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2.1% CEO's Runaway Mate and Her Cubs / Chapter 12: Raising two wolves

Capítulo 12: Raising two wolves

Just the thought of being apart from her cubs broke Lara's heart.

Even if she wasn't a good mother, she couldn't imagine a life without them. She would just lose any motivation to continue fighting, and she would stop caring about anything.

She knew how it was going to end: she would die, forgotten and alone. And her cubs would be somewhere else, taken care of by other people. Yet, no matter how powerful or similar to them, no one could love them enough.

She was their mother, and no one could feel what she felt every time she was with them.

«I can't let you take them away,» she said, her eyes filling with tears. «They're my children.»

Nate blinked, surprised. He raised his gaze and met hers in the mirror.

He was almost done with her wounds, and his rage was calming down as he realised it wasn't the pup's fault if she couldn't control herself.

Yet, he couldn't leave his mate close to those dangerous beasts.

«I know how to take care of them. And I understand them,» Nate pointed out. «They are like me. I can teach them how to keep control.»

The tears in Lara's eyes escaped her control, and she started sobbing.

What could she do? That man indeed was their father. Her body could tell, and the kids noticed it with their fine senses.

Moreover, he seemed to be rich and powerful. What judge in the world would leave her cubs with a broke woman like her? If it came to a tribunal.

That man could just collect them and leave, and she would have no power to stop him.

She didn't think about it before, but she started hating being human at that very moment. If she had more strength, she could fight for her cubs.

«Don't take them away from me,» she sobbed, losing any bit of dignity. She was ready to beg if it could move that strong man.

Anything, for her cubs.

What made it the most difficult was that her body was even more confused than her mind. Instinctively, it could sense the danger.

She was in part afraid.

Yet, she felt burning where his fingers touched while treating her wounds, and it was not due to the medicine.

She quivered when his eyes moved on her. Her legs trembled every time she thought about how she already did get her hands on him but unfortunately forgot soon after.

His finger pressed on the skin of her shoulder, and the familiar thrills crossed her spine. He already did that once, she was sure.

«It's still here,» he commented.

Lara raised her brows, confused.

«Your birthmark. A crescent moon, right here. I was amazed when I saw it for the first time. It's just fate mocking me, but it's so pretty.»

He bowed down, intending to leave a light peck on it. He stopped only when the disinfectant's stink hit his nose. He frowned and moved back, and he realised he was being too vigorous.

He stepped to the side and looked at Lara's face.

She was frightened, confused, and anxious. At the same time, though, her tears couldn't hide her excitement. So many emotions for a single heart.

He wiped her tears and tried remembering their conversation.

What made her cry in the first place? He hated himself for being so out of control. He hated himself for her tears, but he couldn't keep his thoughts straight at that moment.

«Why are you crying?» he then asked.

«I don't want to live apart from my children,» she repeated, biting her lips soon after not to burst out sobbing anew.

«I don't want that either,» he said. «You don't need to stay apart from them.»

«I will bring them to you as often as you want. Just leave them with me, please...»

Her wet eyes widened, and she used all of her willpower to keep her image steady. Another crisis wouldn't have convinced that man she was the right person to take care of his kids.

She was still pressing a bloody towel on her chest, trying to shield herself from his eyes.

«I don't want to split you,» he said. «I'm not that heartless, for goodness! You can bring them along.»

At those words, Lara stopped thinking. She couldn't understand him, no matter how hard she tried.

What were they talking about, to begin with?

«You should get dressed, now. There's chicken on the oven, and I'm not sure how long it'll stay intact if you don't hurry.»

He turned on his heels and reached the door.

«Lara, you've done an awesome job with the pups. No, more than that...»

He turned again, facing her from far away.

He realised it was better, at least for the time being. They could both think more clearly if they weren't too close. And he was less scary from afar, right?

He was just like any businessman. As a human, Lara shouldn't have been able to feel his nature if he wasn't close enough. Hence, she would not be as scared.

Nor attracted, he thought. But that was a battle for another day.

He couldn't just kidnap his mate and keep her by his side forever. She wouldn't give in to her instinct and allow him to do so. Especially with two pups in the way.

It was a battle he needed to fight for a long time, and burning all his aces the first evening was a bad idea.

For the moment, it was enough that he could talk with her. He could hear her voice, and he could look at her in the daylight without any hurry.

«You've done an incredible job. You raised two wolves without even knowing what they were. You gave up on your life for them.»

«How could I abandon my own children?» she replied, breathing again as she used to.

Having him far away was helping, indeed.

