The Luna and her Quadruplet Pups by Jane Above Story

Chapter 13

Chapter 13 Paisley in trouble

Jane

This isn’t happening. Riley is grinning up at me and waving a magazine with Ethan’s handsome face plastered across the cover, and all I can do is stare down at her in horror.

“Ma’am,” The coffee vendor prods my elbow, trying to catch my attention, “Ma’am, your latte?”

Closing my gaping mouth, I blindly extend my hand towards the man, and he presses the warm cardboard cup into my palm. I can’t explain it, but tears are burning in my eyes. We should have never come here. This is all too much. My wolf is whining in my head, as if the mere sight of my former mate is too much to bear.

When I saw him in the restaurant i’d been so focused on retrieving Riley and getting out of there unseen that I didn’t let myself truly process seeing Ethan again after so long. It’s almost like my body went into survival mode. Now that I’m staring at his picture, held aloft in my daughter’s tiny hands, it’ sall coming back to me. He’d looked every bit as handsome and dashing as I remember, and the worst part is that he was holding one of my babies, a sight I’ve secretly dreamed about more often than I’d like to admit.

“Mommy?” Riley asks again, tilting her head to the side.

It’s just a question. I think in frustration, stop being silly and answer her.

“It does look sort of like him” I agree, taking the magazine from my pup and replacing it on the rack. I hate lying to them, but in my heart I know it’s the right thing to do. I’m protecting them.

pipes up on my other side, “You look

be sad?” |

Mommy, you look really pale.” Ryder frowns, exchanging an uneasy glance

still looking back and forth between each other as if they’re unsure how to read my strange behavior. I know they’ re not convinced by my weak cover story, but I can also see they don’t want to upset me. “Okay Mommy, but maybe you should take a

a good idea.” I answer warmly, squeezing

feel better, dumping half a bag of marshmallows into my cocoa and telling jokes until I’m smiling so wide my cheeks hurt. Once we’re settled in front of a roaring fire, the kids pile on top of me and take turns reading aloud from their favorite books. I truly hadn’t planned

and Ryder tip-toed away into their temporary room. “That was bad.”

must miss Daddy

she run from them at the restraunt?”

to split them up.” Ryder

to help her find ’em again.” Riley insists. “I

all be together.” Parker added, thinking of the father and sister

“We’ll make it better. We

struggles with a dilemma of her own. While Ethan was at work, Eve arrived at the penthouse to help Paisley get ready to go out that evening. They were

The she-wolf clearly liked her Daddy a lot, but she never

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