No Longer Be your Luna (Jane and Xander) novel Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Love in Return.

*Aaron*

“Sorry I just I couldn’t stand it anymore. Just give me five

minutes.”

She glared at me. “Stand what?” Jane asked sharply. I was really

surprised that her arms were tightly crossed and her shirt

wasn’t torn. She glared at me as if she were going to strangle me.

“What you’re going to do about it? Drag me into a closet and fix

my life?” she said, but I could see the hesitation in her eyes. I

guess it was difficult to hate someone when your bodies were

pressed tightly against each other.

I looked down at her. It would be so easy to just lean down and

kiss her. Make her yours, I heard my wolf say. Damn it. I couldn‘

t do that. She wasn’t mine to take after all.

In a bid to deescalate the situation, I smirked down at her. “Well,

that’s not such a bad idea.”

“What are you talking about?”

“I mean, if you think about it, this is a multi–functional room.

We could take advantage of this space to solve some personal

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crises.”

She rolled her eyes. “Wow Aaron, very original. If this is your

grand plan, you’ve lost it.”

“Yes, Jane I’ve lost it.” I could feel every bit of humor

disappearing from me. My claws were threatening to

materialize again. “How do you think I felt watching that horrid

scene with Xander and his other woman? I’ll tell you. I just

think you deserve better from Xander. I don’t like the way he

treats you.”

“And you think you’re the answer? You? The guy who jokes

about everything?”

“Humor always works. It worked last night, didn’t it? You called me and said you had a nightmare.” I shrugged.

She glared at me angrily, but I noticed that her lips twitched, as

if she was struggling to hold back her smile. “You are

ridiculous.”

“But you’re still here, trapped with me in the storeroom,” I said, taking another step closer. “What does this mean to you?”

“I’ve completely fallen to the bottom,” she whispered, crossing her arms even tighter. “Aaron, I don’t need you to solve any

problems for me. I just want to put an end to all this.”

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“What on earth is this? Your marriage? Your life? Because in my

opinion, you are still striving for something.” I reached out my

hand and brushed my fingers across her arm. This time she

neither backed down nor pulled back.

“Stop,” she whispered, her eyes closed for a while. But there was

not a trace of firmness in the tone; only exhaustion.

“I can’t stop,” I said, moving closer and lowering my voice. “I can’t

stop because you deserve something better than this, Julie. I will

keep telling you until you believe it.”

“Xander is my husband, he is my mate” She said it like a

question, as if she needed me to convince her of the fact.

I decided to do the exact opposite. “Oh, is he? Then tell me… where is he right now? If he’s really yours, why the hell isn’t he

with you right now? Why is he off flirting with Mia in God.

knows where instead?”

She looked at me as if I’d struck her. “You’re doing an awful lot

of hurting for someone who wants me to be happy.”

“I’m trying to get you to see the truth.” I paused for a second

before adding, “I think you should get a divorce.”

“Are you crazy?” She yelled. That was the fifth time she’d

questioned my sanity today. “I can’t just divorce him.”

manipulated.”

She had a point. Xander might be unaware of Jane and I, but

that didn’t mean he wasn’t still the famous calculative Alpha of

Blackwood Pack.

“It’s still a way to save the marriage on your terms,” I insisted. “I

know you want your marriage back, but it’s better to have the

upper hand.”

Jane suddenly went quiet. She lowered her gaze for a moment,

and when she looked up at me, I saw something that made my

heart break. “I don’t just want to fix the marriage. I want

Xander back. I want to be loved.”

I sighed. When I looked into her eyes at that moment, I saw a

woman who just wanted to be loved. Really loved. I held her

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gaze for a second, two… I wasn’t sure why, or what I was trying

to convey to her. But the longer we stared at each other, the

more feelings began to arise.

Before I could think twice, I lifted a hand to her chin. “You

deserve to be truly loved.”

She let out the softest gasp, her lips parting slightly. I let my

thumb stray, moving to trace her bottom lip. Fuck. I was going

to do it, I was going to give into my primal urges.

I began leaning down slowly, searching her eyes for a reason to

stop. I didn’t see one.

“This is crazy. We shouldn’t be doing this”

“Maybe, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop.”

And then…

The door swung open.