Page 39 of The Alpha's Broken Oath

The video call starts in a second, and there’s no hiding my smile when my boys’ faces appear on the screen, and they are each fighting for space on it.

“Mommy!” They both squeal.

“Hi, my little darlings. You guys ready for school?”

Adrian pouts, pulling up a sad face before he whispers in a tone that almost shatters my heart.

“Nooo. You didn’t come home to cook us dinner. We couldn’t sleep, Mommy.”

Oh boy.

Before I open my mouth to apologize, Asher cuts me off with an unexpected glee in his eyes.

“Is it because of our new daddy, Mommy? Is he coming? Will he bring toys? Abby’s dad brings her toys all the time!”

“I’ll get you all the toys you want, baby.”

That’s the best thing I can tell them without crushing their little hearts is that Kieran was never going to be their new dad.

“I don’t want a new daddy, Mommy,” Adrian admits, and I flick a brow at him. “You look sad, Mommy, so I don’t want him anymore.”

Goddess, what did I do to deserve these little angels?

Whatever Adrian says seems to upset Asher, and for the first time since I gave birth to them, I can tell they are about to disagree when it comes to this “new daddy” topic.

“Tell you what? How about you and Ash, brush your teeth, give Isabel an easy time as she takes you to school, and when you come home, Mommy will be waiting for you to cook your favorite food? How does that sound?”

“Really?” Asher smiles, and I want to kiss his little cheeks so bad.

Spending the night with Deacon has only made me miss my boys all the more.

“Yes, really. You like that, baby?”

“Yes!” They both squeal at the same time before their little waves appear on the screen. ” We’ll get going, Mommy. Bye.”

Isabel takes the phone, and there’s no missing the curiosity etched all over her face.

“Adrian was right. You do look sad. I take it the date didn’t go as well as you hoped?”

Actually, the date didn’t happen, and I ended up taking my drunk ex home after he gatecrashed said date, but I don’t tell Isabel all that.

“He wasn’t the right guy for me,” I say.

Isabel doesn’t ask any more questions as she tells me she’ll drop the kids from school and go home since I plan to spend all my time at the house today.

I sent Deacon a very clear and concise email about me being sick and needing a day off. Given what happened between us last night, he won’t question that what I need is a break from him.

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“Are you seated first of all?” Julie asks, and with the way my nerves flay, I almost want to sit down from her words alone.

“No, why?”

“It’s a good thing you didn’t show up at the office, Win. Everything’s been chaotic since morning. The board of directors isn’t too happy about what happened last night. They are worried it might impact the company’s image and drag it further into the mud.”

What happened last night?

Goddess, no.

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