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Aditi

Aditi pushed the cart through the aisle, pausing it in front of a small stuffed bear. "Oooh, look at this guy."

"We already have six presents," Lena reminded her, practical as always.

"Yeah, but this is too cute." Aditi picked the stuffed plushie from the shelf. "Aww, he's perfect. Don't you think Maria's new baby is going to love him?"

"I guess? But this one is massive, it's bigger than a newborn." Lena scanned the shelf and stood up on her toes to pick a much smaller bear. "What about this one?"

It was just as cute so Aditi nodded. "Okay."

"That's the last one though. We're already spending enough money," Lena warned, even though she said that three gifts ago too.

Aditi looped her arm through Lena's for a rare moment of public affection. She didn't care who saw them, she just wanted her beautiful fated mate to know how much she loved her.

"Maybe one more? Eight is a lucky number," she said.

Lena chuckled. "Is it? I've never heard that."

"It's a thing, it started yesterday."

"If you say so. I suppose too many gifts is better than no gifts. I did buy that super expensive car seat for the baby shower cause I didn't know what else to get and then I forgot."

Aditi snorted. "Is that why? I don't know why I'm surprised. What would you do without me?"

"Cry." A rather serious look slipped onto Lena's face. "I know what it was like to be without you. I never want to do that again."

The mark on Aditi's stomach tingled and it made fireworks explode in her stomach. This was everything she wanted. Nothing grand, nothing extravagant, just the simple mundane things that made up a life with the woman she loved.

She smiled and pushed the trolley, wondering how she got so lucky.

Yes, this was perfect.

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Thank you for reading Her Former Bear Mate.

I hope you enjoyed seeing Aditi and Lena fall back in love?

Find each other again because I don't think they were ever out of love.

In any case, I really liked writing this one.

It was different from two strangers meeting so it was interesting to find out why they broke up and how to resolve it. I hope you liked it.

The next book Her Next Door Bear Mate is about social butterfly Poppy (who you met in chapter 1) and shy Margot who lives next door.