Alpha Hayley's Destined Mate by Andrea Townsend

Chapter 250 Staying with Benjamin

Hayley’s POV:

Pearls

The hotel manager appeared a bit flustered. “Miss, the fire happened so suddenly. We had to quickly find rooms at the nearby hotels, and the availability is quite limited. It’s really difficult to arrange.

“Please don’t worry. I’ll find another solution,” he said, but his voice was full of hesitation.

nodded and stood there, waiting.

Benjamin’s gaze darkened, though he remained silent.

After a few calls, the manager came back with an apologetic expression. “I’m terribly sorry, but we couldn’t find any rooms at the moment.”

At this, Benjamin finally spoke up. “Give her the room. I’ll figure something else out.”

The manager quickly handed me the last room key. “Miss, you can take this room for now.”

I took the key. If I hadn’t known Benjamin, I would have simply grabbed the key and walked away without a second thought.

But I had known him for quite some time, and he had helped me before, so I couldn’t just leave.

After thinking for a moment, I asked, “Mr. Southwell, since there are no rooms left, would you mind sharing the room for the night?”

Benjamin immediately rejected the idea. “No, I’ll find another place to stay.”

His words left me feeling oddly disappointed, and even Hera seemed restless.

of anticipation about staying with Benjamin. The

are

gesture caught Benjamin’s attention. He furrowed his brows and asked, “Ms.

I just thought it was late, and most hotels are probably fully ‘booked. Are

and asked, “Ms. Carson, are you

tongue. I quickly denied, “Mr. Southwell, you misunderstood Linst thought it would be unfortunate for vou to have no place to stau

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Staying with Benjamin

in the morning. What will you do for the rest of the night?”

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that we knew each other; he spoke up. “Sir, all the nearby hotels are fully booked, and Ms. Carson’s room

was surprising that the manager would suggest this. Though a bit embarrassed, I had no choice but

my gaze. For a long moment,

a soft grunt, which I took

took a room key and walked to the

kept urging me to seize the opportunity to

I rejected her.

reminded her that I was no longer Hayley but

reached the door, Benjamin hesitated.

door and said, “You

and

I looked at the two beds in the room and said, “You can take the bed closest to the door. I’ll take the one by

I climbed into my

head exposed, and then added, “You should get some rest.”