Alpha Hayley's Destined Mate by Andrea Townsend

Chapter 793 We're Even Now

Hayley's POV:

That man locked eyes with Truman's crimson wolf eyes, sensed his Alpha aura, and bolted in fear.

Truman smiled teasingly, then softened as he looked at me, sounding confident. "I heard you had something for me, so I came over."

I glanced at him, keeping my tone cool. "Yeah. I do."

Then, I walked over to the stone-cutting table where Humbert stood, grabbed a regular-looking sapphire, and placed it in Truman's hand.

"Thanks for saving me these past few days. We're even n

"Even?" Truman looked at the gem, then at me. "That's it?"

I frowned. "What more were you expecting?"

He tilted his head toward the rare, egg-sized sapphire Humbert was holding. "What about that one?"

I shot him a cold stare. "That one is for my fiancé."

Truman gave me a complicated look. "So, even if I risk my life for you,

I'll never

measure up to him?"

jealous for no reason, I didn't even know what

to understand something," I said flatly. "You're not the only one who'd go that

So would my Betà,

loyalty wasn't in

all that expecting something in

I don't need it. I don't

any

word. He just looked at me meaningfully, then tossed the sapphire back to Humbert and

turned to Humbert. "When you take Ms. Smith home, give this gem

who was just about to leave, paused and turned back. "Excuse me, Ms. Carson. Did I

head. "Why would you

"Then why are you asking me to take something my boss turned down? Are

shrug. "I thought

mad if you gave it to him. I didn't mean

hand to stop me. "Mates? Who told

that?"

We're Even

I blinked. "Aren't you?"

looked kind of angry now.

okay. Got it." I nodded, a little

but her words stuck with

accepted something from me, that feeling of being in his debt

had just said I didn't want to have any debts, yet here I was, caught in this