Page 129 of The Wolf King's Mate

I blinked again.

“When you told me it bothered you not to know where I was, I should’ve communicated mentally with you, or added you to the enforcer chat. I realize that now.” His voice was gruff.

He didn’t like admitting he’d done something wrong.

It wasn’t something he did often. I didn’t know why he was doing it at all.

“You don’t owe me that,” I said. “We’re just friends. Barely friends.”

“That’s bullshit. We’re going to be mates. Mates are more than friends. I want to fuck you in bar bathrooms.”

I sputtered a laugh. “That’s not going to happen, Enzo.”

“Not just in bar bathrooms.” He stumbled over the words. “I don’t want us to only be together during heat.”

“You want us to have casual sex?”

“Notcasual. Neither of us will ever be able to screw anyone else. Even my dad couldn’t stomach that much betrayal. The most twisted people still have boundaries.”

Enzo wasn’t one of the most twisted.

Not even a little.

“I don’t know how you expect us to have regular, not-casual sex without developing feelings for each other,” I said. “Sex is innately emotional. Maybe some people can do that, but I’m not one of them.”

“Would it be that bad to develop feelings?”

My eyes widened.

“What are you actually trying to say?”

“I want you to fall in love with me,” he growled.

I blinked.

Once.

Twice.

Three times.

A moment passed.

“Youwhat?” I finally asked.

His chest rumbled. “I want you to love me.”

“A one-sided relationship where I love you and you’re always gone doesn’t exactly sound like something I would enjoy.”

“I would love you too. I want us to be mates. Real mates.”

Holy shit.

Holy shit.

“You said you were going to give me freedom. That was the whole point, remember? I’m not going to agree to anything that will lead to me being trapped like your princess in a tower any longer. I want to make my own decisions. I want?—”

“I made a plan. To help you turn the females,” he said abruptly.

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