110: The Beast In Him

Ethan’s POV

I’d been in a meeting with Jenkins and Aaron for the past hour because we needed to have everything in place for my upcoming coronation and wedding which was drawing unbelievably nearer by the second.

“Will the wedding still be held if Layla realizes that you're not her mate when she finally turns eighteen?” Jenkins asked as he moved the open book before me to his laps.

“Of course, as long as she’s my mate, she’ll be my wife. It's more about how an Alpha’s potential is at his peak with his mate and less of how she feels about it” I told him knowing filling that the lines were blurring slowly.

Deep down, I’d prefer it if she was also my mate so that she’d wholeheartedly accept me rather than pushing me away and placing some unreal importance on Arnold’s place in her life like she currently did.

I wondered what it’d feel like to have her affection and gorgeous body all to myself without worrying about that slimy bastard. All over again, I was suddenly reliving how annoyed I’