Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

#Chapter 247 – Reunion

Bridgette is standing in the doorway with a bag pressed tightly to her chest, Alvin’s hand held tightly in her own. Her lovely blond hair is golden in the backlit glow from the porch light. “Um,” she says, giving us all an awkward little smile. “Does anyone want some ice cream? Alvin and I made a…pitstop.”

Rafe just stares at her, struck dumb by something – her beauty, his own fear of losing her again, his guilt perhaps? I look between the two of them, assessing, but luckily Ian comes to all of our aid.

“I want ice cream!” He calls, jumping off the couch and rushing towards Bridgette. “What kind did you get?” he asks, pulling at the bag in her arms and not bothering to say hello. “Did you get rocky road? You didn’t get strawberry, did you?”

Bridgette laughs, her face lighting up, and begins to answer his questions.

I blink, coming back to myself, and walk warmly over to her.

“Ian,” I scold, frowning at him. “Do we interrogate people about their ice cream when they come into our house? Or do we say hello?”

“Oops,” he says, giving me a little grimace. Then he gives Bridgette a bright smile. “Welcome home, auntie!” he says, wrapping his arms around her waist as she laughs and pats his back. Alvin takes the opportunity to steal the back of ice cream, absconding with it to the kitchen, where he puts it on the table and climbs up next to it like an eager little monkey.

I watch him, laughing a little as he pulls the cartons out and places them on the table. I should scold him too for climbing on the table, but he’s just so funny.

“Hey!” Ian shouts, realizing that the ice cream is gone. He spies his brother taking the advantage and runs over to the table to join him.

“Wash your hands!” I call out to them as I close the door behind Bridgette. “Spoons! Bowls! Paper towels! We are not eating our ice cream with our fingers tonight!”

The boys shout their assent and continue their work. I wrap my arm around Bridgette’s waist, bringing her in and giving her another warm smile, hoping she knows that she’s safe and welcome here. She gives me an anxious smile in return, glancing towards Rafe, who hasn’t moved.

for getting the ice cream, Bridgette,” I

letting me know with her expression that she figured out

I look towards my boys.

lovely to see you, Bridgette,” he says, leaning forward to give her a brotherly kiss on the cheek. She murmurs her returned greeting before he turns to me, putting a compelling arm around my

my mouth to protest, intending to stay at Bridgette’s side, but Victor gives me a look.

scowl, realizing that he’s right, of course. I am, perhaps – just perhaps! – getting too involved in what

give Bridgette a little kiss on the cheek and let Victor pull me away. “We’ll be right over here,” I whisper, nodding towards the living room. “In

his arms as he did to Ian a few minutes ago and making me give a little

it’s fruitless. “You can’t just carry

sitting down on the couch and pulling me with him so that I end up curled up in his lap. “That’s my right, as

I look towards the kitchen, where the boys are sitting on the table digging into the ice cream and Bridgette is taking a few tentative steps towards Rafe, his head

hear him. “I am the boss, and

get your hopes up on that one, kid,”

he continues softly, confidently, beginning to press kisses discretely along the length of my neck. “I

and newly intrigued. He traces his lips across the skin of my shoulder, just barely using the edge of his teeth to press a sharp line there, making me shiver and reminding me of that night in

at this touch and I turn my face to him,

he’s doing.

stay at Bridgette’s side, but Victor gives me a look. Come on, Evie, he says sternly into my mind. It’s their

push against him, trying to get to my feet. But he just tightens his arms and pulls me back into his lap. “My wiles?” He asks,

I realize there’s no way he’s going to let me go free. “You’re using my attraction to you against me – your wiles! Distracting me with your body and your

asks, tilting his head as he considers my word choice.