Mate..

Los Angeles, California...

At university,

Anina walked away with Vladimir. Vladimir was smirking on their situation. To him, she was the most interesting thing in this world. He could smell her sweet rosy scent which was driving him crazy.

After a little walk, Vladimir led them in a silent space where there was no one. In a sudden, Anina stopped and turned towards Vladimir crossing her arms against her chest.

Vladimir stopped and watched Anina's body movement to understand how she was going to react. He saw her curvy body. She was hot to be told. If he wasn't in this position he would've claim & take her this instant.

He eyes was showing lust. When his eyes were going to turn into it's lustful dark shade of ocean but Anina's next words made him came to his sense and clear his mind.

"Why did mom call you?" Anina asked with a daring look. Vladimir looked at her tilting his neck. His gaze was burning her from inside. Vladimir was looking at her every facial expressions she was giving him.

"What? Why are you staring at me like this?" Anina asked again with snappy tone. Vladimir lips twitched a little watching her lips tremble while she was talking.

He smiled, walking more close towards her. Anina looked him with shock seeing his boldness. He stood in front of her so close that she could feel his minty fresh breath on her cheeks.

He held up his hand and touched her cheeks. Anina's breath hitched. She was looking at his eyes which were crystal blue like ocean. She felt like she was drowning in the ocean of his eyes.

She felt his cold touch her that made her shiver. Vladimir was looking at her face intently as that was showing so many emotions. He then realized, what the Mate Bond actually was!

He could feel the urgency to keep her close. To feel her & her skin against him. He was getting back his old desires of touching her and standing close to her. He wanted to make her him so badly but bad luck he couldn't.

She needed to accept him. He couldn't make love with her even if he wanted. He had to wait for the right time. Their marriage was the big thing happened in his life though he could lose her.

Vladimir backed away a little. Anina who was feeling cold-warmth feeling in his touch, suddenly felt nothing on her skin. She opened her eyes and saw him looking her intensely.

She felt something inside, but she was not getting what actually it was. She never felt this way if anyone touched her before. He made her feel like something she didn't even know.

She liked his touched? No..but she felt bad when he backed away. Ahhh...she thought, she didn't even know what to think. Maybe it was his trick to make her feel this way. She decided. She didn't have to feel that way.

"We need to talk," Vladimir said after a long pause. His voice was sharp and deep. Anina looked at him and glared. "Why do we need to talk?" She scoffed. Vladimir smirked before saying, "You are my wife. So, we do need to talk."

Anina looked away hearing him. She didn't know what she was. One side, he was Her Husband and other side, she didn't know why he was Her husband. She looked at him and said, "Look, I don't know what it is. I don't even remember our marriage. So how do I believe you are my husband?"

Vladimir smirked more but looked at her seriously. When He was going speak Anina stopped him again, "Look if you are going to say about those pictures then pictures actually don't prove anything. So, don't you dare to make stories." She warned him.

Vladimir was amused watching her to act like a brave. But finally he composed himself coming out of her trace. He looked straight at her and stated, "Don't you believe your mother?"

Anina looked at him with shock hearing about her mother from him. She looked away. She didn't even know what to believe or not. She didn't talk to her mother from last night. Hell! She didn't even remember anything.

"I know you haven't talked to your mom since this morning. I guess as you forgot everything happened last night how you would remember your last talk with your mother. Here take this and call your mother," he said, giving her his phone.

Her mouth was agape hearing him and looking at his hand which was holding the phone. She was not sure what to do so she shook her head. Vladimir understood her inner fights with everything.

He took back his phone and himself called her mother. It was ringing other side. Anina just watched him doing so. She didn't know what he was doing.

"Hello, Mrs. Reynolds," Vladimir said as she looked at him wide eyed. She didn't know but he was proving her wrong in every way.

"YES! She is with me, Mrs. Reynolds. Wanna talk with her? Okay, wait a second," Vladimir hold out his phone to her to take it. She looked at him as he gestured her to take it.

She finally took it and held it against her ear and speaking, "Mom." She was unsure though she called for her mom.

She heard, "Hey, sweetheart. How are you? Are behaving good with your hubby? This man is such a gentleman. I am really happy. Finally my daughter settled down with a handsome hunk." Her mother was giggling at the end.

Vladimir could hear their conversation as he was smirking while she looked at him hearing her mom. She thought, 'her mom said true.' She was lucky one to get him as her husband. But she ignored her thoughts concentrating at the voice.

"Mom, I am fine. And we are doing fine," she finally replied looking at Vladimir who smiled. She felt her heart skipped a beat watching his angelic smile. She unknowingly smiled at him but she composed herself.

Vladimir saw her smiling. He was a bit shocked seeing her smiling at him. He then saw her hiding it but she didn't know, nothing could be hide from his sharp eyes. He could see every little thing very carefully.

"Mom, will talk to you later. Yeah, I will behave. I am not a little girl, mom. If you say so then I am a married woman," she said as a matter of fact that her mother was giving her advice of how to behave with her husband and all, so she said it.

Vladimir was so amused seeing her sudden change of mood. He chuckled hearing them both. 'Wow, he was gonna love this drama', he grinned in mind. He saw her cut the call with a irritated look.

