Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

#Chapter 51 – Closet Conversations

As I tuck the boys into their beds, the television in their room set to stream a Disney Channel show for the next couple of hours, I hear the phone in my closet ring.

“Do you have another secret call, Mama?” Ian asks, his eyes fastened to the screen as he asks.

“What?”

“Your secret phone,” Alvin says, absently tossing popcorn into his mouth as he watches the bright colors, “the one in your closet.”

“How…” The boys, sensing a problem, both look at me at once. I sigh. Genius twins, Evelyn, remember? I don’t know why I thought I could keep anything from them.

The phone continues to ring.

“I have to go take that call, boys, but it’s for work. I want you to keep away from the secret phone, okay? It’s secret for a reason. It’s our secret. So don’t tell anyone, not even Edgar or Daddy or Amelia.”

I tried to hide “daddy” between two other innocuous persons – Edgar and Amelia wouldn’t care.

Ian gives me a thumbs up and Alvin gives me a conspiratorial smile. The boys love a secret. Problem solved for now, I pull their door closed behind me and hurry into my room and then my closet.

“Hello?” I say, answering the phone a little breathless.

“Did we not have a call scheduled.” It’s a question, technically, but Victor doesn’t present it as such. He knows we did.

“Yes, I’m sorry,” I say, settling into my closet’s corner. I even added a little pillow back here, for greater comfort. “My children needed a little…unexpected attention. I apologize.”

“That’s fine,” he says. “I understand.”

“Wonderful. So, how are things going for you lately?”

“Things are…complicated,” Victor grinds out. My heart sinks a little bit in my chest. What? I thought things were going well after the camping trip. At least on my end, everything is pretty smooth.

“What happened?” I ask.

which is largely what I wish to work through with you, I discovered that my partner betrayed me

even and professional, like an uninvolved therapist.

in jeopardy. It’s caused a lot of problems for me, but I confronted

of devil’s advocate,” I say, “was she right? Was her

word vehemently, with finality. “No, with her plan, I lose everything that I’ve worked

comprehend. I understand that you’re avoiding details for the sake of anonymity, but can you tell me more? Does your fiancé’s plan affect your work, your finances? Your

of them,” Victor sighs. “But most significantly, my relationship

this, dread filling my body and bones. “Are

a slight lessening of my fear. “They are perfectly fine. The ultimate result, the solution to her meddling, is that I’m

We agreed long ago that Victor would claim Alvin and Ian as his sons and heirs

moving up the date is not as much of an issue for you, though,

take so much planning and preparation. That’s not the issue. The problem is that my fiancé went behind my back to speak with another Alpha,

Amelia thinking? “That’s shocking,” I say, “considering everything you’ve told me so far

a certain unwillingness to cede control to the vision that

to contend this – remind him that

has equal right to plan our lives. But in this situation, she has crossed a line. It’s not

disbelief, my eyes wide with shock. “What

and I remember, of course, that I’m a therapist in this situation. I change tactics. “That is a very significant betrayal,” I say more evenly. “How did

is for the boys to leave our lives, to remain unacknowledged by me – for me to support them and

my eyes. Amelia, what a b***h, pretending to be my friend all this time – fireside sisters my

heirs they will be destined to take up his

he will acknowledge them. To break that promise – for Amelia’s sake – would be a great betrayal to my boys. If Victor goes

moving up the ceremony, that you disagree with your fiancé – that you plan to acknowledge

other side of the line and wonder if he has slammed his fist against something. That would be very Victor. “She has betrayed me – the kind of action that I would accept from no one. But she is my mate, and if what she says

say, my heart steely.

“What do you mean?”