looked her hard in the eye. “Go find someone else.”

“Fine.” She got up. “I will.” And stormed off.

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