Xander (POV)
I was trying to hold it together. I wanted to grab Jazmine and pull her to me and beg her to never leave me. To tell her I can't live without her. I wanted to tell her that I knew she was all I would ever want because she was my mate. I wanted to tell her the truth about who I was. I wanted her to know that I would spend every day of this life showing her how much she meant to me. I wanted to mark her right here and now.
But I couldn't tell her any of those things. Not yet, at least. But I could not lie to her. She was my mate and I would not betray her trust in that way. That's what her ex did and the reason she doesn't trust me right now. I will not do that to her.
So I told her the truth, sort of. I may have left out a few details and changed a few things but, stayed clo
