All Chapters of Fate Or Mates: Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

Angela’s POVA small, desperate sound slipped out of me. He answered it, arms tightening, pulling me into his lap like I weighed nothing. I straddled him without thinking, thighs spreading over his, and the hard length of him pressed right against my soaked panties. I gasped into his mouth, hips rocking on instinct, grinding down on that thick ridge straining through his sweatpants.His hands moved lower, slow over my stomach, fingers slipping under the hem of my t-shirt, tracing the edge of my panties. Shivers raced straight to my clit. I was dripping, the thin cotton clinging to my folds, and when he dragged one slow finger up the center, I swear I almost came right there.Aaron went still above me. He closed his eyes, jaw clenched so tight I could see the muscle jump. Then he braced his fists on the couch beside my shoulders, breathing hard through his nose.“You smell so good, little one,” he rasped, voice raw and hungry. “So fucking wet for me I can taste it in the air.”I sank d

ANGELA’S POVThe first thing was the warmth. A solid, breathing kind of warmth wrapped all around me. I blinked my eyes open, the light from the window still soft and hazy. It took a second for my mind to catch up, to place the heavy arm over my waist and the steady rhythm of breath against the back of my neck.Aaron.Then it all came back. The movie, the kiss, the way one thing just led to another so easily. My cheeks grew hot, but it was a good feeling, all mixed with the comfort of being held like this. I had fallen asleep right here. In his arms, in his bed.I tried to move, just a little, to turn and see if he was awake. His arm tightened, pulling me back against his chest. A low sound, rough with sleep, vibrated against my skin.“Do not go.”That voice. Gravelly and thick. It did something to my insides, something warm and shaky. I relaxed into him, a soft sigh escaping before I could stop it.“I am not going anywhere.”We lay there for a while, breathing together. It was perfec

ANGELA’S POVBack in my room, I stood under the shower with the hot spray pounding on my shoulders. It should have cleared my head, but the water only slid over my skin while my thoughts tangled again.I kept feeling his hands on me, seeing that look he gave right before he walked out. It held that firm Alpha edge, although something gentler had been tucked behind it, something that felt like it belonged only to me.When I stepped out, I wrapped myself in a towel and faced the fogged mirror. My reflection blinked back at me, her eyes a little sharper, but there was a softness hiding under the surface that I could not smother. Last night had shifted something inside me. It was small, but it was there.I dressed slowly in a tailored dress with a matching blazer from the closet Aaron had filled. It felt like slipping into armor. As I brushed my hair and added a bit of makeup, I tried on the version of myself I needed today. Angela Hunter, poised and focused. The woman stepping into her i

ANGELA’S POVThe second I closed the front door, the day just slid off me. The house was quiet, but it was a good quiet. The kind that feels soft, you know? And then I caught a whiff of it. Garlic, herbs, something amazing coming from the kitchen. My stomach actually growled.I dropped my purse and keys on the table and followed the smell. And there he was. Aaron. His back was to me as he stood at the stove with an apron tied over his t-shirt and sweats. It was such a normal thing, such a simple, easy sight, but it hit me right in the chest with a warm, relieved feeling.He must have heard me come in. He turned off the stove, pulled the apron over his head, and crossed the kitchen in a few quick steps.“Hey,” he said, his voice low and warm, and he opened his arms.I walked right into them. I sank against his chest with a sigh that felt like it came from my toes. It was home. His arms wrapped around me, solid and safe.“How was your first day?” he mumbled into my hair, his hand moving

AARON’S POVThe question just hung there between us. It was so quiet, so brave. It actually made my chest hurt. What is happening here?For a second, all I could hear was my own heart pounding in my ears. This was it. This was the moment I should have taken this morning, before James called and blew everything apart. She was right there, giving me the opening, laying all her confusion out in the open. She felt it too. This thing. This real, undeniable thing between us.And I just felt all my careful walls start to come down. She thinks this is just a fake marriage. A shield against Julius. She has no clue she is my fated mate. The other half of my soul I have been waiting my whole life to find. She does not know I am the Alpha King, that the Shadow Moon pack she is so worried about is mine. My land. I kept it all from her.I thought I was protecting her, giving her room to breathe. But then I saw the fear in her eyes when she mentioned Julius, and I could still smell him on her, just