Tangled Hearts - The Alpha's Baby Mama
Chapter 140: Men are wary...

Chapter 140: Men are wary...

Selene POV

The warm glow of dusk bathed the small hill overlooking Moon Whisper as I quietly approached Xavier and Lucius. They were sitting in silence, gazing into nothing with their backs turned to me. I stood for a minute admiring them. Lucius in his usual cold look was looking relaxed while Xavier had a contemplative look on his face. His brows were arched in a frown.

I stood there for a while watching both men until Lucius turned, our eyes met and I raised my left hand to wave at him with a smile on my face but he turned his gaze away from me then leaned towards Xavier and murmured something before rising and brushing past me without a word. He was giving me the silent treatment. Since our face off some days ago, he’s been making it obvious that he didn’t want to talk to me or relate to me in any form.

I watched as he descended the hill in quick strides then I turned towards Xavier who was watching me quietly with a soft smile on his face now. "He’ll come around eventually, I promise, He just needs time. He needs to understand that things will not always go the way he wants,".

Shaking my head, I joined Xavier on the grass, our shoulders brushed as I settled beside him "Still I wish he’ll stop ignoring me. It’s been going on for a few days, even the girls noticed. I didn’t think he’d be the type to keep malice, honestly. Why it’s amusing to me, I’m also concerned that he’s overdoing it. Don’t you think,".

"Well, I am not surprised," Xavier laughed "Back when we were married, he’d give me the silent treatment for days, I think the most was for a month and it was back when I started..." he trailed off as he winced painfully. I knew what he was going to say so I decided to help him.

"When you started sleeping with Belinda?" I asked turning to gaze at him. Let him drown in his guilt, I don’t care.

"Yes," he nodded lowering his gaze "When he found us in my study being improper, he stormed out and didn’t talk to me for a month. He’d show up to his duties, attend meeting and stuff but he wouldn’t speak to me directly. It was so frustrating but eventually he started talking to me but occasionally when I mess up, he ignores me. He’s not so much of a confrontational person and he thinks talking all the time will zap his strength. To be honest, I think you’re the only person he spends more than five minutes talking to back then in Greyhound,".

"Don’t be silly!" I waved him aside "That’s not possible,".

"I swear it is. Lucius loves you so much to stay like that forever. You know, when we were still married, there was a time I used to be jealous of both of you because you seemed more couple than me and you and I could have sworn that you were both having an affair. I brought it up one night and he shut me off with a glare. To say the truth..." he leaned in as if he wanted to tell me a secret "I am scared of Lucius... He’s so temperamental that you cannot know all of him, that’s why I always trade with caution whenever I am with him,".

"You’re joking," I laughed out "You’re the Alpha... you’re not supposed to fear your Beta. It should be vice versa,".

"Oh! You cannot imagine, Selene!" he shook his head "Whenever we had to meet with a stubborn Alpha or something in the likes, Lucius would always go with me and just sit in the corner saying nothing. Most times, they’d think he was the Alpha and I the Beta but it saved us a lot too,".

"You’re fierce too in your own way," I heard myself say as I drew closer to him "I think on the outside you look harmless but I have seen the degree of bone-chilling coldness you can exude that is worse than Lucius. You were scary back then but now you look so different. You did a lot of growing up too. You’re also a good dad,".

Xavier nodded as our gaze met again. I could see my honestly made him speechless. I gave him a faint smile and leaned my head against his shoulders, relishing the peace I felt at that moment. There was something about spending time with Xavier these days and that was the warmth I always felt when he was near. It was if my worries disappeared... I have tried so much not to attribute it to anything but my mind was overthinking things again and I didn’t want that.

We stayed like that for a while gazing into nothing, not saying anything. I could feel his heart beating against his chest and I knew he was practically freezing like a statue with me close to him and I was satisfied. If I had to get close enough to carry out my plans, I have to slowly disarm him and a man is never wary of the woman he has slept with.

Always, they think you’re harmless just because you’ve rolled around in bed with each other and seen yourself naked. What they don’t know is if a woman who has slept with you will have so much guts to hurt you after giving her a good time, she can do anything.

"Noah invited a foreign therapist to Moon Whisper, I’m going to start counselling sessions with him soon," I said after a while "We’re going to fight for our marriage and save whatever little thing we have left,". I leaned away from him and turned to face him "That’s why I want you to go with the girls back to Greyhound. It’s going to be a difficult decision for me of course bur right now, I need to focus on working on my marriage,".

"Are you saying the girls are a distraction?" he blurted out looking at me strangely "I know it’s not in my place to make comments about this, Selene since I was also a shitty husband to you but why are you giving him a second chance. I never had that opportunity to work on our marriage like him and why do you want to cast your children aside just to save your marriage. Aren’t you taking things too far?"

I studied him for a while, noting that beads of sweat have formed on his forehead. He was clearly agitated.

"Are you jealous, Xavier?" I asked arching a brow towards him "Or are you advocating for the girls? Because I’m confused,".

He hung his head, offering me a wistful smile. "Fine...yes... I wish I could have had the same opportunity. A second chance maybe, seeing you giving it to him now makes me feel like things would have worked out if we had a second chance. I ..." the words hung on the air as he swallowed.

"Still love me?" I finished gazing at him patiently.

"Yes," he nodded "My feelings towards you haven’t changed and I always knew that marrying Noah will not be forever. You know this gut feeling that something will fail and I was hoping I could take advantage of this break now and ...not that I’m saying we’re going to be together immediately or something," he explained quickly "I just hoped that we might be a real family someday. Me, you and the girls.".

His words hung heavy between us and I knew all too well the anguish of missed chances and the aftermath regret that followed. But if he’s thinking this way, it means my plans were going better than expected. All I need to do is give him hope.

"Nothing is certain yet, Xavier," I sighed "Fine, I decided to do this marriage counselling thing because I don’t want to keep jumping in and out of marriage. So, maybe the thing will work out or not and perhaps, I should have waited a bit before going with your uncle. I should have...".

His eyes sparked with light as he reached for my hands "Do you still love me, Selene?" he asked searching my eyes "Is there any space for me in your heart?"

"C’mon, Xavier!" I chuckled awkwardly "I’m married to your uncle, I cannot confess that sort of thing to you but know this, you’re the father of my children – our children and there’s this bond there that cannot be severed and you know this too. So... I don’t know...".

I lowered my gaze and slowly removed my hands from his before I started playing with my fingers. Silence reigned between us for a while before he nodded and went back to how he was sitting before. I had sown the seed I wanted and that was all that mattered.

We stayed silent for a while until his voice came again.

"Selene!" he said quietly "You know I never did asked you how you survived that day? – the day of the crash. Because I was at the airport waited for the search and rescue team through the night until morning. They scoured the entire place and even around where it had happened but they didn’t find you and I can’t help but ask, how did you get out alive and the babies too?"