His eyes watched me as I remained only inches from his mouth. I bit my lip, waiting to see what he would do next. His hand reached up to my face and his thumb stroked my cheek, but he didn’t move a muscle. He was giving me the power to make the first move, and it felt… amazing.
I relished in his touch for just a moment longer before slowly closing in the gap. When our lips brushed, I knew it was the right decision. It made my skin tingle and burn, pleasure clawing its way out so fast that my knees felt weak. This moment. Everything was leading up to this point. 
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It seemed like nothing would get out of plans for billionaire Alpha Rafe Silvius, and indeed he had the control of the world, that was until human journalist Lila came to shake his world and everything he thought he could control. Lila is her own world, and most definitely she is not going to be easy to conquer.

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The Billionaire's Howl

“You…you say you love me…it's a shame that I'm not sure how much I believe that.”


I couldn’t muster a different response. As much as I was in shock that he admitted it clearly and straightforward this time around, I realized in the moment, I couldn’t accept it. No matter how badly I wanted to. 


Rafe looked destroyed at my response, and my heart broke but it was true. What he had done—keeping secrets from me, hiding things from me—is not something anyone in love would do. 


And on top of that, if I was his mate, it made me wonder, did he love me for who I was, or only the idea of me? For all I knew, to him, I was the embodiment of a fantasy—an idea—that he had long desired. The only reason he ever even bothered to talk to me was because of a connection I didn’t even know existed. 


The facts were that I wasn't perfect and I wasn't going to try to be. I wasn't a shifter. I was a reporter, not some creature who could take on Zara and win. I wouldn’t even stand a chance.


Chapter 21 : Reality Isn't What It Seems