Ellis lost his temper when David pulled me the way he did. However, Charlotte instantly came to her mate's side, rubbing his back. Reality came crashing on me. He has a mate. He has a mate, I repeated in my head. I needed it to stick, I got too carried away when it came to this man.

" Forgetting your place, Carter?" David taunted. 

' Don't touch her like that," Ellis growled. 

" I can touch her anyhow I want. She's my girlfriend, something you seem to forget," he hissed. 

" Stop it, both ...