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.

Parker pipes up on my other side,

be sad?”

frowns, exchanging an uneasy glance with

tired… and it’s awfully cold out.” || improvise, shivering in the chilly autumn air. “I’ll tell you what, instead 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

I answer

to make me feel 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

away into their temporary

miss Daddy and our sister lots.”

run from them at

split them up.” Ryder reasoned, “After all the int-net said

have to help her find ’em again.” Riley insists. “I want

all be together.” Parker added, thinking of the

someting.” Ryder announced, “We’ll

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

her Daddy a

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