Free Mated to the Alien King: The Complete Series: A BBW SciFi Alien Romance (Captured by the Alien King Book 12) by Lisa Lace Page A

anyone else.
    To learn that his mother was the President was quite a surprise.
    When he opened the door, we heard a woman's irritated voice.
    "Jeffers, I asked you to leave me for the next hour, I've got work to do!"
    As Jared appeared in the doorway, her voice trailed off.
    It wasn't the tearful reunion that I had imagined. I guess he had told me the truth when he said that he had a falling out with his mother.
    "JJ? Is that you?" she said. Her voice projected uncertainty and fear.
    Right now, this was not the dominant woman who ran our planet. She was a mother, hoping for forgiveness from her only son.
    As we came through the double doors, I was surprised by her appearance, now that I saw her compared to Jared.
    I had seen her before on TV but now that I thought about it, Jared looked nothing like her. He was tall and blonde and wiry. She was small and had straight, dark brown hair, with a compact, sturdy body and darker skin.
    I had always assumed she was from the Middle East. I had read about her before, but I didn't remember her home country.
    She and Jared were nearly complete opposites in terms of looks, and I assumed that either he took after his father or had been adopted.
    He certainly didn't look like his mother.
    "It's me, Mama," he said, dropping the aura of power he had carried since we had walked into the building. He looked hurt, and he was trying to keep his distance from his mother. Was he were worried she might hurt him again?
    "What are you doing here?" she asked.
    Jeez, was this woman the brilliant mind that ran the entire planet? Couldn't she see that Jared just wanted her to love him?
    Perhaps she was an intellectual, but inept in relationships. How could she ask him what he was doing here? Why wasn't she running over and giving him a hug? I shook my head, stunned by the scene unfolding before me.
    "Could it possibly be because I want to see you?" he said, his voice bitter. "Do you have time in your busy schedule for me?"
    "You told me the last time we spoke that you never wanted to see me again. You didn't want me meddling in your life. You didn't want to go into politics and that I should leave you alone." She seemed close to tears. "I left you alone because that's what you wanted."
    Jared shook his head, staring at his mother. The rest of us watched the drama unfold.
    "No, you were doing what you have always done — ignoring me." His voice was harsh and filled with pain. My heart ached for the boy Jared had been and the man he still was, who had never been loved the way he had needed to be.
    "It took years of hard work to get where I am now. It doesn't happen over night. I had dreams, Jared, and I had to follow them. They were important. That doesn't mean that you are not important."
    She walked around the desk until she was standing before him. The difference in their heights was evident as they stood facing each other. They were completely oblivious to the rest of us in the room.
    "Jared." she said, but he stared stubbornly at the floor. "Jared, look at me."
    Reluctantly, he lifted his stormy green eyes.
    "Ever since we fought, all of this..." She gestured around at the luxurious room. "...has been empty. I'm sorry I wasn't the mother you wanted me to be. I regret that every day. But it's in the past now. I can't fix it. There is only now. We can only go on from here."
    She reached out tentatively and took his hand. He let her take it, staring at her with troubled eyes.
    "And what does that mean?" he said.
    "I don't know," she said. "But maybe we can figure it out together?"
    She looked scared.
    "If you could consider forgiving me, that is?" she added.
    He stared at her for a long time, different emotions chasing each other across his face. I looked around at everyone else in the room.
    Dar had a confused look on his face. He looked like he remembered something painful. I thought about his reconciliation with his mother and wondered what he was thinking.
    Mana was watching Jared intently. She