Chapter 52
-APOLLO-
Fuck
I could smell her in my car even though she was no longer in here with me
I place my finger near my nose and instantly regret it.
Motherfucker.
I feel an urgent need to chase after her, I want to grab my mate and let her know that I’d do absolutely anything to spend the rest of my life by her side. My phone lights up once more, distracting me again.
My mother’s message was like a dash of cold water onto my lace.
Right
I couldn’t let my feelings get in the way of reality. No matter how much I wanted to be with Lana, I could not let that happen. There was too much going on in my life and I’d refused to tell even my father about it. No one knew the struggles dealt with or the sacrifices I was willing to make to ensure that my mother was always happy.
That didn’t mean that it was easy. It was fucking hard now that I had all these bottled up emotions for my mate. It was even harder now that she was considering dating other men.
It was becoming increasingly tough to ignore her. I didn’t want to face the truth, but I couldn’t deny it any longer. Ignoring Lana was turning out to be quite a challenge, especially now that I knew what she tasted like.
My heart aches at the thought of having to let her go before I truly had the chance to make her mine. I place my head on the steering wheel and groan.
Why did everything need to be this difficult? Why wouldn’t Lana be the one that my mother wanted me to marry? I already knew the answer to that question. My mother would never want me to be with my mate and she definitely would not want me to be with the daughter of the woman that she insisted took her husband from her.
My mother already hated Lana. I could tell. Even though my mate never did anything to her, she simply couldn’t stand her because of her mother. She blamed their entire family for ruining her life. In fact, she couldn’t fathom why I wanted to live with them instead of with her. She often saw it as a form of betrayal. However, she would never find out the true reason behind me wanting to live with my father. If she knew, she would understand my actions to an extent but still would not be happy that I had lied to her
I stare at my phone, knowing I should pick up my mother’s call. Yet, frustration wells up inside me as I grapple with everything happening around me, especially my inability to do the one thing I yearn for more than anything else.
I pull back onto the road, trying to distract myself when my phone lights up again.
When will my mother finally give up trying to reach me? Doesn’t she understand that I don’t want to talk?
Lana’s voice still echoes in my mind from earlier, making it seem like I was ignoring my mother to be with some random woman, Even given the seriousness of my situation, I had to admit her antics amused me earlier I never thought she had it in her to pull such a stunt 5–ing my head, I try to push her out of my thoughts
Agroan escapes me when my phone emits a noise, signalling an incoming call.
Then, a beep announces another message soon after.
I chose to ignore it until realize this isn’t my mother’s number. It’s my younger sister. My heart drops; she never messages unless something’s really
wrong.
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My hands tremble as 1 swipe to unlock my phone and read her message.
‘Come home. Please
Ishut my eyes, feeling the weight of the world on my shoulders. I can’t keep dodging this anymore. I’ve been avoiding returning home because of my mate, but now that my sister needs me, I have to go back.
Without a second thought, Islam down the accelerator.
Damnit
I knew Toya’s message meant our mother was having another one of her freak–out episodes. I didn’t want to even think about what chaos might be unfolding back home.
All I could focus on was how this was all my fault. I could not let something like this happen again. This was exactly one of the things I’ve been trying to avoid happening for the longest while.
I understood that for Toya’s sake, I needed to keep the peace with our mother. I had to fight my feelings for Lana in order to do that. Its the only way would ever be able to do everything that she wanted me to. By pretending that my mate didn’t exist.
-LANA
The next day dawns, and Apollo still hasn’t returned. I spent the entire night waiting, but he never showed up. Disappointment and worry weigh heavily on my heart. Just when it seems like we’re getting closer, something always drives us further apart.
I’m starting to believe my earlier thought that his mother is behind his hot–and–cold behavior. I witnessed how many times she called his phone while was in the car with him. It was clear that he valued her opinions, especially since she wanted him to marry Jada.
I fought the urge to scream again.
The idea of him marrying someone else twists my heart. Despite not having fully explored our mate bond, I know I’m already attached to him. We’ve known each other for years, even though we barely spoke until now.
Stay calm, Lana. Or everyone in the house will know about you and Apollo!
I need to distract myself before I do something foolish, like bombarding his phone with calls like his mother does. I don’t want to come off as obsessed
I swing my door open.
To my surprise, Isabella is waiting outside my room, looking upset. A wave of guilt hits me as I remember leaving her behind at the restaurant yesterday
“I can’t believe you left me hanging yesterday,” she says, disbelief in her voice. “One minute, you two were in the parking lot arguing, and then poof! You
were gone!”
I shrug, “I guess this is karma for leaving me stranded at the beach house that one time.”
She sighs, would be angrier if I didn’t know the truth about you and Apollo.”
My eyes widen, “Shhh! Don’t say that too loudly around here”
She grins, “Come on, tell me what happened after you let the restaurant yesterday. From what I saw, our stepbrother was a bit upset when he noticed you on your date. Trecall correctly, you told me it wouldn’t matter to him what you were uploTM
Troll my eyes. “Okay, maybe you were partly right. But he can’t help himself so we’re mutes. There are just some things he can’t ignore
She sighs and looks at me as though I had stupid men big and bold on my forehead.
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સાય! તાર “Apollo is completely crazy over you.” She informs me “Patieve me, the the way he practically ran out of his car to the you in that mutatn couldn’t think of anything else the second that Tralled him and mentioned that you were on a data 1
If this was true, then why did he constantly push me away? Why did ha act as though he didn’t like me of timest
Was his mother truly at faultT
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