Page 133 of My Unexpected Mate

“Hi, love,” a voice startled me, and I flinched.

I looked up and saw Nick standing at my bedroom door, his eyes widening.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you!” he apologized and walked over to me in a rush.

“It’s okay,” I looked up at him and smiled.

“Do you need any help?” he asked me and sat down on my bed.

“Nope,” I shook my head. “I am almost done.”

“I expected to find you in Annie’s room,” he said with a smirk.

“I managed to escape,” I chuckled. “Don’t know how I did it, though.”

I zipped up my bag and stood up.

Nick motioned to sit beside him on the bed.

I smiled and walked over to him. I sat down beside him, and he leaned in, moving my hair out of the way. He breathed in my scent and nuzzled his nose into my neck. The feeling gave me tingles all over my body and my belly did a weird flip.

“I missed you,” he whispered into my neck, making me shiver.

“It’s only been an hour,” I chuckled.

“It has been more than three hours,” he said, not lifting his head. “Don’t ever ask me to leave you again.”

He placed a light kiss on my neck and my whole body trembled. Goddess, I wanted more of those.

He looked up at me and smiled. “I love it when you blush.”

I chuckled and looked down at my hands.

“Are you excited about tomorrow?” Nick asked me.

“Yes,” I looked up at him and smiled brightly. “I can’t wait to see Cassie and Jake.”

Nick gave me a weak smile and I suddenly remembered what Annie had said earlier today. He was afraid I would want to stay with them.

I grabbed his hand in mine and looked him in the eyes. “I will not leave you.”

His eyebrows shoot up. “What?”

“Annie told me that you and Gabriel are worried I would want to stay there,” I explained. “I won’t lie to you. It did cross my mind when we first started talking about it. But I won’t stay with them. I can’t stay with them.”

He looked at me, surprised. “You were thinking about it?”

Is that the only thing he heard? I frowned.

“I did,” I said honestly. “But I don’t anymore.”

He growled quietly. “What’s changed?”

“Well, I found out Gabriel is my brother,” I said, looking down at my hands. “And, well, I can’t leave you.”

“You can’t?” he asked me quietly.

I shook my head, not looking up at him. “No. I can’t be without you.”

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