Claimed By My Husband's Enemy novel Chapter 148

Chapter 148

(Sev)

“No, don’t leave. Stay with me.”

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My beast snarled after hearing Ari beg while still trapped in his dream. Even in his dream, I wanted to snatch him away from whoever he was seeing there. He had to wake up. This was only because of the possessive bond between us. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be doing this. It was the bond and nothing else. Once Adan found a mage and severed the bond, everything would go back to normal.

I would go back to normal.

I stood beside his bed and patted his hand. “Hey, you’re too loud Wake the fuck up.”

Ari was quick to grab my hand. Tears slid down his cheeks. “Stay dad. Please? I’m afraid.”

At least it was his dad and not that Danny this time.

What the hell did August do to his son for him to be like this? I hadn’t met the old man, but I suddenly wanted to make my wolf tear him apart. Who did he think he was to make my mate cry for him?

After a while, I shook my head at the terrifying thought. Mate? No. This was just the bond being foolish. I would never acknowledge him as my mate.

Yet, this version of Ari kept stirring something within me. He was completely different from what I had seen so far. He was….. vulnerable. I’d never held hands with a man before and I certainly had no plans of doing so. That’s why I couldn’t understand why I wasn’t dropping his hand, why I was letting him touch me and cling to me like this. Although when I finally tried to pull away, Ari’s grip became tighter.

I could always use my strength and distance myself, but I didn’t. Instead, I sat on his bed, frowning.

“This doesn’t mean anything, Shorty. This is only because you look pitiful. Nothing else.”

I waited for disgust to wash over me.

There was none.

Fuck.

Before I could stop myself, my hand reached out to his cheek. Why did his skin have to be softer and smoother than any woman I’d ever caressed? Why were his lips rosier and looked more plump than a woman’s? Why did everything about this man have to be so goddamn beautiful?

I rubbed my hand over my pounding chest. What was happening to me?

“Don’t fucking cry,” I rasped and wiped his tears which must have woke him up.

Ari stirred.

Hell, my cock did as well.

Slowly, he opened those purple eyes that could make any man’s knees weak. And I wasn’t an exception. Our eyes lock

a few seconds. During that time, Ari was neither glaring nor frowning at me. He just stared sleepily at me.

And then he smiled.

Fucking smiled.

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Chapter 148

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It wasn’t sarcastic. It was a pure smile which reached his eyes, turning his face into the loveliest thing I’d ever seen. My heart raced. Before I knew it, I was smiling back. My wolf howled which made his eyes widen from surprise.

Finally, he was awake and rational.

But I wasn’t.

He immediately sat on the bed and glared at our hands still clasped together. His reaction was absolute horror. My smile faded. How dare he?

“Sebastian? Why the fuck are you sitting there and holding my hand like a creep?”

His repulsive tone and expression were back again. He crossed his arms and stared me down. Fucking asshole. I couldn’t believe I didn’t strangle him when I had the chance.

“You should be thanking me. You were screaming in your sleep. Shorty,” I answered defensively. “I only came to wake you because you were disturbing my rest. But then you held my hand and begged me to stay.”

“No, I didn’t!”

“And how would you know that?” I raised a brow. “You were even crying.”

As if he needed proof, he raised his hands and touched his cheeks, something that my hands should have been doing-I paused. What the heck was I thinking?

“And when you held my hand, even your mouth cried.” I grinned to mask my damaged pride. “I can’t believe you’d drool like that over a simple touch, Shorty. Deep down, I know you want me. You just don’t want to admit it because you can’t have

me.”

I watched, fascinated, as Ari’s mouth opened and closed a few times before finally shutting it as he shook his head. Seeing him annoyed gave me a twisted sense of accomplishment.

“Why aren’t you saying anything?”

“My dad told me not to speak when I have nothing good to say. And I absolutely do not have any good thing to say to you right now, Shitty. So, do us both a favor and go back to your own space while I could still control my fist.”

The bell rang, a sign that we ought to be gearing up for the morning run. By the next ring, which was fifteen minutes from now, we should be outside, all washed up and ready. Ari and I glanced at each other and raced to the en suite bathroom.

We got there at the exact same time.

“I got here first,” he rasped. “Step back.”

I smirked, hiding my surprise. For his height and build, Ari was impressively fast. “Your legs are too damn short, Ari. Did you really think you beat me to it?”

He growled. “I don’t care. Step back. Do not make me repeat it.”

“No. You step back.”

Instead of answering, Ari opened the door and pushed his way in Sneaky little wolf. Did he really think he could outdo me? I slipped my hand inside before he could slam the door shut and easily stepped in, making the already small space seem smaller.

His lips parted in disbelief, “Get the hell out, Sebastian!”

“Since none of us wants to surrender, then we should just share. What’s wrong? We are both men anyway. Unless… you’re hiding something from me.”

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