Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins – Chapter 86

A few days later, Christmas morning dawns with a fresh fall of snow, which I’m glad to see. It’s been so long since we’ve had a white Christmas. It’s the boys’ first, actually.

They came tearing down the stairs at the break of dawn, eager for their presents, but I was ready for them, having slept down here on the couch after setting everything up.

“Mommy!” Ian had said, giving me a big hug. “How did you beat us down here? We woke up so early.”

ve both of them a kiss. “I stayed down here all night! I wanted to see i

led their noses in disgust, making me laug

“he’s old.”

ll to his knees and started riffling though the wrapped presents. “Besides, you shouldn’t ki

say that? They’d never seen me kiss their father – did they somehow know what happened?

ere. It’s too complicated.

ls. I don’t know how they’ve been out there for two hours, but they show no signs of coming in.

stove and put the kettle on to heat.

me is grateful – it’s easier this way, not having to face him. But the other part…

feel of it pressed against my cheek, my bare breasts, as Victor knelt behind me, pulling m

let myself remember it like that.

e out the window briefly and then do a double take, fear racing through my veins. I start and lean closer to the wind

I push myself away from

with them.

p breath.

nd.”

his big smile. Archie shakes his fur, sending snow flying.

n and am grateful for the relief that runs through me. It’s fine. Everything is fine. I laugh a little, realizing how silly I’ve been. Things really have been too stressful lately.

ap my hands. “Okay boys,” I say, “snow clothes off, and then we’ll have a

he oven. It’s just a small turkey – the three of us don’t need much – but I can’t help salivating, a little, at the delicious smell.

so much excitement and play. “Will Daddy come down to visit us for Christmas?”

uestion all day and am surprised that it’s just coming

melia. She’s going to be his wife very soon, and they’re going to build a family.”

’s going to be his wife very soon, and they’re going to build a family.”

,” Ian whines.

e Alvin and Ian slowly contemplate these changes as they stare i

course, I assure myself. They should see their father on the holiday.

hown up, I think, nodding decisively. It would be too complicated –

e at the back door, watching it creak open. I can’t help the small smile that creeps onto my face as the boys yell “Daddy!” and throw their blankets

him on the shoulder with his little fist.

I spent the day with Amelia, and then we did some thi

all going to be differen

ys slowly, glancing at me as he stands up and takes off his coat and scarf. “Things will be different. Amelia will be my wife. But we’ll have to see…”

hunger rise in me at the sight of him.

he living room as the boys run in, eager to

y Christmas, Evelyn,” Victor says, his voice low, stopping a few paces from me. I see his ey

craving that I do. Like a sta

hem.”

wn on the floor. He rests his back against the couch where I’m sitting. I breathe in his smell, savoring it, while I cast my eyes over the dark hair on the back of his head.

d into a fist, resisting the urge to run my fingers through his hair, to touch the tanned skin of his neck.

mber it being his hard

room has gone silent. Blinking, I refocus my eyes to see that the boys

. “Are you asleep?”

s clenching his teeth real hard?” Alvin a

a little, clearing his throat awkwardly.

is is dangerous.

ited about the wedding,” Alvin sa

pid Amelia,”

starts, but Victor interrupts him.

ak of Amelia with respect. She’s my wife and my Luna, and she’ll be yo

train. “What’s a Luna, daddy?”

know that he already knows the answer.

surprise in his voice as well. “Amelia is my mate, so she is my Luna. And in a few days, she’ll

?”

as well. Where are they getti

of you.”

ecause she’s your –“

y and Ian stops mid-sentence. The boys simply stare at each other, communicating

tting up straight.

rn my attention to Ian, who is usually more forthcoming.

er it is they’re up to.

Victor?” I call over my shoul

te,” Victor says. “I told Amelia I’d be up at the house before long. We’ve still got a lot of work to do.”

It smells amazing.

but I keep feeling my attention drawn back to the living room where Victor and Ian sit together.

g, listening in.

“What is it that Alvin won’t let you say to your mom?” Vict

ing else. We know. We can see it.”

staring at them both, giving up any pretense at not listening.

you talking about?”

ed that day – something magic -“

l. She’s my Luna, the only one for me.”

I agree with Victor – it is nonsense, they shouldn’

is saying. I remember it, that day, a turning within me, a move towards Victor, our words to one a

my reverie by the feel of a tug on my hand. I look down, seeing Alvin staring up at me.

silently.

I felt it, an

omes into the room.

e that falters as we all stare at him blankly, each of our minds totally elsewhere. “Am I…interrupting something?”