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.”

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

Edrick returned to the living room. He looked exhausted, and his clothes were torn and filthy. Mine were

long time, but I knew that neither of us would be able to sleep — and I couldn’t keep my story in any longer. I felt

a lump form in my throat as I stared up at the ceiling. “This is all my fault. For weeks, I’ve 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

out of my chest, wondering what he was going to say. I wondered if he would

do any of those things.

close that all I could feel was his warmth and his

honest with you from the beginning. About everything; Olivia, your lineage, the serum. I thought that I was protecting you by keeping the truth from you, but it turned out to put you in more danger in the

shook my head

He sat up then and swung his legs over the bed, standing and walking over to the closet. “But it is. All along, I’ve been hiding so much from both you and Ella.

turned on the bedside lamp to see him coming

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 little girl for the first time, I knew that Olivia was brought

is all of this?”

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