CHAPTER 34
LEILA’S POV
My head bowed. “I was worried that you were too disgusted to look at me this morning when you left,” I said softly, giving him only a pinch of the full truth.
“Disgusted? Why would I?”
“Because I thought I'd been assaulted by another man. I thought you didn’t want to see me but didn't know how to say it.”
A chuckle escaped his lips, and I looked at him in confusion. “Sorry,” he apologized quickly, his eyes still burning with laughter. “I shouldn't have laughed at such an important matter. I just didn't expect my opinion of you to matter at all.”
“Of course it does. You're my mate, and I was—” I looked away, but his fingers gripped my chin gently and forced me to stare at him.
“You were what?”
“I thought you’d reject me,” I said under my breath.
“You don
