(18+) Why Wasn't Max My Mate

••• Arabella’s POV ••• I felt my cheeks heat up as I was embarrassed when I heard Rosa’s words. Why would we need to have sex? “The purpose of a marking is to signal the mutual possession of mates, which is based on matebond,” Rosa explained as if she could read my mind. “So, to fake a mark, there need to be at least some “intimate interactions” between the two of you to make your bodies feel the emotional presence in order to show traces of the fake mark.” “Alright, I’ll do it,” Max agreed with Rosa’s suggestion, but then he asked me, “Will you do it, Arra?” His question made me freeze. Would I have sex with him again? Max looked at me with an emotion I couldn't read as he asked again, “Will you want to do it, Arra?” I had mixed feelings about this. Although we had had sex before, we had established that we were only bedmates, which meant we would only do it to fulfill each other’s physical needs. But now, in this situation… We were making a decision for a lie, in a completely clear-h