Chapter 21

**ELLA**

Jonathan was hugging Wyatt for the past few minutes without saying a word. I couldn't hold back my tears of happiness as my baby boy looked at me with joy. Jonathan kissed his forehead and examined his face like he was trying to print his face in his mind.
"You are so big, for your age, boy" Jonathan said half smirking.
"It’s the alpha genes," Esmeralda answered and she received a growl. Wyatt whined and came closer to me hugging my leg. I took him in my arms and smiled at my baby boy.
Jonathan seems to be in a panic, but I didn’t care at the moment. I walk back into my room and close the door. I sat on the bed and caressed Wyatt's hair.
"My love, are you ok?"
"He is bad."
"No, he loves you as much as I love you."
"Promise?"
"I promise," I said and kissed his cheek. He wrapped his arms around my neck and hugged me. He is for sure a momma's boy.
A knock on the door made Wyatt hug me even more harder and this made me see red. Nobody can scare my son and get away with that. I put Wyatt on the bed.
"Can you stay here, my love?"
"Don’t leave, mum”.
"Esm will come to play with you, I have something to do." I kissed his head and he nodded.
I walked out of the room, closing the door behind me. I ignored Jonathan and passed him to go find Esmeralda. As soon as I spotted her in the kitchen I asked her to go to my son and as always, she was more than happy to take care of him.
"Are you serious? You trust that witch with my son?" Jonathan growled behind me.
"And you want me to trust you with him? You manage to scare him with your stupid growls!" I shouted. We stared at each other without blinking an eye. His senses drive me and my wolf crazy and it's hard to remain focused. I took a step back and he grabbed my arm.
"Where do you think you are going?" he said but the sparks made me gasp as shivers traveled down my spine. I missed his touch so much.
"Hey, guys don’t argue here, probably he can hear you," Cole commented next to us and I turned to look at him. Jonathan let my arm free, and I regained my composure. I ran outside the house.
"You have a habit of running away from me, but not this time." Jonathan outran me and got in front of me blocking my way.
"I didn’t run away! I did not want my son to hear us."
"You mean our son." I can see clearly how furious he is. His eyes are darker than their normal color but not completely black. His whole body is tense.
"What's your problem?" I asked him, and he laughed. I know what his problem is but right now I am pissed too because no one is allowed to mess with my son, not even his own father.
"What's my problem? I can count a few." He growled and he took a step closer to me.
"First of all, you ran away from me, you did not wait to learn the truth. You were pregnant and you did not tell me. I HAVE A SON and I learned about him a few minutes ago because YOU choose to hide it from ME, your mate." He was shouting and pointing his finger at me all the time. I remain silent after hearing his outburst. He took one more step closer and now I can feel his hot breath on my face.
"And do you know what's the worst of all of them? You were living with a witch, A WITCH!"
"She is my friend" I defended myself. "She helped me all this time with everything."
"And who's fault was it that you needed help?" He asked.
"You don’t understand a thing!"
"Really?"
"You were supposed to have a child with another woman, did you forget? You expected me to stay there and watch you have a family with her? Did you think for a minute how I felt?"
"Did you know how I felt all this time without you? I was searching for you all over the world and I could not find you anywhere!" With a quick move, he snaps my necklace off my neck.
"You will not wear this damn thing ever again. Am I clear?" He shouted but as soon as he took a breath his eyes turned completely black and for a second I thought I heard a moan but he undoubtedly covered it with a growl. I tried to take it back from his hand but he raised his hand high. As I was trying to catch it from him I lost my focus when I felt his hot breath on my neck. I turned my head to look at him and our faces were inches away. Our chests were touching each other's and my heart was ready to explode from the closeness. His eyes were full of lust and as if I was under his spell I lean forward ready to kiss him. To my surprise, he took a step back leaving me there with a heavy breath.
"You have to beg more for my forgiveness, mate. Now I am sorry, but I want to see my son." He smirked and walked back in the house.
I was watching as he put my necklace in his pocket and I remained still fuming with anger at his behavior. Aria begged me to follow him in my mind and let me tell you it was the hardest thing to do, as I fight with the urge to not follow him. I voted in favor of staying in my position, more to save my pride.
Esmeralda came outside and approached me.
