Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

#Chapter 244 – Down the Barrel of a Gun

“Get out of my house!” a feminine voice shrieks. “I’ll shoot you! Get out!”

“Bridgette!” I shout, half panicked and half furious, ducking my head and curling my body around Alvin’s as I press us both against the wall outside the cabin’s door. “Put the f*****g gun down! It’s me! It’s Evelyn!”

“Evelyn!” I hear her gasp and there’s a clatter – god, did she just drop a loaded gun on the floor? I groan, hearing footsteps pounding towards us, realizing that we never should have left her alone with a gun in the house.

I’m looking up at the door and see the moment when her pretty blonde head peeks out of the. “Oh my god!” she pants. “It really is you! I am so sorry – Evelyn, you scared me –“

My limbs are shaking as I unwrap myself from Alvin, who looks up at Bridgette.

“Hi, auntie,” he says, working to give her a tremulous little smile.

“Oh, baby,” she moans, crouching down next to us and putting her arms out to him. He immediately goes to her, wrapping her in a hug. “I’m so sorry.”

“It’s okay,” he assures her, resting his head on her shoulder. “We surprised you – we should have called first –“

“We did call first,” I say through gritted teeth, taking a deep breath and working to dismiss my anger, to remind myself that she’s a woman alone in the woods. She has every right to defend herself. We just…should have taught her some gun safety first.

“Evelyn,” Bridgette says, shaking her head. “I’m so, so –“

“It’s okay, Bridgette,” I respond, getting to my feet and forcing a smile onto my face. “No harm done, right?”

She nods briskly, gesturing towards the door. “Come in!”

She picks Alvin up and holds him on her hip as she leads the way into the house and, despite the panic and adrenaline still pumping through my veins, my heart breaks to see her do it. After all, she’s here because she thought she, too, was going to have a little one to carry just like that, and then found out in the worst way that she wasn’t.

shut behind me, shaking the thoughts away. They’re not helpful right now – we

she places him on a chair at the table and moves to

sorry little shrug as she

have

head at me. “I forgot it. And when I went down to the little store in

you didn’t…order one? Or drive

the table as she places the carton of orange juice on

I say, moving quickly to her side. “What’s going

calling it…” she whispers, not looking at me. “He wouldn’t stop. Even when I blocked his number, he just got a new one. So…it was easier to just let the phone die. So

her, giving her a squeeze. “I’m sorry

think about how it was cutting me off from you though.

dismissing it. “Who

nudge her towards the

asks, looking around the cabin curiously as I move to

she says,

asks, turning his head

kind of like being bored for a little,” she says, whispering it like a secret. “I’m hardly ever alone. Did you know I have six brothers and sisters? We all grew up in a little house, and I had to share a bed with all of my sisters.” She stretches out her arms, taking up all the space

I always have Ian.” He taps his head. “Up here, if we’re not

replies with

the orange

at me. “Though I think I’m getting ready to go.

you know what you want to

shaking her head to tell me she doesn’t. I nod, supportive