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“Stop threatening my family.” I say barely above a whisper, his expression doesn’t change, he’s ridged and tense.
“Stop lying to me!” He grounds out.
“I haven’t––.”
“When were you going to tell me that these visions you have are killing you?” I gasp but he doesn’t stop. “Were you going to tell me after you found out you were pregnant and potentially put my kid at risk or before? Or what about you knowing that you were my mate this whole time and never told me straight up? Should I keep going beauty?”
“Cut your shit, she came here to help you, not fight you. All you have done is treat her like shit, either man the fuck up and step up, and be a true mate to her, or let her the fuck go and relinquish the bond!” My eyes widen in horror. Cairo’s gaze shifts above my head to glower at my brother, he moves until his chest touches mine, I still refuse to move in case they take a swing at each other. He opens his mouth, but I cut him off.
“You lied to me.” He still won’t meet my gaze. “Who did you meet with this morning?” that manages to capture his attention, he takes a step back and meets my gaze.
“Alexander.” I…didn’t expect him to say that.
“The fuck––.” I cut Cass off.
“Who is the daughter he was speaking about?” When a flicker of regret crosses his eyes, I instantly know, my hand comes up to cover my mouth and I start to shake my head. He rushes forward and grips my shoulders holding me in place.
“I was going to tell you.” I yank out of his hold and move to the other side of the room; Cass darts his gaze between the two of us.
“What’s going on?” Cairo won’t answer him, so I do.
“Alexander Maximoff is my father, and Cairo hid it from me.” Cass’s eyes widen and his mouth drops open in shock, Cairo looks hurt, but I don’t give a shit. “You stand there and scream at me for lying and yet you have hidden the biggest secret of all. So, when do you plan to trade me for Sky?” Cass turns to Cairo and grips the front of his shirt growling in his face, Cairo doesn’t fight back he allows Cass to ram him against the wall.
“You fucking prick!”
“The deal was never going to happen.” I scoff.
“Bullshit, I saw it all.”
“You saw what you wanted to see; everything changed the day I marked you. Alexander thinks I’m going to trade you.” He finally peers around Cass and looks at me. “I told you, you are everything to me Gabrielle and I will never let you go. I need his help and that is it, once this is over then I’ll deal with him.” I can hear the truth in his words and see it in his eyes.
“Cass, can you give us a minute––please?” Cass grunts before shoving Cairo into the wall before storming out of the room, slamming the door closed behind himself.
Chapter twenty-eight
Cairo
Westandherestaringat each other, now all the cards are on the table, we have no idea what to do. I should have told her about Alexander earlier, but I didn’t, I have no valid excuse, except I was…scared. Scared that if she found out she would hate me, I couldn’t deal with that, I was a pussy and I have to own that shit. I also know I need to control my anger––.
Fuck! She could be pregnant, and I just choked her.
You didn’t know.
That doesn’t mean shit Bex.
I turn away from her and move toward the bed, scattered all over the place is at least a dozen pregnancy tests. I hate myself for accusing my brother-in-law of touching my mate, I know the only woman he desires is Jess, I have to fix that shit. I grab three tests and turn to Belle; she eyes me warily but says nothing as I approach and hold out the tests. She hesitantly takes them from me and cocks a brow.
“Take the tests and then we will talk while we wait for the results.” She heads toward the bathroom, and I trail behind her, but she slams the door closed in my face, I grind my teeth together to stop the growl from tearing out of me. I pace the room waiting for her, she takes so freaking long I think I she may have fallen in the damn bowl. The door opens slowly, and she takes a hesitant step out. ‘Did you take them?” She bites her bottom lip and nods. “How long does it take?”
“A few minutes.” A whoosh of air escapes me.
“Good.”
“Can I ask you something?” She still won’t look at me and it’s pissing me off.
“Yeah.”
“Did you only change your mind about trading me because I might be pregnant?” Fuck it, I rush toward her and wrap my arms around her crushing her against my chest. Tremors wrack her body, and as soon as I feel her tears through my shirt, I hate myself a bit more. I hold her while she cries for a minute before speaking.
