Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

Chapter 31

#Chapter 31 – Forgiveness

“Hello?” Victor’s mechanized voice scratches through the phone.

“Hey,” I say. “It’s nice to hear from you.”

Victor hesitates on the other side of the line and I realize, feeling stupid, that I’m talking to him like a friend. I clear my throat and sit up straight in my closet.

“So, why don’t you tell me about your week? Did you have any productive conversations with your partner?”

“Well, no,” he admits. “It’s been a busy week, I’ve been…occupied.”

So occupied you had time to take your sons to the theme park for a whole day, I think. “It’s important to take time to work on your issues,” I say, stern. “Talk therapy is only ten percent. You’ve got to take the things we learn about here and put them into action in your life.”

I hear him sigh. “Yes, I agree. It can be difficult to find a balance.”

“Yes, I understand. So, what’s been on your mind, recently?”

“My mate has been…well, I think she is reticent. To embrace our new life since my sons appeared on the scene. I appreciate that this is something that was shoved on her without her consent – I really do. But I wish I saw more…effort?”

“Tell me more about that,” I say, a little selfishly. “Has she been…cruel, to the children?”

“No,” Victor says, and I can imagine him shaking his head. “No, I truly believe that she is…innocent, of the incident before. She just isn’t interested in them. She doesn’t want to spend time with the boys or get involved in political projects that focus on children. She was excited to design the boys’ new bedroom in my house but…honestly, I’m wondering if she enjoyed the project more for the design challenge, rather than wanting to make the boys happy.”

I nod and hum in the back of my throat, letting him know I’m listening. “I worry,” he continues, “that she’s just not interested in this family life. I thought that with more time she would mature and grow into some kind of maternal instinct. But she doesn’t show many signs of that.”

“And how long have you been together?”

“Five years.”

“That’s not a very long time,” I say. “Depending on her age, she could still be growing into that kind of maternity. Some women don’t truly feel maternal until they get pregnant or have a child – it can be a very bodily urge.”

I hear him sigh on the other end of the line, doubting me. “What?” I ask, pushing him.

think she’s one of

my mouth making a perfect circle. Wow.

himself, “she discovered that she was pregnant. I was thrilled,

“What happened?” I ask.

early on. At

letting him process. “Well,” he continues, “she told me it was a miscarriage. But by accident, some months later, I found a prescription in her nightstand for –I don’t know

blow,” I say. “I’m sorry to hear that. Can you tell

betrayed,” he says, huffing. “We always planned to have children. It never occurred to

abortion in those terms,” I say gently. “Perhaps she didn’t see it as such

is a choice women make sometimes, out of personal or medical necessity,

This must be very difficult for you. Have you spoken to

up – actually, I tried the day

I say. “This is a conversation that you need to have when you are feeling

he sighs. “That

you should forgive her – maybe make peace with the fact that you’ll never know whether

can forgive so

perhaps that’s why you are in the place that you are. You need new skills, new methods, for dealing with the

about what your mutual timeline is for kids – make a plan. Then, if she doesn’t come through on the plan to which you both agree, then you can have a conversation about

Victor says. “This does

what you want, and listen when she tells you what she wants. Try to keep it fun – you’re imagining your future, after all. It should be a pleasant

a laugh. “Yes, in theory, I can see that’s true. But

phone. I think back on the advice that I’ve given him and consider that, with Amelia…perhaps I have sent him into a bit

Amelia says, lifting her shopping bags onto the kitchen island and swooping down to give Victor a kiss on the cheek as he reads through some paperwork

he says, catching her hand and pulling her close. Amelia giggles

today,” she

every

and tilts his face up to her. “Baby, I don’t think anyone

stool next to

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