Chapter 39

Third Person POV

"Baby, I—, I—" Matteo said when they were done lying on their bed, panting. The heat of the moment and desire for each other wore off, and he just realized that they had marked each other.

"Stop, Matteo. You know that I did it first," she replied, and he looked at her.

"It's Pi, right?" He asked, and she nodded.

"I know it was K— I mean, your beast too," she replied.

Matteo smiled and caressed her face gently. A few strands of her hair that were on her face were now behind her ears after he put them there. "I already know his name," he said. "He didn't want me to know before because of, you know, my constant affairs with different women. He's very loyal, and, as punishment, he made me not know his name,” he informed me. "I think Pi wanted us to become one. That's why she initiated the marking," he added, and she nodded.

"I talked to her and told her not to do anything stupid. But she was very persistent, I guess? She was usual