Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins – Chapter 28

The next morning, Victor fights his exhaustion, giving Annabeth Prath all his attention.

“Listen, Victor,” she says, crossing her legs and sitting back in the chair in his office. “I understand that you’re working to bring a lot of…” she pauses, choosing her words, “great things…to our Pack. But,” she spreads her hands and smiles pleasantly. “I’m just not convinced that we have the same vision for the future.”

“Annabeth,” Victor says, leaning across his desk and putting a hand out, seeking to stop her as she stands up and lifts her bag. “Please, if you could just listen-“

ng. Really, thank you so much for a such a pleasant morning, the tea was divine.”

r while Victor slumps in his chair and scowls.

hen Amelia slips in. “So, how did it go?!

lia,” Victor interrupts, frustrated.

What? Why not?”

or shakes his head and spins his chair so that he looks out the window. “I don’t know. We just…don’t see eye-to-eye on the Pack’s future. I don’t know what she could want besides increased security and investment – that’s clearly the future of our

ybe she just didn’t feel sufficiently courted,” Amelia says, crossing the room to slip into Victor’s lap, where he wraps his arms around her. “You know big-shot women like Annabeth like to be made to feel important. They were belles their whole live

o give you her endorsement just because you have good ideas. You have to give her something too.”

nsiders this and nods. “That’s true. The pack’s welfare should come first, but she wouldn’t be the first politician to put their own desires ahead. What do you think she wants?”

e is, not for her husband. And I know just the way!”

ty.”

ty,” she whispers. “A really BIG party!”

ented chairs that fill Victor’s kitchen.

or a banquet. “Or…is this for the wedding?”

ir night, but Evelyn keeps her attention on Victor.

beth Prath for my bid for Alpha,” he says, “I want to get it in the press before I announce my paternity of the boys.”

side.”

. Madam Family Values, on my side, when I announce myself as the father of

in any way that the boys are anything but a blessing. A complicated blessing, yes, but one which he has truly embraced.

lvin tugs at my hand, trying to pull me to the stairs.

n we sleep in there!”

go ahead of me,” I say, nud

all of this? I was just here last night – like, fourteen hours ago, and this kitchen was empty.”

ad. “We’re throwing a party here in Annabeth’s honor, giving her

ips. Victor watches me, unnerved, I think, by my unusual silence. “W

vent. Very…elaborate.”

commands, “tell me.”

Annabeth goes to parties and gets awards all the time. What makes you think this will make her endorse you, over any of the other people who have given her awards and parties?”

lpha. “I recognize her for her accomplishments, those outside of her role as an Alpha’s wife and the mother to Alpha sons. In exchange, she recognizes me for my plan for the future.”

of her own political platform?”

rself, is being overshadowed by it.”

being a wife and a mother, she would change her image.

herself, and respond accordingly.” I make my way past him, towards the stairs, but stop when he puts a hand on my shoulder.

n,” he says, “what

n over my head. “But if my whole political platform was motherhood, and a single Alpha with no wife and no kids – apparently – was asking me for his endorsement? I’d want him to show me what his plans are fo

Victor says, genuinely considering me. “What would you do, in my pl

again. “I don’t know, Victor, I’m not a politician. But as a mo

king off into the distance – an expression I’m starting to recognize as him learning, processing. “That’s…very good.”

e stairs. “Anytime!”

leftover pizza and the rest of the crazy amount of ice cream Victor bought for them.

“Come on, spirits up!” I say, clapping and holding out their backpacks. “Bright eyes and bushy tails, boys

ins, slipping on his backpack anyway.

day at this school,” Alvin says, bitter.

f. It’s good for you!” I say, grabbing my keys and dancing out the door to the car.

we cross the porch. I turn, surprised to see a Beta guar

the boys.

y,” he gives me a big smile. “We’re all dedicated to making sure you and the boys are safe.”

nted. That Edgar will no longer be hanging around outside my house.