Tangled Hearts - The Alpha's Baby Mama-Chapter 207: Not everyone can be a Daddy...

Selene POV

"You’re so glad I am fine!" My eyes rolled with indignation as I pushed him aside "I nearly died Kragen... I was seconds away from being thrown into jail... ganged up by my in-laws and the pack elders and officials and you have the guts to tell me you’re glad I am fine? This isn’t what you told me would happen. You deceived me,".

"I’m sorry, Selene," he sighed "But I didn’t do any of these things on purpose. I would never leave you by yourself, it’s just that something happened and it delayed me but I came right when you needed me right? Doesn’t that count for something?" he winked at me bathing his eyelid coquettishly.

"Still..." I feigned annoyance "You really must do better next time, I thought the worst of you, Kragen and you honestly, I was going to put you in the same category with my ex.... You’re lucky,".

"I can’t believe he let another thing happen to the girls again, that was how he...". Kragen trailed off, holding his forehead with the palm of his hands. "Shit," he murmured under his breath.

"Wait a second!" I turned to him "This has happened before and you knew and you didn’t tell me?"

"I wanted to!" Kragen sighed "But he begged me not to and honestly, I was never going to lie to you or anything but Lucius... his nice and respectful Beta pleaded on his behalf, promising that it won’t happen again, I never expected that it’ll repeat itself. I’m so sorry for...".

"You lied, Kragen..." I shook my head interrupting him "Our friendship was built based on honesty and yet you looked me in the face and lied to me..." I scoffed and took deep breaths. "What happened exactly? I’m assuming it was the other time when I couldn’t get him for days right? And he lied about being busy and stuff. What was it about?"

"You’re not going to like it, Selene, just let it go, okay?"

"If you don’t tell me then you can kiss our friendship goodbye but before then, I’ll walk into that room and tell everyone who you are. I’m assuming you do not want that kind of attention or am I wrong?"

"Really?" he laughed "I am a god, Selene... I practically do not need your friendship and you’ll look stupid if you walk in and tell everyone about me. They’ll think it’s the pregnancy hormones,".

"Do you want to find out?" I pursed my lips folding my arms across my chest as I watched him struggle for a few minutes.

"Fine!" he hissed. "It was Belinda... turns out she’s a witch and she wanted to use the potion on Xavier but Vina mistakenly had the food and was unconscious for a few days. Thankfully, I arrived on time to save her and she’s fine. But it would be best if you didn’t make a fuss because...".

I didn’t even allow him to finish before I brushed past him, towards Xavier. I had only walked a few steps when I saw them coming towards me. Xavier seemed to be begging Noah for something and he wasn’t having it. He was so absorbed in the conversation that he didn’t see me coming. It was only when I was standing in front of him that he noticed me but it was too late.

I landed a slap on his right cheek and landed another one on the other cheek. I saw his eyes widen with surprise as he stared at me, trying to speak but no words would come out of his mouth.

"Selene!" Noah held me back as I tried to strike him again. "Hey darling, it’s fine," he said soothingly "I’m here, okay!".

"What was that for?" Xavier held his smarting cheeks, his eyes moving from me to Kragen "What did you tell her?" he questioned moving closer to him.

"He told me everything that happened. I can’t believe that after everything, you still allowed that bitch to remain in the pack. Where is your conscience, Xavier? What is she still doing there to the extent that she has access to what you eat? Isn’t once enough?"

"I can explain, Selene," he raised his hands in defence "There’s absolutely nothing going on between me and Belinda. I can’t exactly tell her to leave the pack, that’s...".

"Yes, you can!" I screamed "You fucking can do anything you want. You’re the Alpha... other young, ladies will not hesitate to throw themselves at you if you need a warm body so bad. How about the maids? You could have fucked them just like you used to do back then? Why her?"

The Grand Lycan shifted uncomfortably where he stood clearing his throat. My loud voice was drawing a bit of attention but I couldn’t care at this point.

