Aria's POV
I drove my foot straight down into his crotch as hard as I could.
"Get the hell off me! You make me sick!" I shoved against Julian's chest, my left hand desperately clawing at the interior car door handle.
"Aria, you've got some nerve. Get back here!" Julian barked, his face twisting in pain. He lunged forward and hauled me back by my collar, his heavy body crushing me against the leather seat. "I'm running out of patience with you! You're still my mate, remember?!"
Why?!
The bitterness in my throat was suffocating. Why wouldn't he just let me go? What did he even want from me? He didn't love me, yet he still felt entitled to put his hands on me like I was something he owned.
What a complete jerk!
A wave of intense, violent nausea hit me.
As he leaned down to trap my mo
