Chapter 158 - 2.79

He stared at me with confusion, "you're terrified of hi

I shook my head as I looked away, "I don't want to be with you ever again, Jayden. I dont want to love you anymore."

"If we try, we could make this work! I know you want us to all be together again. The kids need both of their parents. And I need you just like you need me."

I sighed as I tried to stop the tears from coming down my face. "But that's what you don't understand Jay. I don't need you anymore. I never needed anyone other than these kids. I don't need a partner to be happy."

"I'm not giving up on us!"Jayden insisted as I looked to his desperate expression. "We are perfect for each other! The universe wants us to be together, that's why we're destined partners."

"And that's why I'm going to get rid of our bond," I replied with as much strength as I could muster.

His face turned back to a scowl, "you can't seriously think that some medication and some scientists can figure out how to destroy I destined partnership! There's no way that will work and all you're doing is putting yourself through pain. I know you have to be hurting as much as I am with how far apart we are. Let me come see you and the kids! I can make this all work out and you and I can finally feel better!"

"If you come here, you will make this whole thing worse. I'm terrified of you, Jay! Don't you understand that?"

"We need to meet in person, Will. I don't want to go to court and cause you to lose custody. Courts will always side with Alphas and never with Omegas."

"I know that!"

"Then you need to choose. Meet with me in person just one more time and talk things out or go to court. I don't want it to be this way, but I am agreeing to everything else you've asked! I just want this one thing!"

I glared, "I'm not stupid, Jay. I know you don't want to talk! You want to control me again with your pheromones!"

"That's not true! I want to see you! I love you and its killing me to be without you! I just want to talk with you, in person, just the two of us. Then we can figure this out, together. Even if you don't want to be together, we both want to be in the kid's lives. We are gonna have to work together for their sake and I don't want to do that over the phone or through facetime." He held something up to the camera, "I will even give you a suppressant syringe to ȧssure you that you're safe. If I get out of line or start scaring you, you can use it." He gave me a desperate, "please Will, this is all that I ask. I just want us to work together. For the kids and for us"

"All right," I said after a few moments of thinking. "But this is the one and only time that we will meet together."

He smiled slightly, "well let's not think about the future just yet. Let's just focus on trying to figure things out right now."

"I need to go," I whispered before going to press the buŧŧon to hang out. I cringed as Jayden snuck in a last few words before I hung up.

"I love you, Will."

After discussing everything with Elijah and his lawyer, we decided that the kids and I would go back to our old town in 2 weeks time. After confirming and setting it up so that the kids could be out of school for a week, the remaining arrangements seemed to fall into place. I was becoming listless with worry every single day as it came closer while the kids were becoming more excited about seeing Jayden before he and I met separately.

The whole idea of them being near him still terrified me, so I made sure that we were not going to be alone with him. Willow and Marie would be coming with us to the park we always used to go to. A public setting would make it a little less uncomfortable for us and give us a chance to leave if things got bad.

Three nights before we left, I got a call from an unknown number and sighed as I knew it was either Elijah's or Jayden's lawyer. Since all the kids were asleep, I took the phone outside to the back yard of the house and sat in one of the chairs.

"Hello?" I asked and fought not to show annoyance in my voice. The 2 lawyers had not left me alone for a single day ever since we agreed to meet with Jayden. Today had been the 1st day where they hadn't contacted me and now that was ruined.

"Will?"

I paused as I recognized the voice, but couldn't pinpoint who it was. "Yes? Who am I speaking with?"

"It's Adeline Peters," she replied and I felt uncomfortable as I was not sure if she was calling on Elijah's behalf or on Jayden's.

"Hi, how are you?" I forced out as I felt my heart began to race.

"I'm well," she said in a chipper voice. "How are you and the kids doing? Elijah said you're staying with some of his friends and seem to be doing well."

"Yeah we're doing really good. The kids are loving their new school and we live with a very nice group of people."

"I'm really glad to hear that!" She sang before I heard her pause and knew something was coming that I didn't want to happen.. "The reason I'm calling is that our father and mother wish to meet you and the kids."