Chapter 32: CHAPTER 32: THE OTHER WORLD.

NATALIE.

I want to believe him.

I really do.

He sits there looking at me earnestly as he makes these promises but I know it's not that easy.

Not as he makes it out to be.

I believe that he wants me. That he might even love me. But that doesn't erase the years and experiences he has had with Maya.

It doesn't change the fact that he felt most comfortable with taking her as a mate.

He chose her.

And yes, I know he had no other alternative but still…

It hits differently when you know that if there wasn't a mate bond, if there was nothing tying us together, Maya is the one he would have chosen.

They would have been perfect together.

And I don't know how to deal with that.

Oh, why did he have to settle? Why didn't he just wait?

The question surprises me this time, because of the anger I feel at it.

The resentment.

I… I resent him.

That doesn't even make sense!