Alpha Hayley's Destined Mate by Andrea Townsend

Alpha Hayley’s Destined Mate

Chapter 618 Crocodile Tears

Hayley’s POV:

After Alan finished speaking, silence descended upon the room.

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Just as I was about to respond, he continued, “Michelle is my daughter, the next rightful heir to the Sanders‘ leadership. She cannot be married off so casually!”

Benjamin and I exchanged a look of surprise.

Neither of us had expected such a strong reaction from Alan.

I didn’t know Alan well, but this sudden, arbitrary control sparked a deep resistance within me.

“This is my life; I can make my own decisions.” My voice was firm, my gaze unyielding.

The deep–seated resentment I had kept buried started to surface. The sense of abandonment I felt when reuniting with Virginia, the loss, and the grudge against being forgotten were triggered by Alan’s authoritarian tone.

I wasn’t about to let my emotions get the better of me, but neither would I be a compliant puppet.

the Alpha of the Shadow Pack, almost no

world’s vastness fully. How can you

as simple as listening to sweet talk!” Alan said,

you a man?” I retorted sarcastically.

am different,” Alan said, frowning, displeased. “I am your father, the only

necessarily true.” I sneered. “If you wouldn’t hurt me, then how did I end

me. Do you think those rogues out there would have let me

an

my words hit him. He seemed

you suffered … ” He

I could respond, his eyes reddened, on the verge of tears, his expression

to say, feeling awkward in the silence.

sensing my discomfort, quickly interjected, “Let’s put the past behind for now.

regaining his

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burst into the room

feigning

Peter is also awake now,

watched her fake display in silence,