#Chapter 88- Jane confronts Ethan

Ethan

It takes all my strength not to wrench the door open and charge after him as he

retreats down the hall, pouring lies into

Jane’s receptive ears. I can hear her shocked

voice on the other end of the line, but I can

also see the pups confused faces in front of

me now. They need me more than Jane does

in this moment, and I certainly don’t plan

on giving Eric that satisfaction.

“Ethan, have you lost your mind?” Jane exclaims, throwing her hands up in

exasperation.

“No.” I answer evenly, leaning against the

kitchen counter with my arms crossed over

my chest. The pups are finally in bed, and

Jane didn’t waste a single moment before

turning on me. “Of course, I doubt I’d

realize it if I had.”

“You know Eric didn’t kidnap the pups!” She continues, as if I didn’t even speak. She’s got herself worked up into such a lather that I find it’s better to just let her get

it out of her system, rather than interrupt. Were you threatening to have him arrested because you meant it, or just to scare him?”

“Eric knew exactly what he was doing when he took the pups without telling me.” I allege, towering over my furious little mate. “And I never threatened him with anything.

I told him I’d almost called the police when I thought the kids were missing. He made up the rest to create precisely this situation,” I explain, gesturing between us.

“Why would he do that?” Jane scoffs, “Eric is a good man, Ethan. All he’s ever tried to do is help me and he’d never intentionally hurt me. If you ask me, you’re just jealous of

him.”

“Oh give me a little credit, Jane.” I grouse. I’m not a horny teenager who can’t control

their hormones just because another man is sniffing around you.” I don’t bother mentioning that a few hours earlier I very nearly lost my control in the face of Eric’s provocation, or the fact that I’m having my rival investigated by the best private

investigator in the territory. “And I hate to break it to you, but he’s not the saint you

think he is.”

“Of course you would say that!” Jane complains, “you think everyone is untrustworthy because you assume that they all run on ulterior motives like you do.”

untrustworthy because he is!” I counter, “he’s cunning and deceitful and he’s completely playing

of charge and trying to protect me from someone who almost destroyed me, that is?” She adds,

the one who told them about our

“and if you believe

don’t

the pups’ bedroom before stubborning

clearly wasn’t smart enough to warn them not to spill the beans, because they told me without any trouble at all. Don’t forget, he’s the one who was with them all day when

if I’m telling her something as outlandish and impossible as the fact that pigs are flying

tell them, it’s not as if he would have been lying.

wouldn’t excuse him telling something so inappropriate to

insist, “and if there was

why didn’t he

because he didn’t do it!”

in her

are you so sure he’s innocent?” I ask,

man after what you did to me took all my courage

grits out.

it’s because being proved wrong

hurt you even worse the

I theorize, “and you’re running

scared again!” 1

about my baggage, not when you’re the one who

in

She cries.

life.” I confess, “I will regret hurting you for as long as I live,

scheming jerk just

been trying to manipulate me yourself?” She prods, “you expect me

taken me on

win

I want nothing to

truly believe a single

yourself that you really think

spoke to me this way you’d beat him to a

my eyes, I drag her small

up in my arms. “You

is

alpha to you, and you’re not just

omega to me. We were mates, we’re still bonded. I can sense your response to me, I can feel how hard you’re fighting

matter

me you’d take that

that I can’t.” I insist, “I know you’re scared, but if you were happy you would be sleeping with me when you’re supposed to be walking down the aisle with another man in a

that was a mistake.”

Jane declares hotly.

the only reason.” I share,

making it too easy,

“(

on dates with me, moving in when you had plenty

her head, Jane

know I wasn’t

this moment.” She announces

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