Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

Chapter 36

#Chapter 36 – A New Pup

“That’s your dog,” I say, my fingers pressed against my temple as the puppy whines in the back seat. The boys fuss over him, fighting over names.

“We are going to call him Lucky,” says Alvin.

“No. Slug!,” says Ian, laughing.

“You are not naming him Slug,” I say, angry, twisting to glare at the boys. “He has to live his whole life with that name.”

“If it’s my dog,” Victor says, smirking, “Then why do you care?”

I roll my eyes, murmuring “Fine, do whatever you want. But have fun explaining to your constituents why their First Dog’s name is Slug.”

Victor nods, considering. “True. Boys! Slug is off the table.” Alvin cheers and Ian moans.

“Seriously, Victor,” I say, turning to him. “I don’t have the time or the energy to take care of what is essentially a third child. The dog stays with you, in your house.”

He laughs softly and nods. “It’s fine, Evelyn – the dog stays with me. I have a full household staff – we can handle it. It’s just a puppy.”

“Just a puppy,” I say, mocking. “That’s what you thought when you brought these two home,” I gesture over my shoulder with my thumb, “and then called me in a panic saying they were wrecking your house.”

“Ah, that was just first-night jitters. We figured it out.”

With that, we pull into Victor’s driveway just as the sun is starting to set. “Mama, can we stay and have dinner with the doggie? I want to eat out of a bowl on the floor with him!” Victor says, clutching the poor creature to his chest as we walk up the driveway.

“Whatever you want, Ian,” I say, smiling graciously at him. “Stay with the dog in your dad’s house as long as you want.”

“I want to stay too! I want puppy chow!” Alvin says, trying to grab the dog from his brother. Poor pup!, I think as it looks at me with wide eyes. But also, not my problem.

When I come in the door, I see Victor standing by the kitchen island reading a note.

“What’d you get?” I ask, moving to the fridge to grab a cold bottle of water.

“Note from Amelia,” Victor says, looking off into the distance.

“Oh?” I say, studying his face. He’s suddenly glum after being so cheerful all day. “Is everything okay?”

“She’s off to Milan,” he says, shaking his head. “For a couple of days with her girlfriends. Says she needs to ‘get some space.’”

I grimace as I twist open my bottle’s cap. “Guess it’s a good thing she wasn’t here for the arrival of the puppy. Might have sent her overboard.”

to leave him to it. “I’m going to check on the boys,

boys,” I say, leaning against the door frame and smiling at them. “You’re going to stay here for supper

look at me, too distracted by the

to call him Lizard,” Ian says, drawing a string in front of the dog, trying to get

“No,” Alvin says, “Merlin.”

a few more minutes before sneaking out. As

for an impromptu

think, and

just give me a few minutes to set up. Tell him I’ll call

sends me back a thumbs-up emoji and

stowing my phone away in

hand through his hair.

smile. “Please don’t let Ian name

an eyebrow at me. “No promises,” he says. “It’s my dog,

as I head out the

I twirl the numbers on the old rotary phone, dialing the line at the office that

His mechanized voice sounds

apologize for missing your call earlier. Do

fine, I apologize for requesting this unscheduled

on,” I murmur, settling in amongst the boots on my closet

she’s taken an impromptu trip to Milan. She didn’t even tell me about it

me in more detail about why this

as her reason for needing a break. I’m worried that if she can’t handle this chaos,” he hesitates, “that…well, that she’s not going to

the rotary phone’s chord around my fingers. “This sounds like you two have different priorities. She wants freedom and fun, whereas you seem to be very

says, after

like her to be on your

he says, more

laughing a little, “that’s unfair,

he’s used to everyone falling

gently. “You are both whole people in this relationship, with different wants and needs. It sounds to me like every time she tries to express what she wants, you punish her and demand that she adhere to your

he growls,

I wonder how your relationship would change if you spent

beginning, that we were going to start a family. It seems like more and more, these past months, she’s been moving in

would actually be to do the opposite. Call her and let her know you hope she’s having fun, send some flowers and wine

encourage her to continue

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