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.

Tyrone found 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

the lounge on the top floor. “Please wait here, Ms. Carson. Once the alpha is finished, I’ll let you

I thanked him.

he left.

the lounge, a nervous feeling

uninvited; what

all, pretending to be someone’s mate was more than a little

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

could feel Hera growing more excited. That’s when I realized he had

the office opened, and

his usually stern face softened. He

heard his voice and couldn’t help but feel my heart beat faster.

my hand and smiled. “You’re holding it upside

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

for a while before answering,

but inside, I was rehearsing in my head how to bring it up.