The Luna and her Quadruplet Pups by Jane Above Story

Chapter 13

Chapter 13 Paisley in trouble

Jane

This isn’t happening. Riley is grinning up at me and waving a magazine with Ethan’s handsome face plastered across the cover, and all I can do is stare down at her in horror.

“Ma’am,” The coffee vendor prods my elbow, trying to catch my attention, “Ma’am, your latte?”

Closing my gaping mouth, I blindly extend my hand towards the man, and he presses the warm cardboard cup into my palm. I can’t explain it, but tears are burning in my eyes. We should have never come here. This is all too much. My wolf is whining in my head, as if the mere sight of my former mate is too much to bear.

When I saw him in the restaurant i’d been so focused on retrieving Riley and getting out of there unseen that I didn’t let myself truly process seeing Ethan again after so long. It’s almost like my body went into survival mode. Now that I’m staring at his picture, held aloft in my daughter’s tiny hands, it’ sall coming back to me. He’d looked every bit as handsome and dashing as I remember, and the worst part is that he was holding one of my babies, a sight I’ve secretly dreamed about more often than I’d like to admit.

“Mommy?” Riley asks again, tilting her head to the side.

It’s just a question. I think in frustration, stop being silly and answer her.

“It does look sort of like him” I agree, taking the magazine from my pup and replacing it on the rack. I hate lying to them, but in my heart I know it’s the right thing to do. I’m protecting them.

wrong?” Parker pipes up on my

could I be sad?” | reply,

frowns, exchanging an uneasy

of the park, why don’t we go back to Linda’s and curl up in front of a nice big fire with some hot chocolate?”The pups are still looking back and forth between each other as if they’re unsure how to read my strange behavior. I know they’ re not convinced by my weak cover story, but I can also see they don’t want to upset me. “Okay Mommy, but maybe you

good idea.” I

better, dumping half a bag of marshmallows into my cocoa and telling jokes until I’m smiling so wide my cheeks hurt. Once we’re settled in front of a roaring fire, the kids pile on top of me and take turns reading aloud from their favorite books. I truly hadn’t planned on taking a nap, after all, my excuse about being tired was just a lie. Even so, my eyes grow heavy as my pups’ beloved

dosed off, Parker, Riley and Ryder tip-toed away into their temporary room. “That was bad.” Parker sighed. “Mommy was really

she must miss Daddy and

run from them at

Ryder reasoned, “After all the int-net said she

her find ’em again.” Riley insists. “I want Mommy to be

together.” Parker added, thinking of the father and sister they never knew

of someting.” Ryder announced, “We’ll make it

help Paisley get ready to go out that evening. They were celebrating her Grandmother’s birthday, and as much as Paisley adored Ethan’s

Daddy a lot, but she never hid her hatred for his

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