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"I'm sorry for how much pain I put you through. If I had known it would hurt you so much, I would never have agreed to it. I should have kicked against the whole mate bond thing in the first place. I shouldn't have believed the parliamentarians. I was a f..king fool to think I could just cut you out of my life. You mean too much to me." Zayne apologised as he gently stroked Layla's hair.

'He's sorry? He's actually sorry?' She thought as tears slid down her face without her control.

'Why does his apology hurt more than when I thought he didn't care about me? It's stupid. I'm stupid for crying. He's stupid for making my emotions a mess. How can he switch from one personality to another and then to another? And now he's saying I mean too much to him?! It's so unfair that he's causing me so much heartache.'

"I know you hate me right now and you don't want to speak to me, and I understand, but I promise to make everything right." He whispered and brushed his thumb across her cheek, w