- Heartbreak
Hearing what I requested, Theo looks scalded. He stands up and retreats from me, almost stumbling at the thick carpet.
“You don’t mean that,” he says as if he is seeing me for the first time.
“Do you think I will joke about this?”
“You marked me… You said you loved me…” he says. His voice is barely a whisper.
“My child died, Theo. This mate bond with you is painful. I can’t undergo that same experience again.”
“Then how about love?!”
I look away. Right now, I just want to let go of this fake connection with him.
“From now on…” he starts. He moves towards me again and lifts my chin. “My attention will be all yours. I will cherish you, like what I have always promised.”
He leans down and I evade his attempt to kiss me. Forcibly, he makes me look into his eyes.
