Chapter 2 REJECT HIM

Bella 'S POV.

I gulped down, shaking my head in denial as I clutched my bag hard to my chest. No. None of it can be real. Max would not say something like that about me. He loved me. We loved each other. I've spent days on that bed, telling him how much I want to have sex with him but I just needed the timing to be right.

I love him. I was going to tell him everything. Tell him I have a wolf and we were fated mates, let him see the mate bond. I was going to give him the whole of me tonight. To let him connect with my wolf and every part of me.

My thoughts were cut short as a giggle that I knew too well could not belong to Max came out of the room, causing my heart to clutter more in pain. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, my lips trembling as their words entered my ear.

“So why don't you leave her? Why don't you break up with her if she's useless?”

I bit down on my lower lips, my heart gnawing in pain already as I waited for his response. Smooching sound came out first before his low raspy chuckle escaped his lips, “I intend on breaking up with her.”

It felt like every muscle in me snapped together as a raw pain filled me up. I collapsed silently beside the door, my eyes shut tightly to avoid tears rolling down my face. I clenched both my jaw and my knuckles so hard, trying to divert the pain that was pulling all my organs inside to my outside.

No…no… my lips trembled as small sobs escaped them, the tears burning and ripping my eyes open, rolling down my cheeks in extreme pain.

“She's a pain in the ass, my love. She doesn't know anything. She doesn't care for anything besides her stupid mother. Babbling on and on about how she needs to care for a woman that doesn't even care for her. Have you seen the clothes she wears?”

“She's just not good for me. I'm from wealth and riches and she…” he paused, my ears perked up as low anger started rumbling within me, “she's from a small town with no one. What good with such a girl do for me?”

I let out a low painful laugh amidst my sobs, bringing my hand to cover my mouth as I kept laughing.

“Come on, my love. The only reason I even pursued her in the first place was because my friends won't stop talking about her tight ass. And she wouldn't even allow me to touch or fuck them.”

I kept on laughing, my entire pain turning into shame and embarrassment for myself. Here I had thought we had something, that he was the one for me. He was my mate. My own mate and he was there spouting nonsense about me, about my life. The tears rolled down amidst my laughter, the pain roaring amidst my anger. I thought about all the times we've spent together, all the laughs, all the ‘I love you's' that he has always whispered.

“You're so goddamn beautiful, Bella . I can't imagine anyone ever treating you like scum. I love….love..you.” He has muttered to me before kissing me deeply three nights before.

I managed to stand up, my stomach twisted in deep raw pain and anger. I took the first step towards the door, wondering if I should confront him, if I should tell him that he was just a jerk and he doesn't matter to me either. So what? What if he was rich? What if his pack was bigger than mine? I cleaned my face, catching his face, his large smile and disgust immediately filling me up.

“Reject him, Bella . Let him feel the pain too. Say the words.” My wolf uttered in me.

I clenched my jaw hard, anger and rage boiling together within me. Every sound of his laughter, of his words made my fist tighten more and more, my eyes glaring daggers at his back.

“Say the words, Bella . Say it.”

I gulped down, my heart pounding hard in my heart, the desire to feel him writhe in an unknown pain turning my ears. I wanted him to feel just as much as he made me feel today. To feel like everything he has ever known was a lie, to feel his entire world collapsing and his lungs struggling to find air.

He would never know it was me. He would never know that he just lost his mate which he would never get back. And I would be here, watching him struggle, try to catch his breath and his stupid new love figure out what was going wrong.

A smirk stumbled on my shaky lips as I took a deep breath, my eyes catching sight of the green knitted cardigan I made for him on his birthday, lying on the front of his bathroom like a dirty rug.

I scoffed out quietly, allowing the anger to consume me, “I, Bella Montagu rejects you, Max Cartmouth as my mate.” I muttered under my breath.

“Let me tell…

The rest of the words hung in his throat as I watched him clutch his chest, immediately slumping on the bed. A smile tugged the corners of my lips up as he started coughing, hitting his chest hard.

“Something…something is wrong…my lungs..my chest..

The smile on my face grew bigger, my eyes marvelling at how much pain he was feeling. I watched his face start turning into pink, his orbs staring at the ceiling and the fear that was in them, even in his voice.

“What's wrong, Alex? Tell me..” the lady screamed out.

I picked my bag, not wanting to see the lady that was ‘suitable' and good enough for him. I spared him one last look and eyed him disdainfully, “Rot in hell, Max.” I mumbled to myself, turning back and walking away with both pain and satisfaction.

“Happy graduation to us, Nina.” I muttered to my wolf as I pressed the elevator doors, stepping into it with one place in mind and another battle to face.

Home.