Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

#Chapter 16 – Bedtime Story

“Ohhhh no you don’t,” I say, laughing anxiously. I start to stand up but Alvin lunges for me and grabs my hand.

“Come on, mama, we want to hear the story!” Alvin looks up at me with big brown eyes, hard to resist.

“Yes, mama! We want to hear daddy’s side!” Ian stays curled up next to his father, clinging to his arm.

“Yeah, come on, mama” Victor says, smirking at me, his voice low and mocking. “What are you afraid of? That I’ll tell them the truth?”

I know I’m rising to his bait, but I sit back down on the bed. “Fine. But I get mediation privileges. I demand the right to correct you when you lie.”

Victor nods graciously and the boys cheer.

“Closer, mama!” Alvin tugs on my arm, pulling me to the top of the bed with the rest of them. I curl up on Alvin’s far side, careful to stay as close to the edge as I can without falling off.

I start the story. “Mommy and daddy met at a party,” I say, beginning to stroke Alvin’s hair as I always do at bedtime. I pause, wondering how to phrase Mommy had just put on her sluttiest dress, bent on revenge…

“There were lots of people at the party,” Victor’s voice interrupts me. I look up to see him watching me, smirking, “and they were bothering your mom.”

I nod and smile a bit, keeping his eye contact, thanking him, silently, for skipping over the parts the boys don’t need to know.

“Yes, so many people bothering me,” I say to the boys, lying easily, “and as soon as daddy saw them pestering me, he drove them away – whoosh!” I make a flying motion with my hands, and the boys laugh.

“It wasn’t quite like that,” Victor says, his voice low, resonant. I raise my eyebrow, surprised to hear his edits. “In fact,” he says, “your mother was very very tricky, like a little fox.” I can see him work to repress a smile. “She was pretending to be very pitiful and helpless, and letting all the people pester her, just so I would save her.”

The boys gasp, and so do I.

“Mommy, so tricky!” Ian laughs. I can tell he is impressed. Alvin also looks at me fondly, his eyes bright.

quite the hero. “After all, a

true,” I say slowly, willing to play Victor’s game. The boys heads turn to me, eager. “You see, mommy didn’t even need to be tricky.

Victor smirks at the twist. I can see

daddy would have found a reason to come and help me, because he was swept off his feet.” I make another woosh-ing motion with my hand, and allow it to land

Victor counters. “The reality is, she stumbled, deliberately, so that daddy had to catch her and hold her up. And when I did“ he pauses for effect, “do you know what

Ian,

me, you just had to ask!” We all laugh at that, and I’m surprised, again, at this

I say, gathering myself and putting on a serious tone. “Daddy stepped on my toes so that I would fall in the first

mission to catch daddy, to make him all her

close we’re edging on the truth here. “Daddy didn’t try very hard to escape. It didn’t

my jab. “Mommy knew that daddy had a lot of money at his

for

shame, first because I let him bait me, and then because I let

asleep,” Victor whispers

that their heads have fallen heavy on the pillows, their mouths open slightly as they breathe

say, pulling the blanket higher over Alvin’s shoulder. “I’m sorry, Victor,” I

agree,” he says, and I note that he doesn’t

here tonight,” Victor says, moving to edge out from between the boys. As he does, Alvin lets out a little cry and clutches at Victor’s

to shift myself off the bed and Ian half opens an eye, letting out a

a deeper sleep,” he says in response. “They have had a big day, they need to sleep in peace. We can give him

up with my little Alvin, resting my head next to his, as Victor pushes a button on a remote and the room fades to darkness. I feel Alvin breathing slowly beside me and wait patiently

Did Victor push the button on the remote again? That’s stupid – the boys will never be able

my head and look around. s**t, it isn’t artificial light – that’s brilliant, beautiful dawn pouring through Victor’s floor-to-ceiling windows. I blink and look around further, my eyes and mind still

no. Oh god. What the

of an Alpha. I jump, trying to get myself