"Your mate kicked me outside, he wanted to be alone with his son."
"He did what?" I shouted.
"Hey, it's ok, let him be with his son. They will be fine."
I did not respond, I can understand that he wants some time alone with Wyatt but this does not permit him to speak to her in this way. Esmeralda touched my forearm and I looked at her.
"Let's give them some privacy. Come with me." I nodded my head and followed her. As we enter the warehouse behind the house, I noticed that Esmeralda was searching for something. It's a rare thing to step in here, as far I know she comes here only when she wants to cast a spell and she needs to be alone. The truth is that I don’t know much about the witches apart from the fact that they are immortal, and they don’t have mates. I never asked about her powers, only in the cases she used them in front of me, and I am sure that is the reason why everyone feared them. I don’t know about the other witches, but I trust Esmeralda with my life and I will miss her when I return back.
"There it is." I heard her screaming at the back of the room.
"There, take this with you." She gave me the object she had found.
It's a small gold bell and has some words written on it, but I can't understand the language.
"If you need me, for help or even to talk I don’t mind, ring the bell and tell my name three times. I will be there." She smiled, which reminded me of my mother when she gave me some advice and I hugged her.
"Thank you, for everything you have done. I will never forget you."
"Me too, you and your son were the only joy I had for a long time. Now don’t get emotional."
She took a step back and caressed my cheek.
"It's time for you to go back to your family, where you belong my dear."
Her words made me see the whole picture, now I have my family complete. Even if my mate is angry with my mistakes, I will make sure that I will not leave him ever again. He and my son are my life, and I will not let anyone else tear us apart ever again.
Esmeralda for some reason was smirking and out of the blue, a question that made me wonder.
"All this time you knew?"
"Sometimes you have to let things be. I may have powers, but I can't interfere with others' future. I asked you and you made the choice not to know. Every breathing being in this world must choose how they want to live. But let me tell you that your sexy Alpha loves you more than himself. He never stopped."
"But he rejected me back there."
Esmeralda laughed at my pout.
"Probably you didn’t notice how excited his little friend inside his pants was when he entered the house after your conversation."
I blushed and looked down, I was so busy, and I didn't notice a thing. The fact that he was shirtless did not help my case.
We walked back in the house and I left Esmeralda with Cole in the living room. As I entered my room I saw Wyatt sleeping and Jonathan was laying next to him watching him. He turned his gaze on me and got up. He was ready to exit the room when he stopped to talk to me.
"Tomorrow morning, we will leave."
"You will stay here?
He didn't answer, and I close the door when he left. I lay on the bed carefully not to wake Wyatt and I hugged him.
I was trying to sleep for the past 4 hours, and I just couldn't shut my thoughts for a second. The fact that Jonathan is in the room next to me did not help. From his heartbeat, I am sure he is not sleeping either. After a long debate with my wolf who is giving me a headache, I decided to go to him. I exited the room quietly and fixed my hair a little before I knocked on his door but he did not respond. Thanks to my hearing I could hear that his heart was beating fast, but he was blocking our bond and I could not feel a thing.
I knocked once again but this time I opened the door at the same time. I found him looking outside the window.
"Jonathan?"
"What do you want?"
"I couldn’t sleep, and I heard that you are awake too."
"You must return back to your room."
His cold voice made my stomach twist but I closed the door behind me and took a step closer to him.
"I told you to leave."
At least he was not shouting.
"Are you sure?" I asked him a little more confident. I may not feel his emotions but I can feel how tense his body turns with each step I make. I touched his shoulder as soon as I approached him and I could see that he closed his eyes.
"Ella, don’t test me." His voice was something between a moan and growl.
"Look at me."
He slammed me against the wall next to the window and pinned my arms over my head with one hand and with the other he grabbed my waist.
"What do you want?" He growled.
"You," I said looking him in the eyes. He smirked and leaned forward. His lips grazed mine and his scent drove me crazy. I can already feel how wet my panties are and I couldn't wait for him to kiss me.
"You are not forgiven yet." He told me. He let me free and laid on the bed without looking at me again. I ran to my room angry with him and with myself who let this happen.
I promise you mate the next time you will beg, YOU, not ME. I mentally told myself.