Page 139 of Tainted Romance

I turned to look at Blake. “She’s my mate, and I’m not leaving her.”

“Well, go back to the waiting room then because being in here could screw everything up!”

“No.” I let go of her hand and walked towards him. “I’m done letting you be with her. She’s my mate. I know she wants me. She might have thought I didn’t want her, but she was wrong, so maybe you should go and see Ebony because I’m not leaving.”

He looked at me smugly. “Has she been dreaming of me?”

How the hell would he know that? He couldn’t read her mind like I could. “No.” I lied.

“Funny, because I’ve been telling her story after story, and I have a strong feeling she is listening to me. I told her, and now I’ll tell you,” he took a step closer to me, “I’m taking her back.”

“You can’t have her, you have a mate!”

“Allie and I made a promise a long time ago we wouldn’t let mates get in the way of us. I’ve been reminding her of that.”

“So, what about Ebony?”

“I need Ebony, but I want Allie.”

“So, you are going to play both?” Like I was going to let that happen!

“No. I can still turn my back on Ebony. We might have mated, but that doesn’t mean I can’t distance myself from her. Like I said. I made a promise to Allie.”

“Yeah, you’re never letting mates get in the way of your two’s relationship. Yeah, I know all about it, but that was before.”

“So, she has been dreaming of me.” He grinned. “Knew she was listening, and I’m guessing before you realized you wanted her, right?”

“Fucking hell. She’s mine, and when she wakes up, I’m going to make sure the only person she wants is me.”

“And how are you going to do that, Harris? You’ve treated her like dirt, playing her hot and cold. Leaving her. Killing her wolf. Now suddenly she is to forget that and just be with you? No way you even have enough charm to pull that shit off.”

“Allie wants me.”

“Allie wanted me!” His fists curled at his side. “And I let you and Ebony get in the way of that, but I’m stopping that now. She said I would always have her heart and I’m going to make sure she remembers that.”

“Fine, she can pick.” I crossed my arms. “When she wakes up, you or me. She can pick.”

He narrowed his eyes at me. “I might not be able to promise her everything, but I can promise her more than you. Like getting her out of this town. I can promise that. She never wanted to be stuck here, and that is all you are offering.”

It was a low blow, but he was right. That was all I was offering. A lifetime in this town. Leading the future, but I wasn’t just giving her that, I was giving her my heart, and I hoped that would be enough for her to pick me over him.

Chapter Fifty-seven

It was physically killing me, slowly. So slowly. Watching him with her. He pretended like I wasn’t here in the room, even though I was on the other side, holding her other hand. He acted like he was alone with her.

No wonder she was reliving memory after memory of him because he was filling her head with them! Telling her story after story.

It was working too because her mind was focused on them. Not at first, but what he said would spark a memory in her mind, and I had to painfully sit still while she re-lived it.

I had to do something about it.

She wasn’t thinking of me, and if she woke up after spending over a week thinking only about him, she wasn’t going to pick me.

I had to get in her head to make sure her mind change directions. I could do that.

I focused more on our connection. I was going to force my thoughts into her head. The last memory I have of her was me telling her not to date that guy, and she said I had to make up my mind what I wanted. Well, I couldn’t force that memory into her head.

We spent most of our time together in class. Sure, I was usually ignoring her, but I always knew what she was doing or wanting to know what she was doing.

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