Submission is Not My Style novel Chapter 45

Kali 

I lay there. Unmoving. 

My body is still curled up on the bed, tangled in soft sheets. My eyes are wide open, staring at the wooden ceiling above–as if it holds the answers I’ve been searching for since the moment I met Jack. 

His voice keeps echoing. His words playing in a loop like a broken record, stabbing and soothing me all at once. 

“If nothing’s changed… if you still don’t want me. Then I’ll accept your rejection.” 

Why the hell does that hurt? 

He said it so calmly. So… empty. Like he was already letting go. And that terrifies me more than I want to admit. 

I suck in a shaky breath, my chest tightening. I should be relieved. That’s what I wanted, right? Freedom. Space. A clean break from this confusing, dangerous bond. 

But now that I’m actually lying here–alone–something about it just feels wrong. 

God, I hate that he has been kind of good to me. He’s supposed to be an Alpha. Ruthless. Arrogant. Possessive. A total asshole like the rest of them. The kind of Alpha who thinks the world bows at his feet just because he can growl and swing his dick around like a trophy. Travis was like that. Hell, worse. He tried to tame me that same night like I was just some piece of meat to claim and break. 

But Jack? He hasn’t even tried to tame me like he should. Except, of course, that one time—when he threw me into a cage. But even that doesn’t count since I wasn’t hurt. 

And now he’s talking about accepting my rejection like it doesn’t kill him inside. Like he’s already preparing to live without me. 

Isn’t he supposed to fight for me? 

My fingers curl into the bedsheet as I try to push the ache from my chest. If only he had acted like a bastard, I wouldn’t be here second–guessing every damn thing. I wouldn’t care if he accepted the rejection. I’d hate him easily. 

But instead… I don’t because he touched me like I was something precious. 

His hands… they didn’t just touch my skin. They went deeper–into parts of me no one has ever dared to reach. 

And now I can’t get him out of my head. 

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