Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

#Chapter 217 – Tempers lost

“Are you serious, Evelyn?” he sputters, his eyes going wide. “After all of this? All that we’ve been through?”

“What?” I snap in response, shaking my head so that my hair falls back over my shoulder. “Is it not a legitimate question?”

“No, Evelyn!” He says, his voice raising in anger. “It’s absolutely not!”

“Well, it’s legitimate to me,” I say. “And I think I deserve an answer. How do I know?”

“You know,” he says, taking two angry steps towards me, “because I love you, Evelyn. There’s no space in my mind for anyone else – I couldn’t even begin to think about another woman –“

“All stuff you probably said to Amelia!” I exclaim. Somewhere deep inside me, I know that I’m probably being unfair – that I know the extent of what we feel to each other. But…this has also been in the back of my mind for weeks. Months, if I’m being honest.

Victor tenses his jaw and tightens his lips then, and I know that I’ve got him there. These are all things he certainly said to Amelia, especially when I came on the scene. So how could I truly trust them again?

“She was your mate, Victor,” I say, some of the anger leeching at me as I voice this, my deepest hesitation about our relationship. “You get one of those in a lifetime. And you left your mate for me – which is insane –“

“Evelyn,” he says, shaking his head. “It’s different –“

“How can it be different!” I interrupt, throwing up my hands. “I know that you and Amelia had your problems, and that she was…she was so manipulative, and what she wanted was so contrary to what you want for your life, and that I fit that bill so neatly – but she was your mate, Victor.”

He doesn’t say anything to me and I just shake my head at him.

“Doesn’t that mean anything to you?” I push. “How can I ever compete with that? Did you just…did you just go with me because I fit the image of the wife you want? Because I already had your kids – because…because I want more children? Because you want more too?”

“No, Evelyn,” he says, shaking his head sharply. “It’s more than that – it’s so much more than that.”

“Your mate, Victor!” I exclaim.

certainly not one that competes with what that word means in our world and our culture. That word is supposed to

him, confused, not really

than that. And just because I can’t explain it

anger coming back. “Just the fact that you were standing at

he barks, making me jump a little. “Is it time now to bring up your betrayal? I parted ways with Amelia and since then have never looked back – not once. But you – your

my strength for you – my life – I’m going to die out here in these woods, leaving my

the trees. “Why are you doing this? Why are you starting these

my mouth shut but

voice low with an edge of anger to it. “Honestly, are we not beyond all

we’re dying, Victor!” I shout, throwing my hands up. “If not now,

go?” he says, his voice lower now as he takes a step towards me. “With accusations of me not loving you on your lips? With rootless anxiety in your heart regarding how I feel

come up with nothing. He’s right, of course – we are beyond

but I’m determined

the knowledge that we love each other – that we tried everything we could to build our lives

still, something in me. Something dark urges

clear the air, Victor,” I say, my voice trembling. “I…I can’t

I shake my head. He

to wonder, Victor,” I say, my voice soft, “if I’ll ever be enough for you.

distance, and I can see that he is frustrated. Torn,

got. I

is me, not him – it’s my lack of faith that has caused this rift. All of his

the fear…it drags at

Alvin’s voice pulls me out of the moment, towards where my two boys are standing a few yards away at the top of the little rise. “Can we

How long had they been there? How much did they hear? Of all people in the world, they are