Carolina's heart almost jumped out of her chest when she saw Connor standing at the door. The smile on Connor's face disappeared as well as his eyes traveled from face to the luggage that she was clutching tightly to. When she noticed that Connor had his eyes fixed on her luggage, she tightened her grip around the handle of the luggage and swallowed the lump that formed in her throat.For a second, Connor was trying to process what was happening exactly at the moment because everything that he saw wasn't just adding up. He glanced behind him to see if there was a possibility that when he was coming toward the house, maybe he walked past Liliana without him noticing because the reason why Carolina was holding a luggage must be because Liliana had finally decided to leave the house on her own will and Carolina was helping her with the luggage. That was the only explanation that made sense to him at the moment. Carolina averted her gaze from Connor as she ducked her head, biting the cor

Carolina's eyes grew wide as soon as she saw Liliana standing at the door. She suddenly snapped back to her senses and before she could push Connor away, Connor broke the kiss, staring deep into her eyes even though she didn't have her gaze fixed on him. His heart kind of broke when she didn't reciprocate his kiss and when it felt like she was about to give into his touch, she stopped mid-way and suddenly went cold.Tears welled up in Liliana's eyes as she swallowed the heavy lump that formed in her throat. Her heart was pounding in her ear with her heart thudding hard in her chest. It was more like every piece and part of her was crumbling into pieces! She couldn't believe her eyes and it looked more like she was in a daze.Connor followed the direction of Carolina's eyes. He caught sight of Liliana who stood at the door with tears threatening to fall from her eyes as she retracted her step backward, shaking her head slowly in disbelief. Just the mere sight of her, caused a wave of a

Liliana jumped to her feet as soon as she heard Kayla's voice and the mention of something that would give Connor the upper hand. She gritted her teeth as she ran her hands through her hair, biting the corner of her lower lips before sweeping her backward with her hands"Could she have found Stella? Is my plan about to backfire? What could Kayla be up to? How dare she break the agreement between us? Does she want to see Stella? Does she even have any idea about what I may do to Stella?" Different thoughts ran through Liliana's head as she paced back and forth.Carolina and Connor both exchanged stares before fixing their gaze back on Kayla who still raised the phone. Carolina didn't know the full details of the deal that Kayla might have struck with Liliana but with tie venom in Kayla's eyes, she knew that she was about to make a rash decision that would either backfire or work out in the end."What could Kayla be up to and what evidence could she have? Has she been playing the fool a

Connor's nose flared as his face scrunched up. For a second, he was trying to fathom what could have led Carolina to think that she was a commodity that he bought. He wanted to know what was going through her mind and with the tears that welled up in her eyes, he would see the tears that were threatening to fall."You know that is not true! You and I know that is not true" Connor's voice broke down because, with the tears that formed in Carolina's eyes, it felt as if his heart was being shredded to pieces. It was now starting to make sense to Carolina. Why he always stared at her with those glossy eyes that usually held so much passion for her, the way he always looked at her, talked to her, was lenient with her, it was all starting to make sense to Carolina. But, she was now starting to understand that maybe even before she knew that Connor was her mate, Connor had known her all along. He knew that she was his mate and that was the reason why he used the debt in tying her down."Thi

Carolina hated herself at that moment, she hated herself because she knew that she was crumbling to his touch despite the grudge that she held towards him. He broke the kiss, causing Carolina to control her breath."W-What the hell are you doing and what the hell are you doing..." Before she could finish talking, Connor slammed his lips on hers as he wrapped his hands around her waist. She attempted to slap his chest so that he would pull away but she didn't because as soon as she raised her hands, her hands dangled helplessly by her side. Crazily, she found herself kissing him back. The urge for him to take her was so strong. However, she knew that she shouldn't be doing that. She was angry with him and everyone in the house and the last thing that she should be doing was kissing him on the lips. There was this powerful aura that he exuded that caused her to remain still as he kissed her in an intense, ferocious, yet, sweet manner.Connor brushed his nose through hers as he glide