Erika keeps glancing to the road and then back to Enzo as he drives them away from the house. They haven't spoken at all since she followed him out and he drove off. She takes a deep breathe before looking at him.

"Where are we going?" she asks him.

He looks at her before focusing on the road once again "You'll know when we reach there"

She huffs folding her arms knowing it's no use trying to make him reveal anything after all this same very guy had hidden them being mates for almost a decade!

"But we need to hurry back, Gio needs me I..."

Erika tries to coax him by dragging Gio's name but the guy simply interrupts her.

"Gio has his mother with him now, so it's better if you leave him with her so they can bond nicely and if you are around him all the time, I don't thing it'll be possible. No matter how hard it sounds, you aren't his mother"

Why does he have to say everything so cruelly especially when it comes to dealing with her? She will never know but none the less it hurt, so she snaps back at him.

"I know that I'm not his mother but that doesn't mean I won't worry about him. I won't keep him away from his parents but the truth is, they are strangers to him right now and he may feel uncomfortable with them if he didn't have someone he knows around!"

Enzo nods thinking about it before he speaks "Fair enough!"

She glares at his coolness before looking out of the window. Something will never change between them, mates or no mates!

Enzo just keeps driving quietly, he knows that Gio is surrounded by strangers right now but no matter how much he tries to avoid the fact remains that Gio is way more that attached to her.

He have noticed the way that boy looks at her every few seconds to check if she is in the room or near him or not. He also has seen the way he reacted to them when they went to visit Erika at the apartment.

And Enzo is simply insecure about the way they bond, and somewhere inside he is a bit jealous of the boy who can hug and get a kiss from her anytime and anywhere al he has to do is throw his hands in the air for her or pout!

Finally, Enzo stops at a cottage house before getting out and asking her to do the same.

"Why are we here?" she asks him curiously before looking around the cottage.

This is the summer house for the Antonio's, she remembers when they were kids all of them used to visit this place.

This is the very place...

"Where I found you were my mate" Enzo speaks breaking her train of thoughts.

"This is the place where I met you, for the first time" she whispers moving towards the house.

She had met the twins in her school and they had liked each other immediately, they asked her to join them on weekend for the trip to their summer house.

She remembers begging her mother to let her go with them and Amber had personally talked with Marisa and asked the address so she could personally drop her off.

Erika couldn't sleep that whole night thinking about how her day would go with her new friends and as the time came to go she had practically jumped inside the car so her mother would hurry up. As they drove to this place she was jumping on her seat excitedly.

She had sprinted as soon as the car had stopped to meet the twins and greet their family. She remembers how her mother had threatened Giovanni if something happened to her little Angel before leaving.

She had been talking to Julian when 16 years old Enzo had come out of the back door with a book in his hand.

She was so happy to see him for the reason unknown to an 8years old Erika that she had practically rushed to his arms calling him her "Angel!" making everyone shock.

That was the time Enzo had seen her and got those electric shocks which made him push the girl who jumped on him out of nowhere.

"It's Enzo, I'm not an Angel!" he had snapped at her before going back in the house to trying to control his wolf who had been howling in joy as they found their mate.

Enzo had watched her whole day thinking, how a little girl like her could be his mate and a human on that. He knew she would never be able to cope up with his life style.

He was a silent type of guy, too bruised up that he was trying to get his pieces back in place. Whereas, she?

She was too cheerful, hyper and loud for him. He couldn't find within himself to accept her for who she was. He was just scared.

His wolf had been clawing at him to get out but he made sure his wolf wouldn't. Julian was the only one who knew about both of them being mates, when lil Erika explained how much she liked him and how she gets electric shocks every time they touch.

Julian had cornered him immediately and Enzo had made him swear not to tell anyone about it.

Enzo was too stubborn to let his wolf win so he was always snapping and pointing out her mistakes even when everyone in his family loved her.

He was doing her a favor by not claiming her as his, as he knew it would have been too hard, she could have run to tell everyone about them.

But she didn't. Even when she saw the twin's shift she took it really positively and she used to go on runs with her brothers.

