Page 38 of Alpha's Rejected Mate

“Here is that confusion all over again for me.”

“Mateo told me he made a big mistake last night.”

“What? In being with you?”

Harper laughed. “No, in rejecting me and sending me away. He told me last night that he loved me.”

Franny turned toward her. “And you’re sitting at home, biting your thumb, because?”

“I don’t know what to do.”

“There’s that confusion again.”

She took a sip of her coffee and tore open the package of her cinnamon bun. “What if he was just saying all those things because it was the full moon? What if he regrets what he did today?”

“Why don’t you go and ask him this yourself?” Franny asked.

“I don’t think I can do that.”

“If my powers of observation have taught me anything, it is that most of the time, people assume the worst, and that is not the case. Why isn’t he here?”

“He was helping your dad with something.”

“Huh?”

“Your dad, Silver called him. He had no choice but to go. I told him I wasn’t opening the shop.”

Franny glanced down at her cell phone. “I’ve got no notice of it.”

“Does your dad call you for all emergencies?” Harper asked.

“Fine, no, he doesn’t, but I am his daughter, I should have gotten a text. Why would he need Mateo for anything?”

“I figured it was pack alpha stuff. Mateo being the alpha, Silver being the alpha. You know, it made sense to me.”

“Yeah, you’re right, but I still don’t have to like it,” Franny tutted. “So, is this what has caused you to have doubts?”

“No, I accept that the pack needs their alpha. I think my head is just messing with me, you know. Seven years of this rejection.”

Franny groaned.

“What?” Harper asked.

“If you think about it, technically, Mateo only actually rejected you once, and he did so for seven years. But it is just one long … you know, rejection.”

Harper laughed.

“Is this supposed to make me feel better?”

“I have no idea. It sounded a little better in my head, whereas now it sounds a whole lot worse.”

Harper chuckled and dropped her head onto Franny’s shoulder. “What do I do?”

“You’re wanting me to tell you what to do?”

“Yep.”

Franny snorted. “Nice try. I’m not going to be the one to tell you what to do. However, what I am going to do is advise you a little better.”

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