“Mads, give it up. I said I don’t have time.”
“Will youever? I want us to build a proper life together, one where we’re committed to each other. I want to marry you. I want you to bond me. I need you to want the same.”
“And if I don’t? You’re being ridiculous. Where is this even coming from? It’s been a goddamn decade and you haven’t been up my ass about any of this before.”
“That’s a long time to not have decided if you want me forever.” My eyes burned. “If you don’t want a life with me, then I need to be done. I can’t keep hanging onto something with no future, Tyler. If you won’t marry me and you won’t bond me, then you have to let me go.”
“You’remine.” He grit his teeth.
“Then dosomethingto actually make me yours,” I hissed. “This is ridiculous. We’ve been together for ten years. Why won’t you commit?”
“Because Idon’t have to. Why are you being such an uppity bitch out of nowhere?” he growled, setting all of my nerves on edge, but then took a forceful breath to calm himself down. “I’m sorry, baby. Let’s move on. You’re letting your omega nature get the better you and I’m pissed over work. There’s some fucking asshole fighting with us on some land.”
“I’m sure you’ll win in the end. You always do.” Work was usually a pretty safe topic, and I couldn’t emotionally handle the current one anymore. “What do they want the land for?”
“They want to turn it into some safe house or something for goddamn poor piss-baby omegas.”
“Is your competitor the Omega Housing Initiative?”
“Yes! Fucking idiots. Every single one of them. Omegas wouldn’t need something special if they would get off their asses and find an alpha. Waste of real estate when we could put in some luxury condos.”
I stared at him like I had never seen him before. “You don’t think omegas deserve safe housing if they don’t have an alpha?”
Tyler rolled his eyes. “There shouldn’tbeany omegas without an alpha. The whole fucking point of them is to be with us. Theywere never meant to be independent, and if they wanna fuck with nature, then they deserve whatever happens to them.”
I swallowed hard, nausea stirring in my gut. “That’s not very kind.”
“Nature never is. Where do you think you’d be without me? Youneedme. All omegas need alphas. It’s just the way it is.”
“I don’tneedyou. Iwantyou. There’s a pretty big difference. I’ve loved you my whole adult life.”
“Don’t play dumb. You know I hate when you do that.”
“I’mnot.”
“If you’re going to be this way, then we’re done with the conversation.”
I crossed my arms petulantly and sank in my seat. “Maybe I’m done with this whole relationship then.”
The car screeched to a halt on the road’s shoulder and I careened forward, before slamming back against the seat.
“Get out.”
I blinked at Tyler, watching the traffic whiz by in the background. “What the fuck? No.”
“Get. Out. You know I believe in appropriate consequences for actions, and if you’re going to be a stupid cunt, then I’m going to punish you for it. You say you don’t need me, well, get ready to find out how wrong you are. Out. You can come home when you get your head screwed on right.”
“We’re on the freeway. I’m not getting out.”
Tyler reached over and unbuckled my seat belt, grabbing for my purse. “I’m not going to marry you or bond you, and if you’re going to be an insufferable bitch about all of it, then you’re not going to live in my house and off my money. Your pussy isn’t good enough to put up with that shit anymore.”
I scrambled, panic coursing through my body. “Tyler! Stop! I’m sorry.”
He only shrugged. “I paid for that purse and phone. You’re leaving them here.”
“You can’t be serious.”
“I paid for that outfit, too. You really want to push your luck here? Get out or I’m going to come around and take backeverythingthat’s mine.”
