#Chapter 46 - What Happens Now?

Soren “If I were to even think about this,” Celia states, “I will need time to think. It’s my life too. I deserve to have a say.” My mouth goes dry at her words. I blink and am unable to do anything else, my body frozen in time, my response nothing but confusion and disappointment. I bring myself to nod and swipe my tongue over my teeth, the bitter taste of her rejection hitting me harder than it should have. “Is that what you want? What you need?” I ask the question with supreme caution, not wanting my words to be mixed up or framed differently than what I intend them to represent. If Celia needs time, I will give her time. If Celia requires space, I will give her all of the space she needs. I know the error of my ways, the mistakes that I have made when it has come to my fated mate, but I will make sure that she knows that I am here now, even if the points she made earlier are completely valid and true. “Yes, Soren,” Celia tilts her head to the side. I watch as she swallo