Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

#Chapter 256 – The Laser

I frown at Victor as he opens his bedside drawer, half my attention on Alvin reaching out to pull Archie off of Ian and give the dog a snuggle. “Why do you want a mint?” I ask, turning back to my kids. “You just brushed your teeth.”

“Sometimes, you just want a mint,” Victor murmurs, and I turn back to him, confused. And then I see the little smirk pulling at the corners of his mouth. Frowning a little – not upset, just curious – I watch him, giving him my full attention now.

And my mouth falls open when he draws, from the very back of the drawer, a little black velvet box.

I gasp aloud, going very still.

The boys react immediately to my noise and my stillness, the wolves in them instantly alert to the change. Almost at once, my twins turn to me and then to Victor, watching carefully.

“Evelyn,” Victor says, palming the box and coming to sit next to me on the bed. I go a little pale, my hands shooting up to my mouth to cover it. I watch him with wide eyes – completely surprised but also utterly happy. If this is what I think it is…

“Evelyn,” he says again, laughing a little and reaching out to touch my wrists, to pull them away from my face. I can hear his voice waiver slightly, as if he’s anxious. But he can’t possibly be…

“Papa,” Ian whispers, interested and perhaps a little confused.

“Shhh!” Alvin interrupts, reaching over to cover Ian’s mouth with his hand, muffling his interruptions.

“But!” Ian cries, his words garbled behind Alvin’s hand. Victor presses on, ignoring them but unbothered. He doesn’t mind, really, I can tell – we both know it wouldn’t be the same without the boys here, and it wouldn’t be an event with the boys if they didn’t interject. I want them to be part of it.

“I had plans to do this another way,” Victor continues. “Lots of different ways – but I heard you, last time, when you said that you wanted me to ask you this question in a moment that felt…like it was totally ours. And there is no moment that feels more truly ‘us’ than one filled with the sound of your laugher, and the comfort of our home,” he looks at the boys then as well, and I can see tears limning his eyes, “and our boys doing something…completely bizarre.”

boys, who are looking wide-eyed at the two of us. Victor brings me back to

think I gave you my heart a long time ago – maybe even before I realized that I did. And since you’ve come back into my life, I’ve finally felt whole. Not whole again, either – I think I’ve never been whole without you. The nearness of you is the completion that I’ve been looking for my entire life. I never

quirk my eyebrow a little at this and he huffs

for a couple of minutes here and there. But otherwise, all I want for the rest of my life is to be by your

He is my heart made flesh, and every atom in me hums to be with him. This is a truth that echoes

says, opening his fist and displaying that little box again. I feel

says Alvin,

Ian chimes in at the same

begins to crack the box and my eyes focus on the dark edge of it, but I can’t help, for a moment, glancing at the boys, who are suddenly tense with worry. Victor opens the box

the box. “Victor, baby…” I can’t

god,” he murmurs, looking all around him, as if the ring might have fallen out or something. “Oh my god,” he

already in his voice. Alvin sidles closer to

to the twins. “What did

not bad!” Alvin whispers, urgent. “We’re

it. I can’t help myself –

ignores me, focusing intently on the boys. “Alvin, Ian,” he says, even but firm. “What did you do with

insists, crossing his arms over

now. “That was a very expensive ring – is it

cries, putting out his hands in protest. “It’s just in

anxious palm down over his face. “Would you please,”