Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins – Chapter 85
There is a long moment where neither of us move. And then Victor groans – not the kind of groan he made just a few minutes ago, but the sound of a very tired man. He rolls back away from me, moving his hand from my hip.
Suddenly cold and awkward without the solid warmth of him behind me, I sit up and reach for my tshirt, which lays crumpled a foot away. As I do this, Victor pulls up his pants and re-buckles his belt, not looking at me. I pull the shirt over my head.
Then, we face each other, silent, sitting on my kitchen floor, me with my feet curled beneath me, him with his back against the cabinet, his legs bent in front of him and arms resting slack on top of his knees.
me. He runs a hand through his hair.
red. “I shouldn’t have done that.”
frowns at me. “What?”
. We were both there! We did it.”
”
r should I,” I say, shrugging, looking down at the floor. Despite that truth, I
into the living room, thinking. “I had had a lot of whiskey tonight, and…it was The Hunt, you know.” He lets his voice drift off here.
n Hunt when we were engaged, but I refused him that night, wanting to wait for wedding night. A mistake, in retrospect. Still, I know wh
at me, narro
pause, and the look he gives me lets me know he knows exactly what I’m talking about. “It has been brewing for weeks, months.”
, maybe, I think, but I’m not br
His hands tighten to fists. “This is nothing, Evelyn,”
lare at me.
at once.
why are you here.”
ep. He snaps his mouth shut and nods once, silently agreeing to be quieter. “All I know is that I had a lot to drink and then…whatever was in that woman’s potion. I must have gotten confused.”
” I whisper, feeling suddenly overwhelmed.
you mean?” He asks, looking me up and down. “
his.”
”
of his wedding, and the boys, and my father. “I tried, Victor. It’s not working.”
” he growls, leaning forward. “It was one stupid mistake. We won’t do it aga
et his eyes, knowing that I’m rig
al – “
goes perfectly still when I say that, staring down at the ground.
” I shake my head. “And whenever you want me, I’m going to be here, wanting you.” I feel my eyes fill with tears.
doesn’t have to be like that, Evelyn,” Victor says, his voice hard.
to marry her?” I ask, lifting my chin to meet him eye to eye.
are.
,” I whisper as the tears slip down my cheeks. “I can never compete with that.”
right.
ve somewhere else –“
from me, you can’t leave –“
”
s made.
gain and take a step closer, putting a hand on his cheek. “Victor, if we stay here, this will happen again. Sooner or later. You’ll be someone who cheats on yo
,” he says, desperat
**e,” I say, brushing away my tears. “I can’t li
er his lips one last time.
boys and I will go. You’ll still be their father, you’ll have a role in their lives. But we can’
ten my skirt and walk slowly up the stairs. Behind me, I hear Victor pound his fist agains
across the yard.
st the glass.
ding from him?”
he walks.”
ere tonight?”
real.”
er. “That the magic between him and mommy is bigger than the magic between him and Amelia?”
their beds.