The Forgotten Heiress novel Chapter 40

Jessica shrieked, threw a knife at the door and flopped down on her bed. Wishing she could say that it had all been a dream, a crazy dream. She sighed and ran her fingers across her still sensitive lips.

He sure kissed like a dream.

The sound of a car door opening and closing intruded into her thoughts and she rushed to her window in time to watch Nick drive away. She leaned her forehead against the glass, closed her eyes and sighed. She'd eat maggots before she admitted it to another living soul, but she missed him already.

She banged her head against the glass and cursed. He was turning her into one of them-a demented old circus monkey. He'd been back into her life for less than twenty-four hours and he'd already managed to flip her world upside down.

Mates.

They'd gone from being acquaintances one minute and mates the next. They'd skipped the whole part where they decided if they wanted the forever or not. Dating, she thought ruefully, the word is called dating. They'd met, skipped the dating and just got tied to each other for life.

He'd tied them to each other for life.

And now he expected her to move in with him. Just like that. She shook her head, made a sound of frustration and cursed him under her breath. She told herself she wouldn't go but he was like a force of nature that she knew she had no chance of withstanding.

Oh she could fight him, and she would, but she couldn't fight for long when she was also battling herself. Part of her was screaming to run after him already. Unfortunately for her, that was her more sensible side.

How could she deny him and deny herself?

Jessica sighed in defeat because she knew that it was just a matter of time until she moved in with him. She banged her head against the glass once again. What was she going to tell her parents? She'd promised to stay with-

Her parents!

Her eyes grew wide, remembering that they were supposed to be home this morning- any time now. She flew to the door and froze mid step when she opened it and saw Axel leaning against the wall.

"What are you still doing here?"

Instead of answering her, he surprised her by going down on one knee and tilting his head to the side, baring his neck to her.

Jessica and Axel shared a look of both hilarity and exasperation regarding Christian's antics and at that moment, her belief that they would get along great was confirmed. Unfortunately she didn't get a chance to tell him so because out of the corner of her eye she watched as Christian also went down on his knee.

"Not you too!"

He lips quirked at the corners before speaking. "My life is yours."

It was the first time Jessica heard him speak so seriously, not a trace of humor in his words. She looked into his eyes and felt a bit reassured when she found the twinkle of laughter lurking behind that stoic look.

"Do I have to accept?" She asked with mock displeasure.

"You could always rip his throat open." Axel joked.

Jessica looked over her shoulder at him; a smile on her lips. "And get blood over my parent's carpet? I don't think so." She scoffed before clamping her teeth over Christian's neck. A second later she was up, wiping her teeth and mouth with the back of her hand. "Now you can explain why that was necessary."