For a moment, he didn’t say anything, then he spoke, this time his voice filled with a mix of irritation and anger, “If you keep doing this, you will leave me with no choice but to reject you.”

My head snapped to him so fast that I felt my neck almost snap and I realized then that anything we had was truly gone so I took a step towards him, “Then go ahead,” I met his gaze unflinching, “I dare you to reject me, Mason.”

LILIAN

“I reject you, Lilian Stone.”

He didn’t say the words, but I heard them as clearly as if he had shouted them. His eyes said everything. He wanted to.

He wanted to end this bond, but he wouldn’t. He’d rather keep me here, trapped, humiliated, than let me go.

So I simply walked away from him.

That was the moment my decision hardened into stone. The plan that had been simmering in my mind for weeks would finally come to life. And I’d execute it on our mating anniversary.

\Which was only two days away.

Now, I stared at the pregnancy certificate in front of me, still unable to believe that I had a pup growing inside me. Slowly, I looked up at Dr. Mirra, my throat tight. “You made sure no one is aware of this right?”