Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins – Chapter 68

“Daddy!” They yell, wrapping their arms in hugs around his legs. Victor laughs, greeting them, feeling his stress almost melt away.

“Hey boys, good day at school?” he asks.

“Yes, it was awesome,” Ian says, grinning up at him. The door creaks again and Victor looks up to give Evelyn a smile as well.

“The teacher found our insect collection…”

“They’ve been studying bugs in class and your sons decided that the best way to do this was to collect all the

rganized by genus and species.”

d and looks down to see Amelia pressing a glass of whiskey into his palm. He sighs, nodding his thanks to her to be polite, but he has no intention of drinking it. He really does need a clear head.

or’s mussed hair. “You’re not yourself.”

tions today, with Willard and Annabeth Prath.”

uckling a little at the understatement and sliding his glass of whiskey onto the counter.

k it through.”

intrigued by the idea, “coffee sounds like precisely what I need.”

ast Amelia, who does not move to make room for her

cts that they were asked to remove from the classroom. As Victor talks to them, he passively notices Amelia staring at him for a few minutes. Then, she grabs his whiskey off the counter and pours it slow

e in the kitchen goes silent, turning to stare at her as she walks slowly from the room.

, can’t find the will to chase after her.

giving the boys’ Kindergarten teacher a smile. “Did everyone have a good day today? No more bugs?”

sort of half smile. “Um, yeah everything went fine…” she says, helping a little girl on with he

m for Alvin and Ian. I hope they’re ready to go – we have a lot of errands to run after school and I have a client coming this afternoon. We have to move fast. “Are they ready to go?”

ank stare and a weird smile.

Mrs. Kay?”

planned.”

you talking about,” I say, ripping my arm from her touch and spinning to look around the classroom. Is this some kind of joke? Where are my childr

ffice, it was all planned.”

ictor? But no – he would have told me –

eyes back to Mrs. Kay’s face, feeling my

white hair –“

– please! –“

haking her a little.

Walsh! He introduced himself as Mr. Walsh!”

ee me go, because if I ever lay eyes on that i***t ever again, I’m going to tear her to pieces.

the school, dodging children. When I reach the parking lot I break into

s surprised to hear from me, but not unpleased.

say, my voice shaking with fear, panic, adrenaline, ever

or interrupts, his voice suddenly cold.

as I pull my door open and slip into the car. My hands shake, trying to lift the keys to the ignition.

p. I twist the keys and, as soon as the engine rumbles to life, I throw the car into gear and fly from

pull up. The first one skids to a stop next to me and Victor pushes the passenger door open from the inside.

ing prepared in the back seat. One of them is Victor’s secretary, Beta Stephen. I nod to them, and they nod back, all business.

As soon as I close my front door, we peel aw

yes on the road.

g.”

’t see him. But she described him. Victor,” I say, my voice shaking. “He wants to keep them, I know he does. He’s going to take my boys from me –“ My voice rises i

wiftly puts a hand on my shoulder, pulling his eyes from the road to look into mine. “I’m not going to let that happen, Evelyn. Legally, he has no control over them. They’re mine. Ours. We’re going to take them home and make sure he never touches them again.”

ntion back to the road. Victor places his foot on the pedal, increasing his speed. We’re heading west on the highway, straight towards my childhood home.