He barged in, not wasting a second. “Why haven’t you answered my calls? Or Briana’s?” His voice dripped with accusation. “She’s been trying to reach you! You know she has a weak heart, Daphne. You’re stressing her out, and it’s bad for her health. You’re being completely unreasonable!”
“Unreasonable?” I scoffed. Was he serious?
“You abandoned me at our mating ceremony, and I’m the one being unreasonable?” I shouted, my voice shaking with fury.
“Yes!” he shot back, without a shred of doubt. His arrogance only fueled my rage. “Briana feels terrible about what happened. She’s been begging me to apologize to you for her. She’s 'genuinely' sorry, Daphne. And you're making her sick with worry!”
I couldn’t believe it. How could he stand there, defending her, after everything they’d done?
“You know what?” I stepped closer, my voice dropping to an icy calm. “I’m done. Go back and keep playing house with your childhood sweetheart.”
Jasper blinked, his confidence crumbling into confusion. “What are you talking about?”
I met his eyes, my chest burning with finality. “I’m rejecting you, Jasper.”
His face twisted in shock, his voice rising with panic. “What?”