Alpha Hayley's Destined Mate by Andrea Townsend

hapter 127 Waiting for You

Benjamin’s POV

Hayley stood up swiftly. Tm sorry, I didn’t mean to fall asleep here.”

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I got to my feet and casually said, “It’s okay. Sorry to keep you waiting

Hayley seemed to remember something and handed a bag. “Here, Benjamin. This is the meal Grandpa Southwell had the maid prepare for you. You haven’t had your dinner yet, right? Hurry up and eat.”

I raised an eyebrow. I usually had to work late and cat at the company cafeteria, and my grandpa knew about this. So why had he sent Hayley to deliver food?

It became clear to me almost instantly: my grandpa was intentionally creating an opportunity for me to spend time with Hayley.

In his mind, my Luna could only be Hayley.

This was one of the reasons why I disliked her at first.

I always felt that no one should go against the will of the Moon Goddess, marrying someone who wasn’t their destined mate just for the sake of personal gain.

Now, even though my wolf, Lawrence, hadn’t explicitly confirmed that Hayley was my destined mate, it wasn’t entirely out of the question based on his feelings toward her.

And I found myself increasingly drawn to her.

Yet Lawrence still couldn’t clearly smell her scent.

Hayley held many secrets that I had yet to uncover.

I looked at her, a mix of complicated feelings swirling inside me, though I kept my expression neutral. “I happen to be hungry. Let’s eat together.”

Hayley was also hungry and didn’t hesitate. She took out the lunchbox, arranged the food neatly, and handed me the utensils. We sat across from each other, quietly enjoying our dinner.

concern for how a proper lady should behave, I couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow and chuckle as

“It’s all because I was waiting for you. You’re in no position to complain.”

dare to speak

glared at me in response. “Isn’t it?” I quickly stopped talking and began cutting steak for her.

ignored my gesture completely.

my pocket. I pulled it out to check the

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to attend to later, so 1 right he a bit late getting back. If you want to go home, I can have the driver take you

do

Just be

anything,” I said before getting up and going

my laptop and

Hayley’s POV:

I was about to leave Benjamin’s office,

It suddenly hit me–I was still his

cautiously glanced at Benjamin and

back now. You can continue with your

intercom. “Have James bring the car over to take Hayley

then strode out of the

outside. I quickly messaged Benjamin: “Class will start half

responded with a

did was shut the door to my room and then open

this time, Benjamin had learned some basic vocabulary in the Mornant language, and his learning efficiency was impressive–he could grasp most concepts with just

hour–long lesson flew by, and just as I was about to log off, I received a message from Benjamin: “I got an email from Mornant that needs your help with

“Send

the email to my inbox. I logged in, quickly skimmed through it, and then relayed the main points to him.

went well. They plan to send representatives to Astoria next week to discuss the

text back right away, I