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1.92% CEO's Runaway Mate and Her Cubs / Chapter 11: One night only

章節 11: One night only

Nate and Jaden were sitting in the kitchen without growling at each other. They reached some sort of peace, maybe helped by the scent of the food.

They heard Lara reaching the bathroom and rummaging in the drawers for a while. When she sighed hopelessly, they both understood she was looking for the first aid kit.

The running water made Nate realise she wouldn't think of looking for the medicine in the kitchen.

He got up and brought the kit with him.

When Jaden moved to follow him, he turned back and used all the calm he was capable of. His aura turned dark as he ordered him to sit back and guard the food.

He didn't like using his Alpha abilities, but he wanted to have a word alone with the woman.

He knocked and stepped into the bathroom without waiting for a reply.

He found Lara, shirtless, tapping on the wounds with a towel.

«Yes?» she murmured at first. Then, she covered herself with that same wet and stained towel.

Her eyes widened as she took a step back.

«I was waiting for you in the kitchen,» Nate said. He showed her the emergency kit and reached the mirror. «Let me help you.»

«I can do it alone.»

«It would be fun to stay here and watch how you patch yourself,» he sighed. «How are you even going to reach the cuts on your back, ah? It's easier if someone helps you.»

He took a clean towel from the washing machine and offered it to her.

«Cover yourself with this one if you're so afraid of what I could see,» he said. «But I already know everything, Lara. I saw everything.»

His memory was so clear that he could tell the small changes in her body. After pregnancy, her hips were slightly wider. Her bosom was softer, but her flat stomach was the same. Her legs were as long as he remembered, sexy and alluring. Even through the jeans, he could notice.

She was twenty-five, according to the data he read in that mail. The perfect age to go out and have fun. Yet, she was stuck at home with two pups and had no clue about how to raise them.

«Stop looking at me like that,» the girl murmured.

She stepped back until her aching back hit the wall. Blood splattered on the tiles, so she turned to clean before causing even more damage.

«Damn it,» she whispered, using part of the wet towel. It was becoming difficult to control her body enough not to mess around.

Why was that stranger's gaze so powerful?

«Look like what?» Nate asked, ignoring the show and moving his blue eyes on the first aid kit.

He opened it on the washing machine. He found all he needed, placing it so that everything was reachable with a single movement.

«As if you wanted to eat me,» she replied. «It's frightening.»

«I don't want to eat you. But I've missed you for six years. Have some understanding, please.»

«What are you talking about? We don't know each other. We might have slept together, but it was a one-night thing. How could you miss me?»

He chuckled, applying some disinfectant on a cotton pad.

«Come here and let me help,» he said. Without noticing, he used the Alpha's pressure.

If Lara was a wolf, she would have lowered her eyes and followed his orders. But she was not.

As a result, she trembled in the corner, scared by the dark aura around him. Their eyes met, and Nate saw that she was terrified.

Thankfully, he closed the door after walking in. It would have become problematic to deal with the pup defending his mother, especially since Lara's instinct was faster than her brain when the kids were involved.

«I won't hurt you, Lara. I'm here to help,» he said. «I want to check if the wounds are infected. It's dangerous to leave a claw's cut untreated. Please...»

He lowered his eyes, wondering if they started glowing. He didn't want to scare her any more than that.

«I have no intention of hurting you. Nor your children.»

Since she didn't move, he walked forward. It took him only two steps to reach her.

Slow and careful, he reached out to her. His fingers first touched her arm, then wrapped around it. He dragged her back to the mirror, and he started disinfecting the wounds.

Little by little, Lara stopped trembling. The burning sensation of the medicine on her wounded skin woke her up from the panic.

She watched herself in the mirror and the man behind her. His attention was all on her shoulders, so she could look at him, unbothered.

«These aren't deep cuts,» Nate commented. «They should stop bleeding soon.»

His eyes analysed the skin on her shoulder, and he could spot a few pale scars from the past.

«It's not the first time she hurts you, is it?»

Lara didn't know how to reply. She didn't want to.

Yet, her skin was already too sincere. The small cuts from Scarlet's claws were there, and she couldn't hide them.

«Do you think you'll be able to continue like this?» Nate spat out, annoyed and desperate. «What will you do when she becomes stronger than you?»

Lara didn't know what to say. She knew that it wouldn't be easy to raise two non-human kids. But she didn't care much as long as they were safe and healthy.

She wasn't scared by them, even if they already were powerful enough to hurt her. They weren't human kids, but they were hers.

Sensing her tense shoulders, Nate stopped blabbering and sighed.

«It's my fault for not finding you earlier,» he admitted. «But now, it won't be like this anymore.»

«We don't need help,» Lara pronounced, raising her chin and finding some courage. «We did fine till now!»

Just the thought of being separated by her cubs broke her heart.

She wouldn't allow it. No matter the price.


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章節 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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