Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins – Chapter 263

It’s almost four o’clock and Victor still isn’t home.

I stand at my kitchen sink with a glass of water, pretending to stare contemplatively out the back window when really I’m just staring anxiously at the black screen of my phone, which is propped up against the window’s glass. The boys are upstairs with their tutor and others – Betas, housekeepers, Burton – bustle around the house behind me, so it’s not like I’m alone.

But still, I feel very alone without any word from my mate.

I should worry about. If it just wasn’t Amelia…

lia scares me. It’s just so foreign to me.

ng for missed messages I know aren’t there. Silence.

s all right.

when I feel someone touch my shoulder.

n I spin on her with a little shriek. “Oh god – Evelyn – I

to the gigantic diamond perched on my ring finger.

s me in a tight hug, rocking me back and forth. I laugh, swept away by her happiness, and hold her tight in retu

ulling away and smiling at her. “I’m sorry I d

eyes wide.

tself.”

nd when will

ing. “We haven’t planned it yet.”

happily. “That’s so wonderful. Just what this family needs.”

er own wedding not too long ago. And that…well, I hope that this isn’t making her jealous. I wo

going with you and Rafe?” I ask quietly,

ttle. “Complicated, I guess…”

o the full coffee machine and raise an inquisitive brow and Bridgette nods quickly. I pour her a cup.

king around. “He’s usually…buzzing around here, with the rest of them.”

looking for him?”

rspective. On his brother.”

each other. They feel deeply as brothers but they’re not…great at expressing their emotions.”

says, leaning against the counter and taking a sip of her coffee. “Emotionally repressed Alphas.”

y’re not so bad once you get them going.”

t I mean. These Kensington boys – they feel deeply. You just sometimes have to break the surface to get to it.

wn suddenly, looking around the room. “I know that Victor’s gone for the day, but did Rafe go with him? Or is

“I haven’t heard from him in a little bit.”

h him this afternoon, but he didn’t say a word about his brother.

“Do you really think the time is now?” Victor asks Annabeth after a moment of contemplative silence. “To tak

steadily holding his gaze. “I think that there is certainly a power vacuu

sent…”

ay war, that you’re well able to deal with threats, and that you have the lives of wolves – all wolves, not just Alpha-born wolves – at the heart of your policy.”

it. Of course, this has been his plan for a l

Now?

Already?

hat might raise an eyebrow,” Annabeth says quietly, “is the idea of a…single Supreme.”

’m not single,” Victor say

, I know that,” she says, raising her eyebrows. “But Victor, it’s the twenty-first century – and your relationship status is part of an every-day news cycle. People have been on a scavenger hunt for months. Evelyn is part of the picture, of course, but there are still many who believe that you’ll return to Amelia – and still others who are coming up with all sorts of other conspiracies.

ard in sudden shock. “Seriously?”

ome –“

engaged to my

ck and forth from your house – not his. The house where you’re living with the mother of your children, but whom you have n

w more, putting his head in his hand. “Is it seriously this bad?”

Evelyn to marry me. And this time she said yes.”

the desk. “You didn’t! That’s wonderful!”

ast, is solved. But you really think…with that done…”

you decide to make. Or marring her, publicly, would be best. But Victor, if you decide to move forward, I’d suggest you strike while the iron is hot. You won’t be the only one who is eyeing this position. Bu

it over.

eme

do it yet.

nds to wrap up first.

k to Evelyn.