Alpha Hayley's Destined Mate by Andrea Townsend

Chapter 525 A Lost Chance for a Comeback

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When Irving returned, he noticed from afar that the front door was left wide open. Inside, the room was in disarray, and Lisa lay injured on the couch.

He squatted and lightly shook her shoulder. “Lisa?”

Lisa wasn’t truly unconscious–she was feigning weakness to deceive Irving.

Sensing his concern, she slowly opened her eyes and explained weakly, “Hayley and Benjamin conspired together. They stabbed me and escaped. I’m so sorry..

The chance to turn the situation around had slipped away.

Irving’s anger flared. But as he looked at Lisa’s pale and fragile appearance, he couldn’t bring himself to

lash out.

Instead, he set his frustration aside and carefully helped her up. “It’s not your fault. You were alone–it’s understandable that you couldn’t stop the two of them.

Hayley’s POV:

Benjamin still didn’t know the truth about my status as an Alpha, nor that my injuries would heal quickly.

He worried about my wounds and insisted on taking me to the emergency room.

few instructions,

tension between us was palpable. After everything that had happened and the time we’d

my lip and joked lightly, “The nurse sure has a

his face unreadable and his silence

gleaming faintly under the light, held a mysterious glow as he

a brief moment, the atmosphere between

at conversations, so I just shrugged

always like this,” Benjamin suddenly said, his low voice filled with both frustration

about what had

to irritate him further. He pressed his fingers to the bridge of his nose before letting out a long,

need you to understand how much your safety means

you’d waited for my help, instead of taking matters into your own hands and getting hurt, none of

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could respond, he stepped closer and pulled

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has been anxious for you. Holding you like this is the only way I can feel

let anyone harm

brought tears

his tight hold was starting to make it hard to breathe. Just as I opened my mouth to ask him to loosen up,

back. It’s not safe

shoulders, and we left the hospital to head

pulled