Mine: His Caged Princess
Chapter 1

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“I was waiting for you,” Tiara said, welcoming Theodore into her penthouse. “This is also owned by me.” She added proudly. “I have planned a date for us. Come, I have a surprise for you.” Saying this, Tiara held her wrist to show him the way, but Theodore pulled his hand away, looking at her coldly.

“What happened, Babe?” Tiara asked, caressing his cheek on which he pushed her away again. Theodore’s Lycan whimpered, thinking about what his other half was going to do, but this time, it was nothing he could do because what was going to happen next was something that Tiara had brought on herself on her own.

“I can’t stay with you, Tiara. I’m done with your selfishness.” Theodore said. “I never wanted you in the first place, but I didn’t want to reject you just like that. That’s why I tried… I really tried to make this work between us.”

“Babe.. wh..what are you saying? Y..you have marked me.” Tiara said, unable to believe that this was really happening to her. She always knew that it was Inigo, his wolf, who was the bridge between them, not Theodore. And the way Theodore was staring at her coldly. It was a clear indication that he was serious with his words.

“Are..are you saying this because of the woman whom you love?” She asked.

“Really? Do you think that this is the reason because of why I’m going to reject you?” Theodore sneered, and immediately Tiara realized that he might have found out the truth about what she did with Liara.

“I’m sorry. I got insecure, thinking that she would snatch you from me. Because of the way you were trying to win her heart. It crept fear into my hurt. I will apologize to her for that, but please… please forgive me.”

“Why the hell will she snatch me from you? I’m not a kid. You both are mates, and she knows this very well. So, stop blaming her.”

“Why the hell will she snatch me from you? I’m not a kid. You both are mates, and she knows this very well. So, stop blaming her.”

“You don’t understand. By showing her innocent face, she already became the favorite of dad and Colton. And everyone in the house loves her the most.” Tiara said in pure hatred and anger.

“I can’t believe you, Tiara. You’re the one who made her childhood a nightmare, and when your family members loved her a little more to bring her out of the depression, then you’re jealous of her?” Theodore snapped.

“Now you are also taking her side. Hell, how much do you even know? She is a wolf in the coat of…”

“Stop blaming others for the mess you created, Tiara,” Theodore said, cutting her in between. “And dare you to speak a word against, My Lia.”

‘My Lia’ These two words rang in Tiara’s ear. She recalled listening to ‘Lia’ word from his mouth the night they made love for the first time. It meant she wasn’t assuming that part?

“I know her more than I know you. I have known her since her college days. I met her before I met you. And she is the one who I love to the extent that I was ready to reject you the moment my eyes landed on you.”

‘They knew each other from her college days? Since when? Why did Lee never tell me about it? Was she wanted to keep Theodore all by herself? And even after doing this, she had the guts to call me SELFISH. How could she? He was my mate as well.’

Tiara admitted that she was selfish and acted like a bitch, but after replaceing out this truth, she couldn’t compare her sister any less with her.

“I can’t stay with a selfish woman like you, Tiara, especially the one who doesn’t treat my Lia right.”

“And you think that YOUR LIA is not selfish by hiding about you from me?” Tiara asked, showing her disgust toward Liara.

“Only if you would have known your sister, then you wouldn’t have been asking this question to me,” Theodore said, shaking his head in disappointment. “I still couldn’t believe that you wanted my love out of my life. Hell, if anyone who would leave is YOU, Tiara.”

“Please… please don’t do this, Theodore!! I love you just like you love Liara.” Tiara requested before adding, “I did all this because I loved you and wanted you all by myself. The moment my eyes landed on you, I fell in love at first sight, please, please, please, Theodore.” She begged, holding his hand. “Please don’t reject me. I love you. I love you so much. Your love made me so selfish. We both are your mates, right? You just can’t kick me out of your life just like that.”

Theodore quickly jerked her hand away, not to change his decision because of the mate bond.

“But I don’t love you, and after what you have done today, I can never love you,” Theodore shouted at her.

Earlier when she came to know that Theodore and Liara were going to spend some time together, and her father had planned a date for them. She reached the Salon where Liara was and made sure that she would look like the ugliest girl in the world.

But she did all this because she wanted Theodore for herself. She didn’t want to share her mate with her twin sister.

‘I can never love you.’ Hearing this, Tiara shuddered, feeling chills down her spine. She kept staring at Theodore, who was watching him with no emotion. ‘Did I commit that big crime because of which he can never love me?’

Fine, she agreed that her behavior with her own sister wasn’t good or something that anyone would appreciate, but she didn’t kill her because of which Theodore was treating her in that way.

“And it will be better if you will accept my rejection, Tiara,” Theodore told her his final decision.

“I, Theodore Wayne, the last Alpha heir of Silver Moon Pack, reject Tiara Haysbert as my mate.” Theodore mustered all his courage and rejected her, not wasting the whole night with her.