Claiming His Tempting Mate novel Chapter 40

Savannah's POV

"Who is Delaney?"

Hardwick looked at me seriously. His face was cold and emotionless. I couldn't fathom what he is thinking right now. I wish I could invade his mind and know his thoughts.

"Who told you that?" He asked after some time.

I sighed "who do you think?"

"That bitch" Hardwick curled his fingers in a fist. His eyes darkened as anger flashed in his eyes "I should have killed her instead of sparing her life and sending her away. Looks like it was my biggest mistake"

Oh god, he is getting angry now. What can I do? Anger always ruins things and if he gets angry then I can never get the answers I want. I have to do something to cool him down. I grabbed his hand which was slightly warm.

"Hardwick, you don't have to get angry now. Last time you backed away avoiding my question. I let it go because I thought it would be just a trivial matter so I didn't think about it much. But today things have gone overboard and I can't handle things if I don't know anything about it" I tried to explain.

"Handle? You don't need to do anything. This time I won't let her have the next time at all" he almost roared and about to go but I held his arm in a tight grip, refusing to let him go. Because I know, with this anger he would definitely do something that might create trouble later. Even if Daisy is the pack member and Alpha's do have the right to punish but he couldn't punish her just like this and especially when he is in anger.

"Where do you think you are going?" I asked widening my eyes "you can't go outside like this"

"You are stopping me? Why?are you forgiving her?" His eyes narrowed towards me.

"Of course not. How will I forgive someone who tried to harm me? But not forgiving doesn't mean I will just go and kill her. Hardwick this is unreasonable"

"Unreasonable? She tried to harm you and this reason is enough. No one, I tell you no one has the right to bully you in any way"

I looked at him seriously but inwardly I was too surprised. The way he is putting me in such a position made my heart to form butterflies inside it.

"You can't make a decision on the basis of this Hardwick" I shake my head.

"I am their Alpha and I can" he hissed.

"No you can't. I won't let you do something like this" I went on insisting. "I will never allow others to accuse my mate for being partial towards his pack because of his mate"

I can see his jaw clenched "who would dare to do that?"

"You are still not understanding? Daisy is accusing me of taking Delaney's place. Why is that? Who is Delaney that suddenly popped out of nowhere? Why is her matter raised that bound you and me altogether?" I asked.

Hardwick gave me a hard look "Delaney is no one. You don't need to concern yourself with it. Just leave this matter to me"

I shook my head "you are trying to avoid this matter again? Trying to make me put in the dark? How long are you going to hide it from me?"

"Daisy is no good, so is Delaney. It's better if you don't think about them. They will only create problems for me and for you. So it's better to put an end before this matter leads us somewhere we will regret" Hardwick said and freed his arm from my clutch before walking towards the door.

I can't believe he is still reluctant to tell me. Why is he trying to hide it? If it was before I would not have thought much but now there's another woman who might have some relation with my mate. Like Resse and Avan? Just thinking about them made me cringe in disgust. What if Hardwick and Delaney have the same situation? I watched him open the door and my heart jumped. No, I need to know about this matter. I can't let the past repeat in my present again.

"You want me to stay in the dark so that they could accuse me more?" I yelled, making him stop abruptly.

"What did you say?" He turned around and frowned.

"Didn't you hear? You want me to stay unknown of the things that are poking me at the present? How long can you hide it from me?" I glared at him "fine, since you don't want to, then I will find my own way" I said and walked towards him. Ignoring his presence I walked past him and about to open the door he grabbed my wrist.

"Where are you going?"

"I am going to meet Daisy and I will ask her. I guess she will be more than willing to tell everything you don't want to" I spat angrily. Now I am tired of persuading him to tell me the truth. If he doesn't want to tell me himself then I would find a way to do it.

"You are not fucking leaving" Hardwick growled angrily and in a second hoist me up and threw on his shoulder.

I squealed loudly "what are you doing Hardwick?"

"I am doing what I should do earlier"

"What-" before I could finish my words he threw me on the bed.

I looked at him with wide eyes as he started to remove his shirt. Instantly his muscular abs came before my vision. I gulped hard as my eyes raked on his upper body. I wanted to smack myself to force myself out of the thought.

What the fuck I am thinking? I scolded myself inwardly. Pushing all erotic thoughts I glared at the handsome specimen infront of me.

"What do you think you are doing? You won't tell me when I ask you and now that there's actually someone who can answer me, you are stopping me from going to her too?"

Hardwick didn't even pay any heed to my words as he started to climb on bed. Oh god, I really need to stop him or I don't know how long I can keep my calm posture. I pushed myself up in a sitting position but I couldn't even sit properly as a large hand suddenly pushed me down again. And this time I could not move at all because he was lying on top of me.

"There's no fucking way I will let you see her again. She has already damaged enough and I am not going to take any risk at all" he roared in my ear.

I closed my eyes. Why is he angry now? He really doesn't want me to know about Delaney? But why? Why is the matter of Delaney so sensitive to him that he doesn't want to talk about her? What kind of relationship did they share before? The more he is refusing, the more my mind is determined to find whoever Delaney is.

"Is it my fault? Your pack member wants my life because of this yet you are refusing to talk about it? Daisy has already included me in this mess so I have the right to know about it"

"Don't take that bitche's name," he warned.

I gasped. Did he really curse again? Though I know he is not innocent, I never thought he would curse his own pack member like this. Hardwick really hated Daisy. So much that he could not wait to tear her apart.

"Did you just-"

"You are so beautiful" he cut me off in the middle.

"What?" I looked at him with confusion. What happened to him suddenly?