Lahat ng Kabanata ng Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond: Kabanata 481 - Kabanata 490

~ Jace ~ “Callie, I managed to get hold of your parents. I thnk they thought it was a scam at first. I’ve invited them over…” Mum walks into the sitting room where she places her mobile phone down on the coffee table, a hesitant smile forming upon her face. Callie’s parents had finally called back,

~ Cleo ~ Josie keeps trying to call me and for the first time since forever, I’m not answering. I need time to think, time to put a plan in place. Jaxon knows, my attempts to persuade him that the baby is human may have worked on my parents, but he could sense the child was related to him.

“I’ll leave you to it.” He stands up, pulling the chair out and tucking it back in under the table only for Maya to walk over, eyeing him with suspicion. “Take care.” He offers out, a nod as he departs. “You too.” I call out after him as he walks away, Maya pulling the chair out and sitting down.

“Look, here’s my card…” He places his hand back out towards me, a small business-shaped-card in his hands. I must seem very bizarre to him, not quite with it. Even now, my hands are running through my long blonde hair…trying to make sense of everything. To say I was in a state of inner turmoil

“Protect from what?” “From you…from your family.” “I wouldn’t hurt the baby.” The colours runs off his face as if I had just slapped him. “No, I know that. But the baby will be the heir to the Clear Waters until you have a real baby with your mate..” “A real baby..” He chuckles out finding