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Forty-seven: Xander
“You found her? Jorah, you're not joking, right?” I jolted out of bed upon hearing what I had just been told. He saw Ayla and he was about to meet her. This all felt like a dream. I searched everywhere in the USA, yet my mate was so fed up with everyone around her and left the entire continent.
“Xander, I need you to think rationally. She's really mad at us and I don't know how this meeting will go, but I just thought you should know,” Jorah spoke.
“I'm coming to Peru. I will meet her and I will tell her everything. I will fix what I broke. I will do anything to get her back.” I was already in my closet, throwing different clothes in my suitcase. I wasn't going to waste any more time. Four years had been wasted from my life and I wasn't going to waste one more minute.
“Listen, Xander. Let me just meet her and I will tell you how things will go. Don't do anything reckless. If you want to come, that's fine. Just don't surprise her and show up out of the blue in
Sara IslamPublished on June 19th, 2021 Sara
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I pushed myself towards them and for a moment, I thought I forgot how to talk. I thought that after four years, I would feel nothing if I met any of them, especially him, but I was so wrong.“I thought… I thought I told you I don’t want to be found.” I loathed how weak my voice was when I spoke to Jorah.“I’m sorry, but I had to do it.” He gave me an apologetic smile and walked away with his mate, leaving me all alone with Xander and Rowena.I looked at Rowena and gulped, taking a look at the little girl in her arms. “Are you a mother now?” I asked in a low voice.“I am… I would have told you, but you decided that I’m unworthy of your friendship and you cast me away.” I internally winced at her choice of words. No, she was worth it. She had been kind to me since day one. She had always been worth it, but I was scared.“It’s not like that,” I murmured,
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