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.

one of those, because she’s

I say, my mouth making a perfect circle.

“About nine months ago, Ame—” he stops, correcting himself, “she discovered that she was

“What happened?” I ask.

early

some months later, I found a prescription in her nightstand for –I don’t know

sorry to hear that. Can you tell me how that

have children. It never occurred to me that my mate would…would kill my

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

of those people – I understand that abortion is a choice women make sometimes, out of personal or medical necessity, but in

slowly. “I understand. This must be very difficult for you. Have you

tried to bring it up – actually, I tried the day

of the problem,” I say. “This is a conversation that you need to have when

he sighs.

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

not sure I can

You need new skills, new methods, for dealing with the people in your life.” Victor is silent on his side of the phone – I

it in the past,” I advise. “Ask her, honestly, about what your mutual timeline is for kids – make a plan. Then, if she doesn’t come through on the plan to which you

see,” Victor says.

it with your whole heart,” I say gently. “Try not to view it as a negotiation. Tell her what you want, and listen when

laugh. “Yes, in theory, I can see that’s true. But you haven’t met my

after Victor hangs up the phone. I think back on the advice that I’ve given him and consider that, with Amelia…perhaps I have sent him

shopping bags onto the kitchen island and swooping down to give Victor a kiss

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

today,”

friendly every

“Baby, I don’t think anyone on

sit with me,” Victor says, patting the stool next

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