Betrayed Kidnapped Mate: Rejected Mate Secret Baby Romance (Rosecreek Special Ops Wolves Book 2) by Layla Silver

Author:Layla Silver [Silver, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-07-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19 - Bigby

Silence falls as Rosa and I trade pieces back and forth. This game is much more tense than the last one, and I’m starting to think I might win. She keeps putting her hand on a piece, then changing her mind. She hardly ever changes her mind, and it tells me she’s not thinking as far ahead as she should.

Rosa looks like there’s something on her mind, and I’m willing her to say it. More than anything, I just want her to open up to me. Since I took her from California, I wanted to return to how things were before the night I left. Rosa and I are a team, effortlessly.

“So, other than surfing, what does Kaila like?” I say, clearing my throat and looking up at Rosa. She looks so gorgeous, her hair falling into her face as she stares down at the chess board, her palm against her cheek.

“I think you already know,” Rosa laughs, shaking her head as she picks up a piece, then changes her mind and puts it back where it was. Her hand flutters over the board like she’s not sure what her next move should be. “I’m pretty sure she’s been talking your ear off about marine life. I think she’s already determined she will be a marine biologist.”

“She’s very smart,” I say, unable to contain the pride I feel at that fact. Rosa and I are very smart. It only makes sense that our daughter would be, too.

“Yeah,” Rosa says, clearing her throat as she glances at me. “Genetics will do that. Mother like daughter, and everything.”

Another moment of silence passes as I take one of her pawns. She still doesn’t want to acknowledge out loud that I’m Kaila’s father. It’s okay—I’m willing to wait.

The silence stretches between us. I wait for her to speak.

“It’s—” Rosa starts after a moment. Then she stops, taking a shaky breath. “It’s been difficult. Raising her. I owe Olivia the world for being there with us, part of our family, but it’s not the same as Kaila having two loving parents.”

I can feel my heart start to beat faster, the guilt over leaving them resurfacing like it has so many times. But Rosa continues before I can say anything.

“With the threat of my dad hanging in the air, I couldn’t send Kaila to school. She hasn’t had any of the experiences she should. Like school, friends, field trips, plays—any of it. She deserves that. I know that, but there’s nothing I can do about my dad. Over the years, my mom has hinted that there’s a chance Hector might go against our dad, but I just—”

She puts a hand to her mouth, stifling a sob, and I know what she’s thinking. I met Hector once, and based on that one meeting, there’s no way he could take on Amon.

Rosa and I had gone bowling with Hector and some of his friends. He was a total goofball, pretty scrawny, making jokes and charming the group.

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