Jenna POV
“Well, I know how I feel about it, but how do you feel? That’s the real question,” I stated. Gio has just shared my dad's “request” that he mark me to gain his approval of our relationship, and I was not a fan of the idea. It wasn’t because I didn’t want Gio to mark me, because I did. But I wanted it to be his choice and done at the right time for both of us.
“I want to mark and claim you, but I don’t want you to suffer the way Sasha did when I marked her. Granted, all her suffering was because of her underhanded bullshit, but I can remember how miserable she was for days after, and it was brutal. But then, what if I forget you like your dad did Zoe? I’m sure that pain was 100 times worse. I just don’t know.”
“I trust you, Gio, and I trust that we’ll still be tog
