Chapter 12. He’s Back

“Well, yeah.” He chuckled. “Of course.”

“What makes you feel we’re in a relationship now?”

He looked even more confused than she did, all of a sudden. The air between them changed from soft and loving to tense.

“We just made love, didn’t we?”

“We didn’t make love, Fabrizio.” She sat up to face him squarely. “We mated.”

“What do you mean?” His brows furrowed, he was becoming more and more displeased with the way things were playing out. “All that just happened, your moans, everything didn’t mean shit to you?”

She avoided eye contact. “It didn’t.”

“Look me in the eyes and say that, Tash. Tell me you didn’t feel love when we were doing it. Tell me you didn’t love me and want me through all of it. Tell me it was just out of duty to the pack!”

She had tears streaming down her cheeks now. “Wh…why do I need to bloody face you anyway? I said what I said, so deal with it.”

“You’re lying again, Tash. This appears to be your go-to method wh