Alpha Hayley's Destined Mate by Andrea Townsend

Chapter 220 Pretending To Be My Mate

Hayley’s POV:

I felt conflicted.

Finished

Hera urged me impatiently, “Hayley, why don’t you choose Benjamin? He’s our destined mate. You always go out of your way to ignore him and push him away. It hurts me.”

With a resigned sigh, I said, “Fine, I’ll give it a try.”

Without wasting any time, Thomas drove me straight to Southwell Group.

The marble floors were sparkling clean and reflected my slender figure as I walked.

This wasn’t my first time at Southwell Group. People here knew me well enough, and when they saw me, they greeted me respectfully with a polite, “Ms. Carson!”

“Ms. Carson, is there something I can help you with?” asked one of Benjamin’s assistant betas.

I paused for a moment and then asked, “Is Benjamin here?”

The assistant smiled and replied, “The Alpha is in his office. I’ll contact his assistant right now.”

assistant quickly dialed

straight down to meet me. “Ms. Carson, you didn’t give me a heads–up. The alpha is in

the top floor. “Please wait here, Ms.

I thanked him.

he left.

a nervous feeling settled deep

what

to be someone’s mate was more than a little

picked up a magazine and flipped through it, but my mind wasn’t on the pages.

Hera growing more excited. That’s when

opened, and Benjamin walked in with

his usually stern face softened. He asked, “Did you come

but feel my heart

my hand and smiled. “You’re

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Pretending To Be My

at the magazine, embarrassed, and put it aside.

while before answering,

I was rehearsing in my head how to bring