Chapter 67 - 66

I looked to the twins, "would you to want a play date with Kat's niece and nephew on Tuesday?"

Archer and Ashley both perked up and quickly nodded their heads with large smiles to each other.

I looked over to Chase as I felt him watching me. "You all right?"

He gave me a slight smile, "I probably won't be home right after school during this week."

I gave him a smirk, a"re you hanging out with that boy or that girl you told me about?"

He gave me a cheeky grin while blushing. "A little bit of both."

I chuckled, "just keep yourself safe, all right? Don't make me worry."

"I won't do anything quickly. You've taught me better than that."

My heart skipped when he said that as I felt like I truly had helped Chase in a way more than just a physical need. I looked at the time and quickly stood up from the table.

"We gotta go," I stated as I began rushing around for my things along with the kids. "We're gonna be late."

The 3 kids began hustling to get their things together as Bridget ȧssisted as needed. We all rushed out the door to see Elijah leaning against his car with a large smile. We all quickly got into the car and I could feel Elijah watching me.

"You need to work on staring," I mumbled, which seemed to catch him off guard. "You do it way too much."

A slight smirk came to his face as he continued focusing on the road. "I don't do that with anyone but you," he stated as I looked at him curiously. "You're the first person to ever hold my interest.

I smacked his shoulder lightly as he chuckled with a bigger grin. Ashley suddenly gasped, which made us all pause.

"Elijah!" she called as she perked up and sat up straight in her seat. "Momma beat up a big mean man yesterday!"

Elijah looked to me from the corner of his eye. "an Alpha and his tween kids were bothering the kids."

Elijah suddenly lost his smile and grunted. "I'm surprised he let you take care of that."

I scoffed, "as if I would let an Alpha defend me and my kids. I am certainly more than capable."

We all stop talking as we stopped in front of Chase's school. I noticed a girl seeming impatient as she stood at the sidewalk that led towards the building.

I turned around and gave Chase a wicked smile as he blushed and frowned at me. "Is that her?" He quickly nodded before opening the door. "Stay safe and make me proud."

He reflected my small smile back to me. Once Chase got to the beautiful girl that blushed when she saw him, we drove off. I could not fight the broad smile on my face and quickly looked out the window so that it was not blatantly obvious.

"Do you want me to do a background check"

I rolled my eyes as I looked over to Elijah. "She's a high schooler, what you expect to find? Also, I trust him to find a good person. Chase is smart enough to keep himself safe. He's known he was an Omega since 1st grade, so he learned the tools of the trade to be safe."

"You never learned those right?"

I sighed, "I did the hard way. Had to learn on the job. I'll make sure Chase never has to do that."

I stopped talking as we got to the elementary school. I quickly hopped out, helped the twins out of their seats, and took either of their hands. As we walked into the building, I felt more eyes on me than usual. I glanced around us every few minutes and saw the disgusted look on many people's faces.

I fought myself so that I would not turn around and cuss them out. Not at the school. I hustled to leave the kids with a kiss on the forehead before rushing out the door. I quickly got into the car and looked away from Elijah.

"What's wrong?"

I sighed I look down to my ŀȧp. "Nothing, just feeling a bit nauseous."

I stayed quiet the rest of the drive as I pondered what to do. I can't let this pregnancy affact Archer and Ashley at school. They are already looked at bad enough. The last thing I need to do is add on to it.

After Elijah parked and turned off the car, Elijah came over to my side and wrapped his arm around my soldiers. I was surprised that he did not pry into the discussion anymore.

I made sure not to make direct eye contact with anyone as we made our way up stairs towards my dask and his office. I gave a kind smile to David who just stared at me with annoyance. I then turned to Aurora who gave me a true, genuine smile that I reflected back to her. I shrugged off Elijah's arm before making my way towards my desk. I was stopped in mid-stride when Elijah took my hand and squeezed it tightly.

He looked towards Aurora, "hold all my calls for a little while," he stated before pulling me along into his office.

He shut the door and did not let go of my hand. He led me over to the small couch area in the room and had me sit down. He sat down beside me and still did not let go of my hand, but also did not look to me.

"I need to get to my desk."

Elijah looked up to me with sadness, but still did not speak and still did not let go of my hand.

"I can't leave without my hand," I grumbled but felt uncomfortable as he still just stared at me. "Talk to me," I hissed.

"It will only get worse if you bottle it up. It's okay, let it out." He suddenly hugged me tightly and when I tried to push him away, he refused to budge.

"What are you talking about?!" I demanded and he just squeeze me tighter. My ċhėst felt heavy and I wanted to get away. "I want to be alone!"

"It's okay," he whispered in a sweet, gentle tone. I was startled by how quickly my eyes teared up and I began crying. I clung to him as I fought to continue to breathe as I cried harder than I had in a while.

Elijah just held me for a long time, as I went through my emotions. When the crying finally subsided, he let go of me slightly but only so we could look eye to eye.

"You're not alone anymore," he whispered as I looked at him with surprise and confusion. "I know better than anyone what kind of situation you're in. My mom bottled everything up and ended up breaking down to near mental turmoil."

I sighed, "I don't like that you can tell these things when I don't even say anything."

He smirked, "I just notice when you look like my mom. If you want to take the rest of the day off, I'd be willing to take you home."

I shook my head, before moving out of his grasp and standing up. "I'm fine now." I look to him and gave him a slight smile, "thank you for understanding."

He smirked, "don't worry about it."

I walked out of his office and went over to Aurora as her eyes widened. I sat next to her and she gently wiped off some tears I missed.

"Were you fighting?!"

I sighed, "don't worry about it." I leaned back in the chair. "You have relatives with kids in the area, right?"

"I need to move my kids," I stated and she looked to me with horror.

"Move?!" She gasped as I smiled to her, "you're going to move your kids again?!"

"It's what's best. If you could ask your relatives what good schools they know in the area, that would be really helpful." I stood, "now we gotta get to work."

Aurora kept sneaking glances my way as we worked. I ignored her and the glances of other employees. I buried my mind in work as I escaped from all of my troubles.

I was slightly startled when I heard my phone go off. I hit the side buŧŧon so that it would stop vibrating and continued working. It went off again, so repeated my response. When this sequence happened three more times, David suddenly slammed his fist on his desk.

"Answer the damn thing already!"

I sighed and finally answer it without looking at the screen. Damn solicitors won't give up! "Meet me outside NOW."

I paused and quickly stood, "hold on a sec." I looked to Aurora as I came out from behind my desk, "Hey, I gotta take this. If Elijah asks, tell him I'll be right back."

"Is everything okay?"

I smiled to her, "just fine. Don't worry so much." I rushed off to an area of vending machines by the elevator. "Jayden? I'm at work. What the hell do you want?"

"Either meet me in front of the building now or consider our deal over!"

The phone went dead and I sighed deeply.. Goddamn Alphas. What the hell is up with him?!