Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins – Chapter 208
When Victor and Evelyn come down the stairs ten minutes later, Rafe is sitting at the kitchen table looking down at his folded hands. Evelyn doesn’t say a word, barely glances at him as she instead goes to her boys, who are standing by the open front door.
“Mama!” Ian says, breathless with excitement. “Did you see it!?”
“See what, baby?” Evelyn says, coming to put a hand on his back between his shoulder blades and see what the excitement is about.
gainst the door and looking up at her with wide eyes.
ay. “It’s called an RV, boys – a Recreational Vehicle. Apparently,” she smirks and looks over her shoulder at Victor, who pulls out a chair to sit across from Rafe, “your dad buys the newest model every year. Just in case.”
’s awesome,” Ian says, his wide eyes eager. “Can we go t
citement.
it. It really is beautiful but…live in it!? “You’d want to live in that thing, like living in a can of sardines
ew one and this one is already here.” Evelyn can’t stop the laugh that starts to spill from her at his earnest kid logic.
says, reaching for the coat hanging on the peg by the door. “Let’s go explo
s over her shoulder at Victor before following them. Victor gives her a deep nod as Burton hands him a fresh cup of coffee.
n here.
, she pulls the door shut behind her, following her sons to the
s himself scarce.
s gone, Rafe lifts his eyes to meet his brother’s. “Listen, Victor. I f****d up.”
lets his head fall a lit
it. It’s not like I don’t already know that what I did was horrible. I’m going to make it better. You don’t have to yell at me too.”
nuinely confused as he sits down at the table. “That I’m going to repeat back to you your actions in the past few months? A
oks at his b
leave that to Evelyn – she’ll be more than happy to go through the details and pin you to the wall for each one. I’ll skip right to telling you what a rotten piece of work you really are.”
o the chase. “What the f**k is wrong with you, Rafe?” Victor growls, leaning across the
got so wrapped up in it, Victor,” he says, his voice muffled against his palms. “In all the st after the wedding – in all of the st before the wedding. You weren’t there – you didn’t hear everything Dad was saying about you bringing those bo
little further disgusted. “That dad made you do it?”
d it. I’m man enough to take responsibility for my choices, even if…well, if not for much else.”
as Rafe takes a moment to sort his thoughts.
the lie,” Rafe says slowly, perhaps figuring it out f
uietly, listenin
ing Victor’s eyes seriously.
Rafe says then, shaking his head. “Where it’s fine, encouraged, even, to just take whatever the h
hem, like dad and Walsh? Like I did?”
I’m not sure I did escape it,” Victor murmurs
different?”
id to mom for years, things I thought were right.”
d, still bowled over by it. “I had to become a different person, to even begin to deserve her.”
e to do it.”
cool down.
right woman? I have to –“
” Victor hisses, leaning forward, the disgust back in his voice. “Are you seriously looking for a woman to make you treat her well? Bridgette is also a person, if perhaps less strong-willed than Evelyn. But Brid
the table, ashamed.
ng them that your version of being a man – of being an Alpha – is acceptable.”
s gaze up to his brother at this, his mouth falling open in shock.
an Alpha, you’re still my left-hand man,” Victor says, stern. “I need your help in running this pack. But you can’t treat people like this.
can apologize, but I can’t go back in time and change anything.”
ologies don’t mean much. Actions mean everything.”
me breadcrumbs, bro. I don’t even know where to get started on this path.”
ed to do precisely what pleased him. Now, finally, he was coming up against some hard consequences. “It’s not my job to tell you how to do it.”
to tears, if not already there.
you up with a therapist, though,” Victor says, leaning forward. “Who can help you find t
is?”
e leans back in the chair
Wait, what? I need a special phone?”
hat?”