Page 59 of The Last Ultimatum: Part 2

Chelle dialed it and waited.

“Aiden?”

“Yes, who’s this?”

“Chelle, your future mate.”

“You’re alive? We were told you’ve been captured. I’m supposed to mate your baby sister now.”

“And you agreed to that?”

“You ran away while I was on my way to see you. What was I supposed to think?”

He sounded hurt. That seemed weird to me. Or maybe it was just because I was eavesdropping.

“Babe, relax. What’s done is done. It’ll all work out.”

Lachlan rubbed my shoulders.

“Something you should know about me. I hate disappointing people.”

“Is it okay if Aiden comes here?”

“It’s fine. We’ll likely be here a few more days to make sure everything’s in order and the threats have been neutralized.”

“What about Helen? She’s still on the loose.”

“There are teams out looking for her now. That’s the best we can do.”

“Okay, he’s on his way. He’s only staying a few blocks down actually. When they heard about what went down here last night, they were trying to head back home but the hotel wouldn’t credit their prepaid nights.”

She sat down on the couch looking more frazzled than ever.

“Are you okay, Chelle? If you don’t want to mate him, you don’t have to. I don’t care what Mom and Dad say. You have to do what’s best for you. It took me almost losing everything to realize that.”

“I get it. But I’m not like you. I know how important this merger is.”

“Listen to yourself. This isn’t a merger. This is your life.”

“We’ve always given you more choices than I had. And honestly I could do a lot worst than Aiden.”

I wasn’t sure about that, but I wasn’t going to mention it.

“I should go and get ready.”

She disappeared and before she returned, Aiden arrived.

“I’ll get it,” Lachlan said.

“Behave,” I warned him.

Much to my surprise, he did.

“Come on in. I’m Lachlan.”

“Aiden.”

The two of them shook hands.

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