Dangerous Desires Novel

37 Hurting Too

Tia.

Stacy’s words had struck home, and I knew she was telling the truth no matter how much Luke tried to assure me. I am sure Alpha Aesop had assured her several times about Luke, and look where they were now. Her son had nothing, and Luke had everything. What if the same happens to me and my children. The child was still Luke’s child, and I could not let Luke love the child less. Elisabeth will forever be a permanent fixture in our lives because she was the mother of his child. Where will that leave me? Where will that leave my children?

I ate my breakfast in silence while Luke tried to assure me. He touched my thighs and tried to tease me like he usually did, but it had no effect on me. Stacy’s words kept playing in my mind. Soon we finished and excused ourselves. While we walked back to our wing, Luke had a call, and it was from Bart. I began to hope it was terrible news that Elisabeth had lost the baby. I know it was cruel, but my fear for myself and my unborn children made me think that way.

“Okay, Thank you, Bart,” He said, and I knew she was alright because he did not exclaim or do anything serious. The moment we entered our bedroom. I went to change my clothes to something casual. I was silent all through, and there was tension in the air. Luke decided to break the silence.

“Tia..” he said, and I shook my head. “Don’t talk about it, Luke,” I said, trying to shut him up. “Why shouldn’t I talk about it? You are all worked up because of it,” he pointed out, and I shook my head.

want to hold you to your word, Luke. Stacy is full of shit, but she is right with this one. Whatever you say or promise does not change that the child is yours. I will not recommend you love the baby less because of me. That child will always be a reminder that there was someone before me. The child will be older than my children and will feel entitled. If you try to be indifferent, the child will blame me for it and hate us for it. Elisabeth will poison that child and talk about how Tia, the whore, stole her love from her. What if the child is a stronger alpha than mine. He will inherit you, and where will that leave me and my children, Luke? Elisabeth won the moment she got pregnant with your baby,” I said to him, and he bowed his head in shame. “I am the one that has to catch up and try to meet up. I am

and it will be our children, Tia. All this love we have for each other must amount to something. Our children will be the product of our love. How then will they not be my heirs? They will be our legacy together, Tia. I meant what I said, and you can hold me to it. Other than being Alpha of the pack. Our children will take it

promised he would never touch me when he visited. Maybe it was one for the road for him, and now it had turned sour, and he forever has a rerninder

and looked at me, a bit worried, not knowing how he would tell me what he wanted to say. “It’s okay, Luke, go,” I said, and he looked worried. “Do you mind coming with me so we can go to check the house from there?” He asked, and I wanted to say no, but I

when the baby arrived, and it will be cruel of me to hold him

excited about the ‘holiday’ house again, and with the way things were looking, we might not go to that house because Elisabeth might need help. Luke drove, and we rode in silence. I guess Theo’s capture had given him some

to the hospital, parked our car, and started walking toward the centre. I noticed

choice. I nodded to help ease his conscience. “Private ward 6,” he said and walked away briskly. I slowed down my pace ultimately, hoping they would have finished by the time I got there. I honestly felt like an intruder. This was their moment. Elisabeth, Luke and their unborn child. To that baby, I will be the reason his father left his mother. The reason he will not grow up with his father. The one to break up their happy home. I wouldn’t put it past Elisabeth to feed him with lies. She had promised she would do just that, and she does not seem like the type to make empty threats. I wandered until I got to the entrance. I went to

There was a tray filled with used cotton wool, and I wondered if the blood was from her. I had seen enough. I decided I wasn’t going to enter the room. I was about to move away when Luke saw me and pulled his hand away from

I did not know why until a tear rolled down my cheek. I wiped it away quickly. “I am okay, Luke,” I linked him, and he did not say a word. I stood there for a bit, and soon the doctor left, and Luke got up to leave., She grabbed his hands and held on tight, crying and screaming. Begging him to stay with her, saying she needed a him. Threatening she would die without him. I had seen enough. I moved

takes me, Elisabeth will always be there to crash it. She has a hold over