Chapter 213

Cassie

My feet ached but not as much as my back did. After so long being asleep and not working, being back on the ward was hard to get used to. Not that I would ever change it. Being back working helped keep my mind busy so I didn't think about the absolute mess I was in.

I smiled and acted like I was fine , but inside I was screaming in despair. I had come back, literally killed myself for a chance to live out my happily ever after with my mate and he had chosen another woman. It was enough to make me want to curl into a ball and never get up but I knew I couldn't do that.

I couldn't give up because I had two sons who still needed me. I lived for my weekends with him. It was the only time I felt like I could truly relax but any other time? I worked or I cried myself to sleep.

There was a few moment during the week or the weekends that I didn't have them, that Yanna or Forrest came around and we chatted like normal friends. Even my mum tried to be understanding but she just didn't see why I couldn't give Julian another chance.

Most powerful men had mistresses after all and Julian was a king. One naive women expected their husband to be faithful the whole of their marriage.

So maybe I was naive because that's exactly what I expected. I wanted nothing less that devotion. I expected nothing less so wouldn't settle.

I might love Julian. I might miss him every second of every day but I knew deep down that this was the right thing to do.

Kicking off my shoes, I groaned as my aching feet sank into the thick carpet. Leaning against the bedroom door I let out a groan and began to strip off my scrubs.

The boys would be back from school soon and I wanted a hot bubble bath before they arrived so I could at least pretend I wasn't in serious amounts of agony with my back.

"Hard day?"

Screaming my eyes flew open only to find Julian sitting on the bed. His eyes found mine and he smiled.

"Julian." Clutching my hands to my breasts and trapping the blue top to it so he couldn't see the old fashioned off white bra I was wearing.

"What are you doing here?" Wildly I looked around. I hadn't seen anyone when I had arrived home but that wasn't unusual. I wasn't the kind of woman who needed waiting on hand and foot. But the least they could have done was warn me that he was here.

"What are you doing here?"

Julian stood. Shaking towards me and I had nowhere to go. My back was already pressed against the door

"I came to speak to you Cassie." He stopped right in front of me.

"I mean why are you in my bedroom, Julian?" I sighed.

Leaning into my space , he trapped me between his arms and sucked in a breath. "Because I am your husband."

"Soon to be ex husband." I snapped back. My anger growing because the smell of his skin was doing weird things to my body.

It was one of the reasons I tried not to be alone with him because he still affected me. It didn't matter how much I said I was done with him. The wolf in me  craved him.

Like he could sense it, he leaned into me further.

"I will never be your ex anything." He whispered and he was so close that his breath moved my hair and made it flutter. "I won't allow you to leave me Cassie. This foolishness ends now. It's time to come home."

He was so close now that I could almost feel his body against mine and goddess I wanted that. I wanted something I could never have.

Julian's hands slip up my arms to tilt my face to him and he knew he was going to kiss me. I could literally see the idea take form in his mind.

"How's Megan these days?"

He took a step back like I had slapped him. "Cassie. Don't-"

I took the opportunity to move away from the door and him. Going to the window I looked down at the gardens below and where the brand new play equipment had finally been erected. I couldn't wait for the boys to see it.

"Please leave Julian, we have nothing to discuss that can be sorted out between our legal council."

He stared at me. "I won't sign the papers Cassie and I won't stand by and let you date another guy either."

My head snapped up.  Confused, I stared at him. "What are you talking about?"

"You dating other guys, Cassie. I won't stand for it. I can't handle it." He tugged at his hair.

"I'm not dating anyone." I muttered. "Why the hell would you think that?" Hands on my hips I glared at him. "I am not the one who strayed from our marriage." Narrowing my eyes I glared at him. "I am not the one who can't let go. You wanted Megan so you can have her," letting my eyes travel down his body , my lips thinned into a sneer.

"You should be happy."

He was across the room and pulling me into him roughly before I could even blink. Even as a wolf he shouldn't be able to move so quickly.

"I am not happy." He growled out and this time his lips did descend onto mine but not in a sweet kiss. There was nothing tender in his lips. There was only something that felt a lot like hatred.

"I am not happy because you refuse to be with me. Because you refuse to be mine like you promised."

"Because you don't want to lose the crown." I muttered.

He shifted his weight, and pushed me down onto the bed. Pinning my arms on either side of my head.

"I don't give a shit about my crown Cassie." His lips slid against mine again and my body turned to jelly. My body always reacted to him like this but that didn't mean this could happen.

"I can smell her on you." I growled out against his mouth and then I bit him.