"I never betrayed you."
Adrian ground the words out through clenched teeth, forcing his claws to retract before the shifting could go any further.
"Nothing happened between Chloe and me beyond work. I never kissed her. I never touched her."
"So I'm supposed to thank you for a seven-week honeymoon that stopped one step short of s*x?"
"It wasn't a honeymoon!"
He came around the shattered table and caught my wrist. The instant his palm covered my mate mark, the mate bond that had lain silent for seven weeks erupted into searing heat.
My wolf turned toward him almost on instinct. With the pup inside me, even my body settled at the familiar cedar scent, a response that felt humiliating.
Adrian felt the response, and his breathing immediately grew heavier.
"Your body still remembers me."
