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.”

quickly dialed Tyrone’s number.

“Ms. Carson, you didn’t give me a heads–up. The alpha is in a video meeting. It’ll be a while

wait here, Ms. Carson. Once the alpha is finished, I’ll

I thanked him.

he left.

in the lounge, a nervous feeling settled deep inside me.

up uninvited; what if Benjamin

pretending to be someone’s mate was

magazine and flipped through

could feel Hera growing more

door to the office opened, and Benjamin walked

me, his usually stern face softened. He

help but feel my heart

my hand and

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220 Pretending To

and put it aside. “Are you busy later?”

for a while before answering, “Not really.”

I was rehearsing in my