«The aroma of the chicken made me hungry as well,» Nate said, breaking the tension and smiling. He walked out of the bathroom without any shame for how he invited himself over for dinner.

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Capítulo 13: Family dinner

When Lara returned to normal, she realised that her plan to have dinner with her cubs was ruined. She would have an intruder eating with them!

A handsome, charming, dangerous intruder.

She set the table for four, placing the plates on each side of the table. She would usually sit at one end, her cubs next to her. Like that, she could be nearby and help both if they needed it.

Yet, with a fourth person, that balance was disrupted.

Jaden solved it on his own, though. He moved his and his sister's plates next to their mother's, leaving Nate alone on the other end.

It wasn't a big table, to begin with. Even if it looked like a table for six, having six people around it would have been difficult.

Nate didn't say a word and just sat at his place, observing how Jaden moved the chairs.

Then, the little boy waited for his mother to tell him to go fetch his sister.

Scarlet returned to the kitchen with a deep frown and sulking lips, but she didn't try attacking Nate again. Jaden also told her a couple of words, so she was calmer.

She sat at her place and glared in silence for the whole time, too upset to say a word.

Lara cut the chicken into pieces, and she leaned the legs on the cub's plate. She didn't ask Nate which part he liked because she feared the symmetry would have been broken. She couldn't give a leg to a cub and something else to the other!

Having twins could be difficult sometimes.

She cut the rest and left it in the middle of the table. For herself, she chose the wings as always.

Her cubs would end up cracking the bones if they reached for the wings, and there wasn't much meat there. She preferred not to hear the sounds of the first time she gave them chicken.

Also, she realised a single chicken wasn't enough for four people. Especially if three of them were... Wolves? That's what Nate said in the bathroom.

Jaden and Scarlet would be hungry when the dinner was over.

She didn't touch the wings on her plate and ate the potatoes, waiting to see if Nate had a big appetite that day.

Too bad he was as hungry as her cubs. There was some similarity in how he focused on the food, just like the cubs.

All three of them ate in silence, not saying a word.

Moreover, it all lasted a few minutes only. Rather than eating, they devoured what was on their plates.

Once finished, all three of them turned to Lara and looked at her with happy yet imploring eyes.

As expected, a single chicken wasn't enough.

She sighed, nibbling on the salad and making the cubs eat it as well. Then, only they had obediently had some vegetables, Lara placed her wings on their plate and saw how they started crunching the bones and devouring everything around them.

They were growing up, and they needed even more meat than before to fill themselves.

Nate was hungry as well, but he was also an adult. He could wait and finish eating once home. So, he tried his best not to look as desperate as the pups. He failed, but he didn't know about it.

He observed the dynamics of the family of three, and he understood how things would go most of the time. Lara didn't even try the meat that time, and it must have happened other times as well.

He couldn't fathom how someone would give up their food so readily, as he would never do that. Maybe just to give it to Lara. But he had already eaten everything.

He was too hasty. Next time, he decided, he wouldn't devour everything in a few bites. Even if it was as delicious as to make him forget the whole world.

The shabby apartment with old, overused furniture made him realise that Lara didn't have as much money as needed. Yet, she managed to feed the pups and give them clothes.

That had to change. There was no point in overworking herself when Nate was there to give her anything she might have wanted. Even for the children, as they were his as well.

When the dinner was over, he didn't get up to leave. It was too early, and he wasn't done with staring at his mate. Nor with teaching his pups how to treat their mother!

He couldn't leave like that.

He reached out to Scarlet and stroked her head, messing her hair. It had been rather natural to do so. His first intention was just to pat her head and make her react, but it ended up more tender than expected.

The little girl closed her eyes at the sudden caress, but she growled and caught his hand in hers. She bit him, trying to make him feel pain.

Yet, it didn't work. She moved to another place on his wrist but, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't cut his skin. That made her growl louder and release her claws, but no effects were visible on Nate's skin.

He chuckled, finding her behaviour unexpectedly cute. She was just a puppy trying to sound threatening and failing.

Lara at first got up to stop them, but she then realised that no one was in danger. Not Nate with his uncuttable skin. Not Scarlet, who was making him laugh in awe.

She sat back, observing that show with wide eyes. She was sure Scarlet wasn't holding back. Her little girl wasn't capable of that yet. And she had no intention in the world to dose her strength with Nate. She hated him!

The only explanation was that Nate's skin was harder, more difficult to hurt.

Her wounds burnt even more at that realisation. In the end, it was Lara's fault for being weak. If her cubs were surrounded by other wolves, they wouldn't need to hold back at all.


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