But he knew better she was too young for him and he didn't want to jeopardize his life by having a mate and a human on that, so he always kept his distance to her.

As they grew up it was hard and her being in the house 24/7 wasn't helping his situation. The only thing that kept him sane all these years was the fact that he could watch her sleep at nights, where for that few hours he accepted her as his mate and his only.

It was easier to deal with his possessive side which never showed up much because she was always with the twins and she never had shown any interest for any other guys.

His wolf was more than happy with the fact when their mate said she find him hot even sexy that one night when they were alone as the twins had gone for their date.

Enzo was shocked to hear her admit it but then again his mate was always the blunt type, speaking her mind with such an honesty and innocence that she sometimes made him proud of her.

Erika was everything and more he never thought he would ever find in a mate. She constantly shocked and amazed him. His family loved her so much he sometimes had to ask if she was their secret child.

It didn't go unnoticed by him how his mother hoped and wished that Erika would be one of her son's soul mate.

His mother was a bit disappointed when the twins got their mate, not because she was not happy with the girls but because Erika wouldn't be part of the family now.

But now she was more than delighted for Enzo and Erika.

Enzo enters the kitchen and takes out some drinks passing one to Erika as she takes it from him silently. He watches his mate sipping his own drink before clearing his throat.

"You do know why I brought you here right?" he asks still looking at her.

"So you can finally kill me and throw my body in the woods?" she states making him chuckle.

"Sorry to disappoint you, but that's not why we are here" he teases winking at her as she watch him in amusement.

"Did the famous Enzo Antonio, who hates my guts just winked and is having a decent playful conversation with me?" she exclaims dramatically.

Enzo rolls his eyes throwing the can in the dustbin before holding her hand and pulling her to the living area.

"We should talk Erika!" he reminds her as he takes a seat and pats his side for her to sit but she goes and drops down on the air bag before saying.

"Okay, what are we going to talk about?"

He looks at her for a few seconds before getting up and sitting on the table in front so he can be close to her.

Erika sits straight as he bends down a bit. "Firstly, I want to apologize for everything I said, when I came to the house the day you needed us the most. Secondly, I'm extremely sorry to find out about your mother, thirdly for indirectly pushing you to do things I wish no girl have to do it. Lastly, for not accepting you as mine the moment I knew you were" he says softly the last part touching her cheeks and lightly grazing her lip with his thumb.

She gulps down and nods stiffly as he stares down in her eyes intently.

"Did they make or force you do things you didn't want to?" he whisper asks as he kneels in front of her still holding her face in his palm.

She shakes her head no, not speaking a word too hypnotize by his eyes as she can see such raw emotions from him just for her.

"Did you miss me?" he asks again after a while.

She nods again too scared that her voice will break this magical moment.

"Please say something!" he begs hopelessly as she just keeps nodding.

Clearing her throat to buy a bit moment to catch her thoughts she states.

"I missed you the most!"

Her confession brought an angelic smile on his face reminding her of the cause why she called him an Angel?

Because that day when he had turned towards her and their eyes met he had smiled so brightly for her that she had forgotten everything and jumped on him only to be pushed aside.

A tear rolls down her eyes unknowingly and Enzo frowns as he wipes it away. He looks at her in more confusion as the tears don't stop and finally a sob escapes from her.

Clinging to him she cries her heartbreak, she felt every time he snapped or talked harshly to her. Even though she hadn't shown and taken it lightly in front of him, it had hurt her immensely.

The rejection from him was hard as all she wanted was to be acknowledged by him.

"Every time I wanted to impress you, you got angrier at me. Why?" she cries making him curse at his callousness towards her.

"I didn't mean it baby, I just wanted to make you hate me" he strokes her hair while explaining his behavior.

"I thought it was for your best, if you stayed away from me" she looks at him with tear streak eyes.

"Well you were wrong! I always loved you but you just treated me bad" she cries whipping her tears in frustration.

Enzo stiffens as he hears her confession once again and Erika gasps shutting her mouth with both her hands as she realizes what she let slip.

She pushes past him getting up and running to the door to escape him feeling like an idiot when suddenly, she finds herself crash to a wall with her back and Enzo's lips on her.