Fool me twice...shame on me

Aria POV

“I had hoped not, but I don’t know. I mean look at me Lori, then look at him.”

She glared at me, “There is not a damn thing wrong with you Aria. He would be stupid to cheat on you. Especially after searching for, you for so long. You’re his mate. Why would he want anyone else. I thought being mated meant that he would never stray?”

“Maybe he just enjoyed searching. Maybe I’m not what he really wanted after all. Maybe this whole mate thing wasn’t real, and he just faked it all and marked me for no reason and now I’m stuck with a man who may not really love me.” I bit my lip and looked away, “It's been five years of searching, six weeks since they burst back into our lives. What if I’m not what he was hoping for?”

“What if you are?” she asks.

I shook my head, “Give me a week. We will be back next Friday. I just need to process.”

Lori grabbed my arm, “What news did you get from the doctor?”

I looked away and shook my head.

“Oh no.” she pulled me into a hug. “How far along?” she