Alpha’s Hybrid Cinderella
Chapter 117

Aurora

It turns out that for some reason I needed to have my wolf to be able to get pregnant.

A month after her finally coming out, we found out we were pregnant. Aamon was elated and planned an extravagant celebration for us.

It's weird being in a room of people that I hardly know, but it was fun getting to celebrate, I can only imagine how big our baby shower will be. Unfortunately, due to Aamon's work schedule, he isn't able to join me for most of our appointments.

I brush my hair as I get ready to go out. Today is a busy day.

We got me a gym membership so that I can swim whenever it is too cold to go out in the ocean. As the baby gets bigger, swimming will be one of the best low impact workouts I can do to help stay in shape. After hearing Aamon's friends talk about how my body will be 'ruined' I am determined to stay in good shape.

I want to be desirable for my mate, so I am focused on making sure this pregnancy won't ruin my body.

After I go to the gym then I'll go to the doctor's office and after that I need to go to the grocery store and pick up something to cook tonight. Tonight, is our anniversary so I am determined to make one of Aamon's favorite pasta for dinner.

I think that I will get an ultrasound done today and that will also be a fun surprise to be able to show him pictures of this little bundle growing inside me.

I'm happy. I didn't expect to be this happy when I got pregnant, but so far, I'm feeling good, and I can't wait to be a mother.

The doctor's appointment goes by quickly and I am relieved to have it confirmed that I'm only having one baby.

I get to the grocery store feeling like I'm on cloud 9 after having such a good appointment. Today is just a good day, I don't think anything could bring me down.

As I'm picking out my produce, I hear a stunned voice say, "It's you."

My eyebrows furrow as I turn around and suddenly a large man is hugging me tightly as if his life depends on me.

I pull away from him and say, "I'm sorry, I think you're mistaking me for someone else."

Why does my body tingle where he touches?

He pulls away and has a huge smile on his face and shakes his head, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, that must've been so abrupt to you. I've just been looking for you for so long."

The man is handsome. He towers over me, but that's not hard to do considering I'm only 5'2. He has short black curly hair, has a five o'clock shadow on his face, and the intensity in his brown eyes makes my knees feel weak.

He looks at me like I'm the missing piece in his life. For a moment, I feel a desire to touch him, but then I snap myself back into reality.

I don't know this man, I already have a mate, and I'm pregnant! I can't be longing after some other man.

The man smiles and says, "I'm Mateo, and it is so good to finally meet you."

My head tilts to the side as I say, "I'm sorry, was I like supposed to meet you here or something?"

He shrugs with a soft chuckle, "I mean, I guess you could say the moon goddess planned for us to meet here or something?"

I shake my head, "I'm confused. But I really need to keep moving. So uh, have a good day."

I turn away and start walking down the aisle I need when I hear him call out, "Wait!"

He jogs up beside me and looks at me like he's perplexed and asks, "Don't you know who I am?"

I raise an eyebrow, I have no idea what this guy is going on about. He says in a low voice, "I'm your mate." He touches my hand and I gasp softly from the electric tingles, "Surely you can feel that. You can feel our bond, right?" My eyes flicker up to meet his and I pull my hand away as I say, "I'm sorry, Mateo, but I already have a mate and you're not him."

His eyes darken slightly as he says, "What?"

I brush my hair back to show the mark on my neck and I say, "Yeah, I'm a mated woman. So, sorry to burst your bubble. But you're definitely mistaken."

I walk away but he follows me and asks, "Did you pick a chosen mate or something? You are my fated mate."

I grow irritated by his pestering and say, "No, my mate is my fated mate. Look, I'm happy with my mate and we're growing a family and you seem... delusional. If you'll excuse me."

I push past him and I'm grateful when I don't smell his scent hovering over me. Finally, he got it through that thick beautiful head of his that I am not his mate.

Mateo

What just happened?

I was so excited, I finally found her, my other half! The one I have spent two years searching for!

But... she says she is taken by some other man. She's too young to have picked a chosen mate. Plenty of people have chosen mates, but normally they don't claim them until years after searching for their fated mate. Why would she not even try to find me before claiming someone else?

No, something isn't right here and I'm going to get to the bottom of it.

She's getting freaked out by me and I don't want her to be fearful of me, so I back off. But I keep an eye on her from a distance. When she goes to her car, I go to the woods and shift, and I follow her home.

I normally would never do anything like this, but I've waited way too long to find my mate just to have her snatched away from me.

I'll figure out what's happening. One way or another, I need my mate in my life.