38: Two-Faced?

SUNSHINE:

I am your mate.

The words kept on ringing in my head.

I mentally shook my head.

Even if he was acknowledging our bond now, it wouldn't change anything. Those words meant nothing to him and I should feel the same.

'So what if I am your mate?' I asked inside his head.

He was only forced to acknowledge our bond.

'Because of what?' Helena asked. Knoxx had no direct communication between my wolf and me with his wolf.

'Perhaps he needed something from me.'

'What would it be?' Helena asked.

'Only your mate knows,' I retorted.

There was no way Knoxx was not acknowledging the bond. If he did, he would tell the world that we belong to each other. But he did not. He would be proud of the two of us. He wouldn't react that way earlier upon hearing that he and I had a relationship.

Until now, he was hiding the fact that we were mates.

Knoxx was still embarrassed by me. He was ashamed that his mate was his stepsister and did not want to be made fun of by everyone. That was the onl