"How long have we been mates?" Aidan barked.
"Four weeks," l cried, tears rolling down my face and neck.
"And how many times were we intimate, Tara?"
My lungs tightened in my chest as l whispered. "Once."
"And we were being safe, so why do you think this lie would stick?" Venom dripped from his next words. "Get out of my life because the next time you show up, l will kill you."
***
It wasn't exactly a one-night stand, but the possibility of a pregnancy was almost non-existent even though he was my mate.
When l mustered the courage to break the news to Aidan Graham, my Alpha, and the father, he denied me. He severed our bond, cheated on me, rubbed it in my face, and plotted my death, and my only option was to run.
Nine years later, my daughter walks into my office with a man, and the scent l recognize all too well fills my lungs. She says. "Mommy! I found you this handsome man!"
The match my baby girl just made for me...is to my ex Alpha mate.
I have been broken in the past, so how do l make this work for my daughter? Can l still try even when Aidan ropes us into a web of secrets, and deceit, and brings me to a past l wished to bury forever?
