Page 153 of His Sunshine Baby

“Levi! How did you–”

“I was on my way here when Danny and Mom mind-linked me to let me know. You okay?”

“For now,” I admit. “Clark is coming.”

“Oh.”

Levi exchanges a glance with his mom and brother and nods, taking a seat next to my bed. He’s clearly not leaving my side even as Clark is on his way.

“I didn’t confirm or deny anything, Elena. I…”

“I know. But I won’t lie to Clark.”

“Lie to me about what?”

We all turn our heads as the Alpha just walks in, looking concerned. He sighs and walks up to my bed, frowning behind his beard.

“You scared the hell out of me, kiddo. What if something happened to you?”

I smile. He’s still my godfather after all. I know he feels he has to look after me since my mom’s passing and my dad’s coma. Clark is like family to me, my second father. I don’t want to lie to him. I’ve grown tired of all the lies. If my pack has to know, it’s better they know everything.

“Clark, I need to talk to you.”

“Yeah,” he says, suddenly serious again. “Elena, you’re pregnant? How come you didn’t tell me?”

“I only learned about it two– I mean, this week, and it is not an easy topic for me either.”

He glances in Levi’s direction. The two of us have pretended to be a couple for a few weeks, but truthfully, I doubt Clark ever believed it. He knows how close I am to Daniel’s brother, but he also knows my real feelings for Levi.

Clark is the kind of Alpha who is good at reading people’s feelings. He’s good at catching lies too.

“I’ll take it Levi is not the father, since you say it like that?” he sighs.

“He’s not.”

“Then who? Don’t tell me it’s…”

What? How could he already know about Nate? But after a while, I realize we are not thinking about the same person at all. How dare he? He’s one of the few people who know I lost a child because of Diego!

“Holy shit, Clark, how can you even think I’d ever sleep with Diego again?!”

He lets out a big sigh of relief.

“Thank Moon Goddess. I don’t know, with the timing, I… Then who is it?”

There’s a long silence in the room. I exchange a look with Daniel, but he nods. I have no idea how he will react. Come on Elena, it’s only one name.

“Nathaniel Black.”

Clark freezes completely for a second, stunned. He turns to the Lewises, but none of them are saying a word or moving. Then, he turns back to me, blinking several times.

“Black? Like… the Black brother? The King’s–”

“The King’s brother, yes.”

“Elena, are you kidding me? You slept with Black?”

More than once, actually, but he doesn’t need to know that.

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