"You know what!" I chuckled "I was a fool, Xavier... you’re just like your mother, selfish and think the whole world revolves around you. You don’t deserve to be a Daddy. Yes! You’re the father of the girls but you will never be their daddy,".

"That’s so rich coming from you who will leave them alone for days without checking in on them!" Xavier snapped back but seemed to recall that the odds were against him. So, he sighed and raised his hands placatingly. "We’re still new at this parenting thing Selene maybe one of the reasons why we’re such bad parents is that we are apart. You’re my fated and one, true mate... we should be together,".

"Even if you’re the last man on earth, Xavier... I will never be with you. Noah is more of a Daddy than you’ll ever be,".

"Don’t turn me against my uncle, Selene," Xavier’s eyes reddened with annoyance as he stared at me.

"What!" I laughed "Are you surprised? Noah raised them from when they were babies and even up until now. He sacrificed his life for them... they’re the reason why he was attacked and hospitalized and fun fact, this is not the first time. When the girls were barely two years old, I’d travel and leave them in his care... He’s the Lycan King for fuck’s sake... he’s way busier than you’d ever be in a million years but yet, he never lets them out of his sight...".

"Selene!" Xavier growled.

I ignored him and carried on speaking. "He’d bring them along with him anywhere he’s going, even the times when he’d put them with the pack guards, there’s a fucking monitor watching them 24/7... that’s how intentional he is. Xavier and they’re not even his kids. If I was half as careless as you are, you think they’d be alive until now?"

"Selene!" Xavier growled again.

"Stay away from us... from today until whenever the girls want to... do not come an inch to us or them. I hate you so much for endangering the lives of my babies. I hate myself for trusting you and for thinking you had changed. I hate myself every day for ever believing you but it ends here... goodbye,".

I turned and tried to leave when Xavier reached for my hand and pulled me back to him. No one had anticipated it, so before Noah could react, he had already tugged me to his chest.

"You cannot deny me from seeing my kids. It was just one mistake... maybe two but I promise I’ll do better. He cheated on you and got a second chance... why are you making me the bad guy here? Maybe if you had not left the pack back then and we had figured out how to solve this... we wouldn’t be having this conversation,".

Every part of my body froze as the past came rushing back to me, its memories fresh like the morning dew.

"Wait a minute!" my eyes widened as I stared at Xavier "You truly do not have any idea why I left? Do you think I left because of your numerous affairs? I stayed with you for seven fucking years, Xavier... I had learnt to deal with your wanderings... You think I left because of that?"

"What else?" He shuffled his feet, swallowing hard.

"No! Xavier Steel... I left because on the night I wanted to tell you about my pregnancy, you were fucking your mistress in your bedroom and our eyes met... and you sneered at me... you threw your cheating right at my face, thinking I won’t be able to do anything. After all, I was orphaned and had no one in the world. Not just that, you told Belinda that she’ll carry your babies... when you knew damn well that back then I couldn’t be with a child for fear of birthing a baby as weak as me...".

"For moon’s sake, Selene," Xavier stuttered "That was just something borne out of the passion of sex...".

"Only that you meant it, Xavier!" I said calmly. "You never cease to talk down at me, you won’t even appear in public with me and when you manage to do, you’d keep your distance like I was some plague. You maltreated me for those years and it took only one night to realize that I could be more. You had the entire pack make me a laughing stock because of you,">

"It... it was the curse, alright? I was naïve and younger... but now...".

"It doesn’t matter!" I interrupted him again "You didn’t treat me like I mattered and now..." I reached for Noah’s hand... "He’s not perfect... he’s anything but far but even in his anger, irrationality, irritation, jealousy or whatever, he’s kind. Noah ..." My voice broke "Showed me what it means to truly love. It’s always in the action and not the words. He has a lot of reasons to love me less... but he threw in everything for me without reservations and that’s what love is all about... taking chances and not being unsure about anything. So, I’m sorry but this is goodbye and this time, I meant it!"