"Irritated much? I really like your mom. She is interesting," Vladimir said chuckling. She turned to him and glared. She held out her hand out to give him his phone back.

Vladimir looked at the phone and Anina as she was also holding the phone. All of a sudden, he touched her wrist and pulled her close with a jerk. Keeping his other hand on her waist pulling her more close to him.

He could feel her every curves against him. Her chest was rising fastly against his hard chest. He felt her heart beats and heard them clearly. He smirked a little.

He looked into her eyes, and those eyes were looking at his gloomy blue eyes which getting dark with lust and their close proximity. Anina was shocked to do anything. She was again captured by his captivating eyes. Those eyes, that she could see, could change.

They were showing his feelings. She could see the lust in those eyes and something more she was not getting how to find. Suddenly, she felt his lips against her lips. It was a soft touch. She closed her eyes trying make her mind.

She felt something inside her which was stopping her from to do so. She then felt the urged of his kiss against her. She moaned without knowing. He deepened the kiss and in a flash, she remembered those memories of their marriage.

How happy she was in their marriage. Their first kiss. Their first dance. Their loving eyelock. It was a cozy and private marriage kind of. How she was beside him everytime. His hand was wrapped around her waist protectively.

She was happy. But everything faded when she felt Vladimir backed away from her lips. She felt his lips were on her neck and he was holding her more close before then. She could feel his breath against her skin. His warm breath was making her weak.

That time she felt him sucking her tattoo spot. She moaned again with pleasure. She never felt this way. She held him tight wrapping her arms around his neck. Vladimir was moving his hand through her back feeling her skin. He smiled hearing her moan again when he sucked her tattoo spot.

He smiled against her skin which made her shiver. Vladimir looked up at her face and smirked. Anina opened her eyes and directly met with his dark ones. She was shocked to see his eyes.

Vladimir got the meaning of her expression and closed his eyes groaning. He opend his eyes again and looked at her with his crystal blue eyes. He felt happy after Thousand Years. He longed for this since so long.

Anina was red with their situation. She tried to back away but Vladimir stopped her keeping her close. He took her left hand and looked at it.

"You don't need to hide it. Always keep it on display. I want people to know that you are taken. You are mine," saying this he opened the false bandge of her ring finger.

Anina was shocked hearing him. She saw him kissed on her ring finger lovingly. He looked at her and gave her a lingering kiss. She just stayed there still like she had lost the ability to do anything about his touch.

He backed away from her and stood in front of her tucking his hands inside his pant pockets. She felt cold all of sudden without of his touch but she recovered from her situation.

"What was that?" She asked angrily. She didn't know how she got that courage. But she was not a toy to play with. The way he was making her feel like she was a toy to him.

"What?" Vladimir asked back patiently. Anina looked at him as he was kidding her. "Don't be so innocent. What was that? Why are you doing this to me?" She asked while Vladimir just smirked.

"You liked it...right? Don't hide it. I am your only husband. I can make you feel this way everytime If you want..," he was going say more but she cut him off, "Enough! Don't play with me. You won't do such thing again. I will never let you do so." She hissed at him.

Vladimir cocked his eyebrows taking a step forward towards her but she cried out saying, "Stop! Stop...I don't want anything to do with you." Vladimir was now angry. He went close to her in a blink of eye and towered above eyeing her with glare.

"I am your husband. You won't stop me ever. Do you get that?" He said in a low voice seriously warning her. Anina looked at him with shock, seeing his sudden anger. She flinched hearing his icy chilled voice.

Vladimir looked at her feared face and backed away a little. Anina composed herself and fired back, "Husband! You are my husband not my father to order me around. You don't own me." Vladimir looked at her with boodshot eyes.

No one ever tried to talk to him this way. First time this girl His Mate talked to him this way. He laughed bitterly at her. Watching him that way she was stunned. She backed away from him. Vladimir looked at her and closed the distance eying her carefully.

His breath was tickling her face. His hot raged breath. He directly stared at her before saying, "I own you. Do you know how?" Vladimir looked at her with a sharp and arrogant look and eyed her intensely continuing, "You are my Mate....."

He backed away before she could function what he had just said. She was shocked even more hearing his dead serious voice. But hearing the word Mate, she was confused. Before she could say anything Vladimir pipped in, "Be ready after class. I will be waiting for you in the parking lot."

Anina frowned hearing him. Before she could refuse he walked away leaving her there in confusion. She huffed in annoyence. She touched her swollen lips and remembered their intimate moments. She shook her head while her eyes fell on her ring finger. Her wedding ring & band.

She left that place murmuring something. After class Louisa tried to talk her but she excused herself. No one noticed her ring finger. She was glad cause she didn't had to face anything more.

She went towards parking lot where she could see her So called Husband standing tucking his hands in his pant pockets. Looking hot as ever. She could see every girl was ogling him like he was some kind of meat.

She felt anger but she brushed it off. She walked to him. He guided her towards the pessanger seat. She got in the Audi R8 car of her husband without uttering a single word. Vladimir too got in the driver seat and drove away without a single word.

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