I coiled my hands into fists as anger surged through my senses, and I started throwing jabs at his chest.
Instead of letting me go, his hand on my nape tightened.
“Fuck you, Riley! Fuck you! I hate you!” I kept hitting him hard until he loosened his hold on my nape and backed away.
“You could never hate me as much as I hated myself for believing all your lies! For believing you actually loved me, Nadia!”
“How could you say that? Look at me, Riley!” I held his face, trying to catch his gaze, but he took my hands off his face and moved away.
I clutched my chest, trying to stop myself from falling to my knees. I couldn’t stop my tears anymore.
“I accepted you and your past, even if a part of me kept saying that some people don’t change, that somewhere inside you is still the same Riley that Andrea was scared of! But I disregarded my logic because I love you!”
“Stop using that fucking word! You don’t love me, Nadia! You’re fucking using me for your own good! It’s no surprise that you just seem to accept that I am fucking messed up man, because you never cared about my past. You just need to do your fucking plan!”
Tears were just pouring into my eyes as my heart kept shattering into pieces. I didn’t know how I could make him see the truth.
“What plans? What happened to hearing it out before we lay judgment?”
“I don’t fucking need you! I’m capable on my own!” His hand slid into his back pocket, and he took out his wallet and tossed it on the bed before grabbing a piece of paper and a pen, scribbling something in there, and then throwing it on the bed too.
My eyes were just followinghis every move.
“Riley…” My voice was breaking as soft sobs escaped my throat. “I don’t know what’s happening. And here I was thinking of telling you I was ready for the Luna Ceremony.”
He let out a forced laugh that echoed around the room.
“Now you want the Luna Ceremony? Is that your last option? Bind yourself to me so I can’t get away from you anymore? That’s the fucking reason you didn’t want the ceremony in the first place, because you wanted to leave, right? When you’re done with your plan? So why wait? Just fucking go!”
My mouth dropped open at his last words.
“Take whatever you want. The code for my vault is written on that paper. Take every bit of money and jewelry you can find there and just fucking leave!”
“Riley…” My voice broke as I watched him leave the room and shut the door behind him.
My mind still couldn’t understand what was happening.
Is he kicking me out? What did I do wrong?
My knees buckled as my shoulders shook, making me drop my body to the floor as tears continued to stream down my face while my heart kept breaking.
Chapter 56
NADIA.
It was already pastmidnight, and Riley hadn’t returned to our room. I badly wanted to see and talk to him. I had no idea what happened, and I was hoping he had calmed down by now.
I kept thinking about where I messed up or what I did wrong. Maybe he got tired of me.
Did he meet someone new? Is the mate bond not strong enough for someone to overcome temptation? Maybe I was just not good enough.
He had never abandoned me at night except for that one time I told him he couldn’t sleep beside me. All the time, he would be here by eight or nine in the evening.
I also kept looking out at the forest ground, checking if Hunter went out for a run, but I didn’t see him. He must be somewhere around the packhouse or in his office.
I waited for a few more minutes, and when I couldn’t take his absence anymore, I put on my robe and headed downstairs.
The house was already quiet, and the front door was locked. Only the dimmed lights were on, and the light illuminated under the door of his office.
