Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

#Chapter 35 – Under the Apple Tree

“So,” Victor says awkwardly, clearing his throat. “How did your date go last night?”

“I didn’t think you cared,” I return. Victor is driving us to a little farm upstate, just for the day. He came to my house yesterday, returning the boys, and asked me to take this little trip so that the boys could get some fresh air and we could “have a little chat.”

I admit, I’m a little nervous to find out what this little chat is about. But overall, I’m happy on any occasion when I get to take my boys somewhere they’ve never been.

He shakes his head. “I’m trying, Evelyn.”

“It was nice,” I say, softening. “We had coffee in town.” He nods his head and the awkward silence returns. Sick of walking on eggshells, I decide to break it.

“You know, I’m not sure I knew you could drive?”

Victor frowns, glancing at me, and then quickly returning his eyes to the road, ever-responsible. “What do you mean?”

“Usually you let the Betas drive,” I say, shrugging as I tease.

“Just because I can afford not to,” Victor says, smirking. “Doesn’t mean I can’t.” With that, he hits the gas and we fly down the road. I laugh and the boys raise their hands in the back seat like they’re on a roller coaster, shrieking with joy.

That’s something about all of us wolves, it must be something innate in our DNA. We love to go fast.

As we pull up to the farm, Ian presses his face and hands to the window, fogging it with his breath. “Wow,” he says, “I can see it. I can see the orchard, I can see…a cow! A chicken! A whole bunch of chickens!”

“Let me seeeee” Alvin whines, pulling against the seatbelt that holds him into his booster seat.

“Calmly, everyone. You’ll all see it soon enough.” Victor pulls into the gravel lot set aside for parking and we both smile as we unpack the car, releasing the boys and gathering up the picnic basket that I’ve packed for the occasion.

“This is amazing,” Alvin says, looking around with wide eyes, hardly knowing where to look first.

“Animals first,” Victor directs, pointing towards a barn. “Then we’ll pick apples and have lunch.”

The boys run off towards the barn, laughing with excitement. “This is so cool,” I say, hoisting the picnic basket higher on my shoulder. “How did you know about it?”

“Actually,” Victor says, grimacing a little. “I kind of…own it.”

“What!?”

leased it to these farmers for generations. They’re not exactly profitable,” he says, shrugging, “but they’re good people, and they

buy a lot of apples,” I

want,” Victor says passively, following the boys. He nods to a man at

only before seen in books and on TV. Alvin is more timid than I expected him to be, refusing to pet the cow, but

don’t ride cows,” Victor

little mania

animals, sitting down amongst the rabbits and the chickens, letting them eat feed from

of there before

like miles. Though they are planted in neat rows, the branches defy their boundaries, reaching out to touch each other across the dirt lanes between them, creating a delicate arch over our

beautiful here, Victor,” I say

know,” he agrees, “I’ve always loved it. These trees are

on Victor’s pant. “I

further,” Victor says, nodding his head forward. “There’s a little hill up here I want

old apple tree that seems to

I say, staring upwards through the leafy branches, the leaves just showing a hint of

farmers planted generations ago,” Victor says. “But this one was here already.

says laughing as he and Ian pull themselves up into the branches, climbing

please,” I call after them. “Not too

staring up after them. “It brings me a

higher, and lay out the blanket, spreading out the picnic for the four of us to enjoy. When they’re ready, the boys come over

up here?” Ian asks,

“I grew up in a big house. I’ll show it to you some day soon. But we came here a

ride the horses!” Alvin

have a nice day.” Alvin nods, but I can see it in his

listening to it as it whistles through the branches of the ancient tree. There is something special about this place, I decide. I can’t put

bark in the distance. Then, Ian

open my eyes, looking around, and see a black-and-white shepherd dog pacing up the path towards us. Behind her stumble a litter of puppies, all matching her beautiful shaggy

with her, daddy?!” Ian asks, already starting to

stand up. Victor puts

that’s just Swift,” he says, laughing. “I can’t believe she’s still around, and still having puppies. She’s an

anxious, I call “Let her sniff your hands first! Before you pet her!” The boys comply, and then sit down with the puppies, letting them climb all

say. Victor nods and laughs along