Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

#Chapter 103 – Family Ties

“Mimi!” Ian shouts, bursting through Victor’s back door. He had seen his grandmother through the window as he ran across the yard, his backpack slung over his shoulder. “Are you coming to our school today!?”

She laughs, bending down to look at her grandson. “Your school? What are you talking about?”

Alvin and Evelyn come through the kitchen door, Evelyn pressing it closed behind her. “We go to school here now, Mimi!” Alvin says, equally excited.

Marissa turns a curious look on Evelyn, who nods and shrugs. “Victor and I decided to homeschool them for a few months, until the academy gets on its feet. We’re interviewing tutors today.”

“How exciting,” Marissa says, smiling down at the boys.

“Yeah I’m going to pick a really good one,” Ian says, hefting his backpack up onto one of the high kitchen schools. “Someone who knows a lot about lizards.”

“Very into reptiles, recently,” Evelyn murmurs to Marissa on her way past her, heading for the coffee machine.

“I remember that phase,” Marissa says, laughing lightly and lifting Alvin up into a chair.

Evelyn pours herself a cup of coffee. “Do you need one, Marissa?”

But Marissa points to her own half-full cup, sitting on the kitchen island. “No, darling, but thank you for asking.”

Evelyn looks passively around the room as she heads to the fridge for cream. “Where is Victor? We have tutors coming in about ten minutes.”

Marissa shrugs and settles into a chair next to Alvin. “He’ll be here, you know he’s never late.”

Evelyn nods and settles into a chair across from Marissa. “I don’t know how he does it. Maybe he swallowed a pocket watch as a child, so he always knows the time.”

“Like the crocodile,” Marissa says, smiling and lifting her coffee cup to her lips. “Always chasing Peter Pan.”

Evelyn laughs, charmed. “Yes, that’s right! I’d forgotten about that.”

Alvin looks down at his own stomach, as if imagining his own internal clock. “Would that work?”

“No, baby,” Evelyn says, laughing. “Please, don’t try it.”

Ian starts unloading his books onto the island, clearly planning to quiz the tutors very hard on their credentials. Alvin leans over to help him formulate a plan.

Victor’s father and brother aren’t

she says, “about how they treated you at the wedding. It is unforgivable, but I hope that you will…well, perhaps give them another

as your husband and son did, my instinct is to ensure that they

have had talks with both of them, and I will have more, encouraging them to treat you with

all they want. But it doesn’t mean that they respect me. Deep down, I will know the contempt that they have

her eyes that makes

wondering what she could

in a world well worth dismissing.” She turns

be ashamed of, or a sign of immorality?” Evelyn brings her coffee mug to her lips, quirking an eyebrow. “It might take a long haul

and raises her cup in Evelyn’s direction. “You may be right. But I have to

smile. “Then I will promise not to bare my teeth and bite their heads off the next time I see them.

at Evelyn fondly. “I do consider

heads turn as they hear slow footsteps on the

stretches her hands above her head as she yawns and totters into the kitchen, high heels already strapped to her feet. “Is there any

going to get a cup. “Do you want cream

Bridgette says, wrinking her nose. “No, that’s way too many extra

shrugs, handing Bridgette a

dear.” Marissa says, looking over Bridgette with

guess, but Rafe kept me up all night doing –“ She opens her eyes and giggles, perhaps remembering who she’s talking to. “Well. You

don’t know!” Ian says, giving Bridgette a cheerful smile over the top of his book. “Were you up

tinkly little laugh. “Yeah,

one?” Alvin

the room, all business. “Hello, everyone,” he says, leaning down to

greetings and Evelyn notes the small smile that passes on his lips. He likes to have a full house, she thinks, as he ruffles the boys hair on the way to the fridge. As long

the tutors arrive?” Evelyn

be here in five minutes,” he answers, taking a water bottle from

Evelyn says, standing up from where she was leaning on the counter. “Boys, stay here with your Mimi. Dad and I

head out of the room. Victor opens the door to his office, allowing her to enter

dropping into a chair next to

it. This is what it was always like, when I was