It didn’t surprise me that Aleks was so cruel about me, but that didn’t make it any easier.
I had tried to make sure he was not hurt or humiliated because of his crush on me, and I had encouraged Ares to treat him with more respect. That didn’t matter now, though. He disliked me because of things that were completely out of my control, and he was not as mature as I had given him credit for. He wasn’t as nice as I had given him credit for, either.
It didn’t matter that he had been generous when he traded for new things for me because that beautiful white dress and all the books he had given me were transactional. He wanted to show me he could provide me with lavish things, and he expected me to accept him as a mate in exchange.
I thought that telling him about my son was the right thin
