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.”

dialed Tyrone’s

out I was here, he came straight down to meet me. “Ms. Carson, you didn’t give me a heads–up. The alpha is in a video meeting. It’ll be a while

led me to the lounge on the top floor. “Please wait here, Ms. Carson. Once the alpha

I thanked him.

he left.

in the lounge, a nervous feeling settled deep inside

had shown up uninvited; what

mate was more than

up a magazine and flipped through

feel Hera growing more excited. That’s when I

and Benjamin walked in with long, confident strides.

usually stern face softened. He

couldn’t help but feel my heart beat

hand and smiled. “You’re holding it upside down.”

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Jan 4

To Be

the magazine, embarrassed, and put it aside. “Are you

fell silent for a while before answering, “Not really.”

was rehearsing in my head how to