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

<p>Holding her seething glare for one final beat, I brushed past her without a backward glance. "The next month will be a reckoning for one of us," I called over my shoulder. "I can hardly wait to see who emerges as the victor,". I continued down the corridor towards the girls' room leaving Brooke to stew over the gauntlet I'd thrown at her feet.</p>

<p>A part of me recognized how deeply I was doubling down; how dangerous the whole situation could escalate but I also knew Brooke was the one living in delusions as she thought she could make a fool out of me. Noah and I may have a lot of obstacles to overcome, betrayals and scars that ran bone-deep… but I would damn if I surrendered my status and self-respect to her without a fight to the bitter end.</p>

I would roll in diamonds...