I jerk back at this accusation. “I’m Sov Charmont. I do not spend my seed in random women’s bodies. I have chosen you and you alone. You may very well be carrying the next Charmont, so it does not matter to me if you do not wish to leave. You are leaving if I have to take you by force.”
Chapter Eighteen
Mackenzie
Sov’s pushy ways might do it for me in the bedroom, but this is entirely different. I don’t appreciate him expecting me to do as he commands outside of the bedroom. He wants me to give up everything for him. What is he willing to give up for me?
Even his comments about Karin only make me angrier. Would she so easily let me go? I’m torn about how I feel about that. I don’t want to feel trapped here. I never have in the past, but I’d like to think it wouldn't be so easy for them to part ways with me. Everything about the last couple of minutes sends my thoughts into a tailspin. And has me questioning if I truly belong anywhere.
“You’d never make it out alive, Sov. You don’t rule here,” I point out. We’re in one of Karin’s warehouses. I was actually a little surprised they’d let him in, but this isn't one of the main ones. How had this started off so sweet with him bringing me lunch? It turned so quickly.
“Would you like to test that theory?” he challenges.
“No.” I take a step back from him. I don’t want anyone to get hurt. My mind is already spinning, and now Sov has gone and tossed out the idea of me being pregnant. How had I not thought about that? It only goes to show how inexperienced I am in all of this. In life in general.
“Don’t back away from me,” he growls, not used to being denied anything. If he can’t learn to compromise or even try to, we’ll never make it.
“You’re being a spoiled brat, and a child is not a bargaining tool.” I hiss the last part. That hit a little too close to home for my liking. My father tried to use me as a pawn. Karin had saved me. Gave me a different life where I could choose what I wanted to do and not have things forced on me.
She also gave me a family. It might not have been by blood, but most of these girls are like sisters to me. It hurts to think of leaving them, but it hurts more that Sov can’t see that about me. That the only person he thought of when he came up with his plan was himself. That he hadn’t even considered asking me if I wanted to go with him. He thought it was okay to make the decision for me.
“I think you’re the one acting like a child. You know we’re meant to be together. You’ll be my queen.” I can tell he’s trying to keep his anger in check. He’s not the only one. While I might be mild-mannered most of the time, I don’t appreciate being backed into a corner.
“You don’t really know me,” I admit. I’m surprised that more about me hasn’t come out since Sov and I have hit a few gossip blogs, but Karin did her best long ago to erase my past. To give me true freedom from the binds of my father and the filth that came from his name. What would the rest of Sov’s family think if they knew?
“I know what I need to know.” He closes the space I created. He can be such a confusing man. Or maybe I’m confusing myself. I enjoy some of the control he takes. It’s not only about the control; it’s also the part where he takes care of me while he does it. He always makes me feel as though it’s more about me than himself. Right now, I don’t think I could say the same.
“I need time.”
“You don't,” he fires right back. “I’m already giving you three days.” He says it like that’s an eternity.
“I think you should go.”
“I’m warning you, Mackenzie.”
“I’m warning you too.” I stand up straighter, keeping my eyes locked with his. “You don’t even care for my kind. Tell me, did you try to buy me from Karin?” I ask. From the small jerk he gives, I know I hit the nail on the head. That one small movement feels like a punch to my gut.
“How much am I worth?” I say the words with disgust in my voice. “Answer me.” This time it’s me that issues an order to him.
“It wasn’t like that, darling.” He tries to step closer to me, but I skirt around the desk to keep some distance between us. The thought of Karin and Sov making a deal for me has tears springing to my eyes. The only thing I want right now is to be alone.