A Mistake Mate novel Chapter 23

"It was n-nothing." I stuttered. Lela snorted before muttering a few words under her breath.

"Is he your mate?" Sydney asked suddenly. I froze on the spot before glancing at her with wide eyes. We're all close friends but I don't know if I should tell them. I bit my bottom lip and twisted my fingers together before slightly nodding my head. Sydney, Courtney and Violet all gasped while Lela kept her gaze on me.

Nobody said anything for a few seconds and I was starting to question my decision of telling them when Violet asked a question.

"Why didn't you tell us?" She asked quietly. I knew that this question was going to be coming and I don't know how to answer. I searched my brain for an excuse when I decided that I wasn't going to lie to them, because there my friends.

Because...I didn't know how to tell you guys." I finally answered after a few minutes. Sydney raised an eyebrow at me and crossed her arms over her chest.

wReally? How about, 'hey guys I found my mate and he's the totally sexy alpha from the other pack." Sydney finished with a giggle. A growl tried to make its way out when Sydney called Xander sexy but I thankfully held it in.

"It's not that simple okay, he doesn't exactly want me." I finished with a sigh. Again the three girls gasped and came a bit closet to me.

"Did he reject you?"Courtney asked in disbelief. I quickly shook my head no.

"He didn't reject me..he just told me that we can't be together because..I don't even know why." I answered quickly. Relief spread across there faces but was soon replaced with confusion.

"That doesn't make any sense."Sydney said and she put a hand on her hip. I nodded my head in agreement but before the conversation could continue any further the bell rang, signaling that the period was over.

We all made our way towards the locker room but before I entered I felt a pair of eyes on me. I slowly turned around and connected eyes with my mate.

"Ya I get it, you want to tell me that the kiss was a mistake and that it wasn't meant to happen. You don't have to say it." I said quietly before turning to walk away. I got no more then two steps away from him when I felt a hand wrap around my arm and hardly pull me backwards. I slammed into Xander's chest and his arms wrapped around my small frame.

I was breathing heavily because the close contact was literally making my heart pound. Xander had his arms wrapped around my waist tightly and he was slowly breathing in my scent. After a few moments he let me go and I took a wobbly step away, turning around to face him.

Xander looked, surprisingly, mad. I scrunched my eyebrows together confused and looked him in his eyes. He stared right back into mine and I felt the butterfly's being released again. Sighing, Xander ran a hand threw his dark hair.

"Why do you do that?" He questioned but continued before I even got the chance to reply. "You jump to conclusions all the time! When I told you that we couldn't be together you jumped to the conclusion that I was rejecting you and now with the kiss!" He finished angrily. I flinched back at his angry tone and he must have saw it because his face softened and he took a step toward me, grabbing my hand.

"I'm sorry, you just get me so worked up. Look I wasn't trying to say that the kiss was a mistake, because it was anything but that. That kiss was amazing and I could never regret it, I was trying to say that..I'm sorry." He finished quietly.