Chapter 111
“I would be glad if she isn’t, Tatum replies nonchalantly with no sort of hostility much to Leila’s surprise.
The way she cocks her head and looks at Tatum with wide eyes shows ample evidence of her shock and Tatum cups her face and plugs a soft wet kiss on her lips.
“Don’t look so surprised. I love you baby girl and I hate that I have to divide my attention between you and her. I know you hate it but she’s a stick up my throat, I can’t get rid of her but there’s no way her mark is fake or anything like that, Alina confirmed it years ago.
“Carmi is my mate but my wolf doesn’t feel anything her right now, so you
don’t have to worry, I’m all yours,” Tatum replies, playfully pinching her nose at the end of his sentence.
A tight smile forms on Leila’s lips and her heart becomes weary, remembering the mutilated corpse of Alina.
“What about the recording? You heard it, she-
“Leila….my sweet pea, listen to me. You and I are all that matters. Just know, no matter what, I will always have your back and I will always be here for you, okay? You have no reason to fret.”
He’s doing it again, just like she feared. He is not letting her get across to him. He believes Carmela is his mate while she is the woman that he love and he
has chosen.
He chose to love her even when he knows he has a mate, she cannot help but imagine how much sweeter their lives will be if he understands that he has been tricked and Carmela is not his actual mate but he just won’t shut up and let her talk.
“Do you know why I went to see Alina yesterday?”
“Why?”
“Look, I wanted you to hear this directly from her but unfortunately she was murdered before I could get a recorded conversation. About six months before
Carmela got the mark, she paid their household a visit and in a drunken state, she told them what the phoenix mark looked like-”
Tatum opens his mouth and she quickly clamps her hand over it, shaking her head at him.
“Just let me finish. They knew about the mark before it got on Carmela, your wolf feels nothing for her, what if the mark is fake and she’s not actually your mate?”
Tatum’s heart pounds heavily in his chest and he squints at Leila. It is a possibility that has crossed his mind in the past admittedly.
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