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

stare at him, confused,

I can’t explain it –“ he scoffs, then, running a hand down his face. “I mean,

the fact that you were standing at the altar waiting

he barks, making me jump a little. “Is it time now to bring up your betrayal? I parted ways with Amelia and since then

dare, Victor Kensington,” I say, taking a step towards him and baring my teeth up into his face. “I gave up half my strength for you – my life –

his voice loud and echoing through the trees. “Why are you

hesitate, then, snapping my mouth shut but still looking up at

we not left all of these issues behind?” He asks, his voice low with an edge of anger to it. “Honestly, are we not beyond all of this? Why

we’re dying, Victor!” I shout, throwing my hands

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

tears then, and I come up with nothing. He’s right, of course – we are beyond all of this

determined to live

the knowledge that we love each other – that we

still, something in me. Something

trembling. “I…I can’t live, or die, with these questions in my head. She

his brows drawing down, ready to fight again, but I shake my head. He closes his mouth, but I can still

don’t know if I’ll ever not be able to wonder, Victor,” I say, my voice soft, “if I’ll ever be enough for you. If I’ll ever really compare

distance, and I can see that he is frustrated.

Evelyn,” he says simply. “It’s all I’ve got. I wish…I

of guilt, then. Because it is me, not him – it’s my lack of faith that has caused this rift. All of his words, all of his actions, have

drags at my soul. Makes

where my two boys are standing a few yards away at

of them, suddenly embarrassed for forgetting them. How long had they been there? How much did they hear?