Chapter 138
I cleared my throat, gentle so I didn’t break the moment. “Why don’t you play with them for a while?” I said to Reina. “They’ll show you every drawing they’ve ever made if you let them.”
Elliot’s eyes lit like lanterns. “Yes! Come on! I’ll show you the tower Macey made, and then my pirate ship, and my sky. Mumma, you have to see the sky!” He tugged her hand like it was the most natural thing in the world. Reina looked at me once, checking, maybe asking permission, but I just nodded. My voice came out steadier than I felt. “Go on. He deserves this time with you.”
Macey took Reina’s other hand, Fergus tucked under her arm, already chattering about treasure maps and glue. Layah shadowed them, ears twitching, but calm. My heart twisted as I watched the three of them vanish into the playroom, voices rising bright and unbroken. When the door clicked shut, I let my shoulders drop.
Xavier was at my side in a second, pulling me into his chest. “Talk to me, little mate,” he murmured.
The words lodged in my throat. It was stupid, selfish maybe, but it still clawed out of me: “He called her Mumma.” My hand pressed against his shirt like I could hide the shake in it. “He looked at her like…like I wasn’t enough anymore.”
Noah crouched in front of me, steady and close, eyes level with mine. “Envy, stop. That boy loves you. You’re not replaceable. He’s got more room in his heart, that’s all. It doesn’t take away from what you are to him.”
Levi leaned back in his chair, watching me with that quiet, piercing calm of his. “He found something today. A piece of himself. You gave him the safety to do that. Don’t mistake that for loss, it’s proof of what you built.”
Haiden crossed his arms, jaw working like he wanted to punch something for me. “You carried him through hell, Envy. She wasn’t there for that. Don’t you dare forget it. Don’t you dare let yourself believe you’re less than his everything.”
I breathed out, shaky. The sting behind my eyes burned, but I didn’t fight it. “But what if he wants her more? What if one day he chooses…”
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Xavier’s voice cut me off, low and final. “He already chose. Every day he crawls into your lap. Every time he runs to you first. That doesn’t vanish because he got a piece of his past back. He chose you. He’ll keep choosing you.”
Noah took my hand, kissed the inside of my wrist. “And even if he needs her too, that’s
`not taking him from you. That’s just giving him more people to love him the way you do.”
I shut my eyes, leaned into Xavier’s chest, let their words root in me. My baby rolled
under my palm, a soft nudge that steadied me even more.
“We’re going to be okay,” I whispered, maybe for them, maybe for myself.
“We are,” Xavier said, firm and certain. His hand covered mine on my bump. “Because he’s
ours. And so is this one.”
Levi
I let them have the moment. Envy curled into Xavier’s chest, Noah rubbing circles into
her wrist, Haiden pacing like a caged animal ready to tear throats. They needed it. She
Envy stiffened, one hand flying instinctively to her bump. Xavier’s arms tightened around her, but I kept going. She deserved the truth unwrapped.
wants. Our child. That’s not just a threat, it’s obsession. That means she’ll throw everything she has at us when the time comes.”
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