Alpha Hayley's Destined Mate by Andrea Townsend

Chapter 526 Let Me Stay

Hayley’s POV:

I gave Odessa a polite smile, hoping to show goodwill.

She briefly glanced at me, her eyes still filled with disdain and contempt.

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But she saw Benjamin, she sighed and nodded slightly acknowledgment. “It’s good that you’re back. You must have been shocked. Go upstairs and rest.”

Odessa then turned to the maid, instructing, “Wendy, clean the previous room and bring a fresh set of clothes for Ms. Carson.”

“Yes, Mrs. Southwell,” Wendy answered respectfully.

Without waiting for me to thank her, Odessa walked over to the living room couch, holding her coffee.

She didn’t outright reject me, which I understood as her way of making the biggest concession she could for the moment.

Gaining her full acceptance would take time–probably until I revealed my Alpha identity.

“No need. Hayley will stay in my room. Just take her things

I noticed Odessa

her head and stirred her coffee, acting

her to protest against me staying in Benjamin’s room. But to

was a change I hadn’t anticipated, and I was still processing how much Odessa had

I followed him, only feeling certain of

exactly had happened between them

continued pretending to be Omega or eventually became the

relief I

Odessa’s shift in attitude

I brought Benjamin to the Shadow

“Why has your mother stopped objecting to us being

and joked, “Try to

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far too long, and coming back to a place I knew so well made me feel completely

“Come on, what kind of magic can change someone