Chapter 187: Bad Father

Louis' POV

We left Anita at the hospital. The doctor said she'd be discharged later in the day, so there was no point sticking around.

The drive back home was tense. Heavy. Silent.

I was in the driver's seat. Levi sat beside me, and Lennox was in the back. I glanced at Levi briefly. He looked completely lost in thought, staring out the window like the road wasn't even there.

I wondered what was running through his mind.

Was he having second thoughts about saving the pups?

I gritted my

Hell no—not me.

I didn't care how loud their tiny heartbeats sounded on that screen or how weak one of them looked. There was no way I'd make Anita my mate. Not for them. Not for anyone.

Because doing that… would mean losing Olivia.

And I'd rather lose everything—my rank, my power, my pride—than lose her.

That woman… Olivia. I'd rip my own heart out before I let us hurt her again.

She already hates us for everything we did to her—for all the ways we broke her. For the pain we caused her just because of a stupid payback. And now, what? We're to mate Anita? Officially tie ourselves to the one woman who caused her pain, too?

No. Absolutely not.

I didn't care if the pups were mine.

I didn't care if they were all of ours.

There was no going back.

Suddenly, from the back seat, Lennox groaned.

"Ugh. This is a damn mess," he muttered, dragging a hand down his face. "I can't get the image out of my head."

"You mean the ultrasound?" Levi asked, finally speaking up, his voice flat.

"Yeah. That," Lennox answered grimly.

"They might not be ours," I snapped, gripping the steering wheel tighter. "We don't even know for sure. Until we do, we're not doing anything."

filled the

temples. "And if they

"But we are not making

Lennox said. "Olivia is the only one I'd ever mark as a mate. Ever. I don't care what the healer says. If

exhaled deeply,

that it's come to this," Levi muttered. "It

it is," I said. "And we're going to live

No one responded.

heavier with

to crawl its

Nothing—nothing—was worth losing Olivia.

I think we all knew

we didn't say it out

as the afternoon sun was dipping behind the

our mother—waiting by the entrance,

she said, her voice tight. "They said Anita was rushed to the

I muttered, not meeting her

Levi added, "the doctor said there's a

Why?

closer. I took a breath

We told her everything.

That the only way to truly give the pups a fighting chance was for the three of us

eyes

tell me," she said slowly, her voice rising, "you would let your

even be ours," Lennox snapped, stepping forward. "We're not

stared at us like we

have her flaws—yes, she's loud, manipulative, and entitled at times—but she's not a whore. She's not the kind of woman who sleeps around. You three know that damn

jaw

are already growing inside her! And what do you do? Stand there acting like it's

me more than

Levi grunt beside me. Even Lennox didn't have a

Olivia will be proud of you for this?" she added sharply. "For letting innocent children die just so you can prove your loyalty to her? This isn't

of us with disappointment in

without your mark. But when

walked away, leaving us standing on the steps like

time,

at the floor, my

Terrible fathers.

That part stuck.

know if they were mine… and yet her words still felt

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