Chapter 197: Straight From the Heart

Moana

We headed upstairs after the police officer dropped us off. When we arrived, Selina and the maids were sitting on the couch and immediately jumped up when they heard us coming.

“Oh, thank goodness!” Selina cried, rushing toward me and pulling me into her arms. “Are you okay? Are you hurt?”

I shook my head, then put my finger over my lips and pointed at Ella, who was still sleeping on Edrick’s shoulder. Selina nodded and wiped her tears away. Edrick took Ella back to her room without a word, leaving me alone with Selina and the maids.

“Moana, what happened?” Amy asked, keeping her voice low. “We were worried sick.”

“I’ll explain everything tomorrow,” I said. “But we’re okay. We’re safe.”

hushed her and sent them both off to her room. Selina left, too, but not before giving me another tight hug that took me just as much by surprise as the first one. As she hugged me, I couldn’t help but relax a bit into her arms, feeling comforted by the old housekeeper’s touch. When we pulled away, there were tears in both of our eyes. Selina looked like she was about to say something, but she seemed to decide against it and

clothes were torn and filthy. Mine

us spoke as we cleaned ourselves off and changed into clean pajamas. We climbed into bed and laid there motionless in the darkness for a long time, but I knew that neither of us would be able to sleep

been talking to Olivia; she convinced me that you were going to take my baby from me, and that you’re just using me to get another Alpha heir. I found out that you were putting those drops in my coffee, and then I decided to

what

things. In fact, he did

Edrick reached out for me. I felt his arms wrap around me and he pulled me close to him, so close that all I could feel was his warmth and his

been honest with you from the beginning. About everything; Olivia, your lineage,

shook my head and

and swung his legs over the bed, standing and walking over to the closet. “But it

rifle through his closet as he spoke. I sat up and turned on the bedside lamp to see him coming

convinced that we would live a happy life together and that she loved me. I knew that she wasn’t my fated mate, but I didn’t care. When she got pregnant, I was overjoyed. And when Ella was born, and I held my

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