Chapter 382

Natalia was taken aback. She slowly turned her head toward Lily, who looked frozen at the door of

the changing room.

“Mate?” Natalia mumbled as she was confused by the situation.

Was Lily Max’s mate?

She thought the reason behind Lily’s shocked face was because she heard a stranger calling her

his mate.

However, when Natalia shifted her gaze back to Max, she saw a surprise in Max’s eyes as well. It

was not a shock but a surprise to see someone familiar.

Max hurried to Lily and grabbed her arms.

“It’s been a while. Where have you been? I have been looking for “ou

everywhere. Why did you just disappear?”

Natalia froze when she heard Max’s words. Her brows furrowed as something flashed through her

memories.

She recalled the night when Max entered the coffee shop for the first time. He was drunk, and he

said the same things to her.

Her eyes widened when she moved her gaze toward Lily. It looked like Max’s words were the same

at both times.

Did that mean that night Max thought of this woman when he told her those

words?

Did he approach her because this woman and she looked alike?

Natalia was too shocked to react.

Lily looked away from Max and mumbled,

“I went abroad. I wanted to do something in my life. I didn’t know you would wait for me.”

Lilana grabbed Max’s hand and pushed him away from her daughter.

“W” t are you saying? You are Natalia’s boyfriend.”

“But your daughter is my mate,” Max said back.

“How can it be possible? You are with someone else now. You can’t ruin my daughter’s life. Reject

her.”

“NO.”

Max’s wolf growled as he took over him.

Natalia was speechless. She was nervous to tell Max about her heat. However, it looked like fate

had already planned something else. In fact, it made it easier for her to break up.

She stared at Max and saw how he was looking at his mate.

She took a deep breath and spoke up,

“I think we need to talk.”

As if Max had realized what he just said and did, he slowly tu d to Natalia.

“Natalia…”

“Let’s talk.”

Max came out of the coffee shop with her. With his head low, he kept quiet for a long time.

Natalia folded her arms across her chest. She was very upset with Max. It was not because he

found his mate and wanted to accept her.

It was because of the reason he had approached her in the first place.

“It’s true. I approached you because you look like her. I loved her for a long time. But before I could

confess to her, she left the pack. I tried to contact her, roaming around the world. But I could not get

in touch with her because her mother never revealed where she was.”

Natalia stared at him, not knowing what to say. She let out a shaky breath.

She was hurt that she thought Max genuinely liked her. Little did she know, he always thought of

her as a substitute for Lily.

She could not get mad at him either, because this man saved her brother’s life.

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“I am sorry, Natalia. Please forgive me. I can’t…” he muttered.

Natalia smiled at him and patted his shoulder.

“You saved my brother’s life. Thank you for coming into my life like a miracle. If you hadn’t agreed to

help me, Jason would have died.”

Max looked at Natalia with sad eyes. He liked Natalia, although he thought of her as Lily. However,

now that Lily had come back and turned out to be his mate; he could not let her leave again.

“I came back to this pack in a hurry only for your brother. I heard the news of him taking over his

pack again. So I was concerned about his health and returned here.”

“Thank you, Max.”

Natalia took a few steps back. Max shut his eyes, as everything had changed in a few days.

“I–I am really sorry, Natalia.”

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