#Chapter 252 – Exhausted

Victor comes home late that night, looking exhausted. Alvin, however, is invigorated, running through the house shouting for Ian, eager to tell him all about his day.

“Hello, you,” I murmur, as Victor comes over to my spot on the couch and leans down to give me a kiss.

“Hello,” he replies after our lips part. He then slumps back into the cushions and closes his eyes.

“What did you get up to?” I ask, curiously looking after our son pounding up the stairs. “Lots of Alpha stuff? He’s certainly excited.”

“Of course he is,” Victor murmurs, a little smirk playing on his lips. “He got to spend the whole day crawling all over firetrucks with his absolute ‘favorite person in the whole wide world.’ A direct quote, by the way.”

“His favorite person?” I ask, a little appalled. “I thought that was me…”

“Nope,” Victor says, opening his eyes and looking at me, his smirk growing. “Apparently we both lost out. It’s Mark.”

My eyes go wide as I gasp. Then, I give Victor a swift little kick. “Mark! What the hell are you doing stalking my ex!?”

“Not ex,” he says, raising his eyebrows. “Exes. Plural.”

My mouth falls open, confused, but he continues.

“Did Edgar ever mention that in another life he’d like to try being a fireman? Because that’s precisely what he did –“

“Oh gross!” I shout, but I can’t help the laughter that bursts from me as well. “You spent the day with two of my exes! Ew!”

and resting his head back, closing his eyes again. “I got lots of tips. Mark says you like this thing where

indignation and kick him again, harder this time, but Victor just laughs and catches my foot, starting to rub it. “I’m just teasing you, Evie,” he says, happy. “It was a bit

breath, glaring at him and admiring his handsome face as I do. “There should have been at least one

Victor murmurs, taking a deep breath in

a page over in my book and resting it on the floor. I’m not really mad, of course – I’m not ashamed of my love life. Frankly, I should be proud of my little collection of men. I should get an

though?” I ask after a few

it over. “But we’ve got

but then I shut my mouth, considering that if he wanted to talk about it that he’d

taking both of his hands. “Let’s go have

one eye and peering at me. “I’m too

I

from my yell and turning his head sleepily against the couch cushion. “No, don’t call them. They were being so nice and

as the

up, mama?” Ian asks, running over to us,

everything all right?” My sweet Alvin asks, looking between us, always

instead the start of a game. Ian gasps dramatically, putting a hand over his mouth as Alvin’s eyes go wide, looking between his father

cries, throwing his hands up as well. Alvin dashes to his dad, taking the lapels of his suit in his hands and giving him a worried

watch Victor as I say this, noting the little smile he works to keep from his mouth as he plays along, pretending to sleep

do?” Alvin gasps,

say wisely. “The only cure is to make sure daddy is as comfortable and happy as possible.

jumping into action and starting to pull pillows from the couch, heaping them on the floor to make a

murmurs, peeking through his lashes and watching his kids. “This is

a new variant of my own favorite game – mommy is

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