Future Beta Nate
Ayla and I were driving back to the city this morning. We had barely spoken after she told me it would be easier if I rejected her. I didn’t want easy, I wanted her. And I wanted her to want us. I don’t think I slept a wink last night as my mind was racing with everything that had happened. Even with her beside me, I couldn't relax.
Why does this have to be so difficult? I should be able to love my mate and live happily ever after. But here we were sitting in awkward silence as I drove, and she watched out the window. She even put on her sunglasses, so I couldn’t see she was silently crying, but I knew. And I didn’t know how to comfort her. My heart was also breaking at the thought of letting her go.
“We are not rejecting her. She was given to us for a reason!” Duke g
