Ejiofor_Dorcas

"Did you think healing me would make me love you more?" He scoffed grabbing my hair as he pulled me towards the door. 
"You're hurting me, Xavier," I cried beating against him weakly. There was not much I could do. 
"If I ever see you an inch close to me," He threw me against the wall "I'll damn the consequences and kill you,". 
***
My mate and I were destined to hate each other, only an act of true love or selflessness from the stronger mate could set our destines on the right path but for seven years, I had to put up with my mate's abuse and his supposed love of his life until one day I decided to leave. 
I left, determined to stay hidden from him forever... but I found out I was pregnant few weeks later.

Tangled Hearts - The Alpha's Baby Mama

Noah stared at me as if I was a stranger and he was meeting me for the first time.

Slowly, with precise slow movement, he pushed himself up from his chair and moved around the desk until he stood directly before me. Up close, I could see the faint shadows of exhaustion ringing his eyes. A muscle in his jaw flexed as our gaze met.

I know these last few days have not been easy for him coupled with how rocky our relationship has been lately. I longed to reach out to him, to smooth out the rigid lines of tension from his body with my touch, but his next words froze me.

"I'm fine," he stated without emotion and if he wasn't standing before me, I could have sworn he was a stranger. "You've returned at last. That's good,".

I slept with Brooke...I don’t regret it...