Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

#Chapter 89 – Rehearsal Dinner

A few hours later, when the boys have been neatly dressed in their first suits of the weekend, there comes a knock at the door.

I smooth my hands over my own black cocktail dress and go to answer it. I let out a whoosh of breath when I see that it’s Victor. “Come in,” I say, opening the door wide for him. As soon as he enters, though, I close the door quickly.

He turns to me, frowning a little. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah,” I say, raising my hands to check and see that my hair is still in place. I laugh a little. “Your mom just spooked me a bit, is all.”

“My mom?” he says, turning fully to stare at me. “My mother came to see you?”

“Yeah,” I say, nodding. “Didn’t you know?”

Victor slowly shakes his head back and forth and I can see him processing. “What did she say to you?”

“That your family was going to be hard on me,” I say. “I’m grateful for the warning, but I admit, I’m more anxious than I was before.”

Victor glances back at the boys. “Did she see them?”

I nod. “She was really nice to them. She said they reminded me of you.”

He nods, considering. “My mother is a…tactical woman. I wanted to be here when she met them, but clearly, she had other plans.”

He turns his full attention on me, then. “She’s not wrong, Evelyn,” he says. “I should have warned you before – my father, my brother, they will take Amelia’s side and see you as an interloper. But it’s nothing you can’t handle.”

I laugh a little, sardonically, and press a hand to my forehead. “Should I even go to this dinner, Victor? Honestly, the boys are safe here – they can go alone –“

closer. “Well well,” he says, repeating his mother’s phrase. “I didn’t think it’d take so little to

to steel within me. “I’m not afraid of anything,” I say, meaning it. Victor nods, satisfied, and turns back to the room where the boys are lounging on the couch, discussing how fast

their enthusiastic greeting, and am grateful, suddenly, that Victor knows me well enough to challenge me in a moment like this. A few minutes ago I was

I say, and the three of them turn to face me. “Let’s

and I see my boys shy back a little bit. I realize, suddenly,

“You have nothing to be

Victor gives me a warm smile and an encouraging nod. We each take a boy by

little laugh amongst a throng of admiring friends and family. I don’t recognize

standing in front of me, his green eyes merry and

Victor says, putting out a hand to shake his brothers. “I’d like you to meet

steps forward and holds out his

laughs, charmed. “Well, very nice to meet you

around his brother’s shoulders, pulling him forward a step. “This is my brother Alvin. He’s a little

and anxiously puts out his hand as well. “I am very pleased to make your acquaintance,” he says

feel ashamed. Rafe shakes his hand. “Well, it is very nice to meet you too, Alvin. We’ll see what we can do about making you come out of your shell. Did you know, I am your uncle? Your dad’s brother, in fact. Younger, of course,” Rafe looks up to give

Ian says, looking back to me

encouraged by Rafe’s kindness. “We’re getting all

up, still smiling down at both of them. “I’m quite glad to have the honor

and I’m surprised again at the visual

Rafe says, putting his hands in his pockets in the same way Victor does.

to his sons. “Are you ready

to go deeper into the room. As the three of them go, he raises an eyebrow

nod, smiling after him, I’ll be fine. He nods with a small