Valentine’s POV:
The world stopped around me as soon as she asked me whether she was my mate or not. The hurt in her eyes was raging a storm inside me.
I wanted to hold her face, hug her, and tell her over and over again that I have already chosen her for me. She wasn’t my mate but I couldn’t care any less about that. Instinctively, I took a step toward her and was about to cup her cheek when she suddenly flinched away. Tears were brimming in her eyes but she didn’t let go of the façade of bravery, “Yes or No?”
The line between right and wrong had already been blurred for me. I opened my mouth to lie to her, anything to give her peace but right at that moment, Antonio opened the mind link, “Lying would only make the situation worse.”
My body went rigid, “No one needs to know that she i
