Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 114

I step back each time he steps forward.

"You want your family to know, then you don't want your family to know. You want the right person to be caught for trying to kill you, then you just want it to be Suzie to get rid of her. You want Mr. Reynolds gone then you want him spared. You want to be luna then you don't. You want honesty when it sounds nice and you feel included..." He towers over me. "But then you want a pretty lie when it suits you, right?"

I stumble back a little. Then I right myself.

He watches me the entire time with cold eyes. "What is it that you want, Mia?"

"I want you to stop being so mean," I say.

"Now that's something we can agree on."

I raise an eyebrow, but he just keeps walking. I grab his arm. "What do you mean?"

He yanks his arm away from me, like I burned him. "What did I tell you about touching me?" he glares.

"I'm sorry, I just..." Suddenly it dawns on me. I look into his eyes. "Why can't I touch you, Aiden?"

He hesitates then his eyes narrow. "I just don't want you to."

Got 'em. "Maybe you're not being honest with yourself either," I say under my breath.

"Excuse me?"

I don't say anything.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

It's my turn to shrug. "I don't know. I think you're just upset because you feel left out or unwanted or something" I say, risking a glance towards his tight-faced expression.

"I'm not the one getting jealous over some girl and running into the arms of a different brother," he growls, low.

I shake my head. That's like a slap to the face. "See, it's comments like that, that prove my point. You always push me away, and then you get mad when I stay away. That's not fair, because you're doing that to yourself and blaming me." I look into his eyes. "There's a difference between honesty and playing it safe. I think you're playing it safe with all this talk about not being able to protect me and having to kill me instead of just saving me. Just save me, Aiden. Just don't let them take me away. Stop with all the what ifs."

He keeps walking. "You don't know what you're talking about."

I roll my eyes. Talk about denial. "It's the same with the imprint thing. What are you afraid of? That I'll reject you if you call me your mate?"

"Let's get one thing straight," he says, not once breaking eye contact. "I don't want to kiss you. I don't want to call you my mate. And I don't give a damn what you do with my brothers."

I hold onto him so that I don't lose my footing. He's still not moving, and he's towering over me. I hold eye contact with him and say, "This sounds just like the time in the halls when you said you didn't need me." I look away. "That was a lie too."

He growls, forcefully, but it still feel like he's in complete control. He lifts my chin, forcing me to look into his eyes. "You really think it's the time to crack jokes?"

"I'm not joking." I brush his hand away.

"Well why are you teasing someone you don't even want?"

I sigh. "I never said I didn't want you, Aiden. You said that yourself." I watch his brow furrow like this is the most complex thing to understand. He's ridiculous. "I wish you'd just show me how you really feel without all the walls and stuff."

"You wanna know how I really feel?" He glares at me, but he's getting closer and closer. "I don't want you." His hold on me tightens.

My eyes widen. I see silver. Then I see nothing. I close my eyes and my breath catches in my throat as he ghosts his lips over mine. I expect them to touch, but they don't touch. He just keeps spewing his lies.

"You're so conceited," he says. "You think I have to want you like this?"