Don't Leave Me, Mate (by AlisTae) novel Chapter 20

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In order to reach her neck, lan deliberately lowered his head. He could smell her. She somehow smelled really good, which he did not expect.

But she did not smell the way that unknown girl did. It was not her scent. That was something different and alluring.

He was so angry the day he found Ava as his mate that he could not even remember how she smelled that day.

But he could not forget that unknown girl.

‘How could I even think like that?‘ He said this to himself and backed away from the hug.

Ava came back to her senses when she opened her eyes and saw who was in front of her.

“Y–You!”

Ian glared at her. “Then who did you expect here?”

Ava glanced at the whole room. She was surprised that a window was there. But it was a little far because she could not find it.

She began to feel relaxed after watching the light in the room. She exhaled deeply.

“Such a weak omega you are!”

She heard Ian. She got to her feet right away and looked at him, who was still crouching down and now looking up

at her.

She turned to the door and rushed to it. She grabbed the doorknob and tried to twist it. But, to her surprise, it was

locked.

Ian sighed and stood up. “You can’t go out.”

She turned her head toward him. “W–Why are you doing t–this?”

He examined her nervous look and smirked at her.

“It’s your punishment. Didn’t you dare talk back to me in front of others? Now where has your daring mood gone?”

His eyes darkened as he walked toward her. She gulped and turned back to face the door. She started banging it out of fear.

She screamed for help while saying,

“PLEASE SOMEONE HELP.”

Ian chuckled as he came to a stop right behind her. He leaned in close to her ear and whispered,

“No one will come to help you here. Even if they do come, after seeing me here, they will back off.”

Ava lost her cool. She turned around to yell at him, but gasped when she found him closer to her.

She looked into his eyes while clenching her jaw. His handsome face with that wicked grin looked sinful to her.

Ian saw her angry look and asked,

“What? Nerdy is getting mad?”

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“Let me leave this room,” she murmured.

“I have no interest in you either. But how dare you speak to me like that in front of others? Just because your mom helped my mom in the past and my parents invited you for dinner, that doesn’t mean you will start to get your wings. Because I know how to cut other people’s wings really well.”

Ava stared at him. He was talking to her with such a rude tone, as if she were his enemy.

She did talk back to him, but wasn’t it his fault? Why did he throw the ball at her in the first place?

“L–Listen, 1–la-”

“Stop stuttering, nerd.”

He scolded her in a cold voice, and she flinched.

She lowered her head and mumbled,

“I–I just want to tell you that I’ll never come your way again. Let me go.”

Ian’s eyes remained on her as he tried to inspect her expression.

He was stunned that he did not feel disgusted by the closeness.

In fact, he found her interesting.

His eyes fell on her glasses, then her wet cheeks. He wondered how she would look without the glasses, which almost covered half of her face.

‘No, no. What am I thinking? What’s wrong with you, Ian? He asked himself, taking a step back.

Ava lifted her head to look at him. She felt calm as she watched him take a step back.

“Please open the door. My friends are waiting for me.”

“Friends? I think they have already left the campus. I sent them a text about you. So don’t be concerned about it, nerd.” Ian said to her.

Ava was shocked to hear him. She realized that her phone was not with her. She recalled that when Ian was pulling her, her phone fell to the floor.

“What did I do to offend you? Why are you treating me like this?” She asked, feeling emotional.

“Don’t you know why? Because I just hate you. Because of you, I missed out on the opportunity to find the perfect mate for me. Moon Goddess did so wrong to me by choosing you as my mate. If it were someone else, I would never have rejected my mate.”

Ava did not believe that this guy was putting all the blame on her head.

“So your rejection was also my fault? Then what do you want from me? What should I do? Do you want me to die? Because you have already made my wo-” Ava paused when she realized what she was going to say.

Ian frowned at her. “Your what?”

Ava looked away from him. “N–Nothing.”

Ian felt doubtful about it. However, he assumed that she was trying to get sympathy from him,

“I don’t care about you. But never dare to show your audacity to me again. Otherwise, it will be the end of you,” he warned her while pointing his finger at her.