336\u2013The Love Confession.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeline:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMother, have a word,\u201d Baxter snapped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He jumped off the couch so abruptly that his mother turned her head toward him, but her anger quickly shifted to me as she glared straight into my eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course,\u201d she replied, almost as if I had asked him to defend Yuvonne.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Baxter stepped away with his mother, likely to explain that while they had taken sleeping pills last night, a lot had still happened. So cut us some slack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned to face Yuvonne.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHey,\u201d I greeted her. \u201cGood morning.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The moment she noticed the smile on my face, her eyes widened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLast night Ron was in my room. Nothing happened, I swear. I just cuddled,\u201d she rushed to explain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That made me feel angry, but not at her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t have to be sorry, Yuvonne. It\u2019s your life. Not every victim reacts the same way. Nobody is allowed to tell you how to act. You are a victim. No matter how you act or what you say, nothing will change that. And nobody will judge you. Nobody has the right to judge you,\u201d I reminded her in a stern tone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I wanted her to understand that whatever Baxter\u2019s mother, or his father might say would be nonsense.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A smile appeared on her face, and she gave me a small nod.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you so much,\u201d she murmured.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, thank you, Yuvonne. What you did for us last night means more than you know. You saved us. If you hadn\u2019t arrived, I don\u2019t even want to imagine what would have happened,\u201d I told her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My eyes twitched as I remembered the incident, and she must have noticed because she quickly stepped closer and gently squeezed my arm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe this. You\u2019re telling me Graham and Elgin came here, had their men point guns at our heads, just to get close to your mate, who rejected them?\u201d Baxter\u2019s mother shouted as she rushed out of the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She argued loudly, insisting she couldn\u2019t believe anything Baxter was telling her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWait. Is that true?\u201d Baxter\u2019s father asked as he stepped outside.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah. It was pretty bad,\u201d I replied to the old man, expecting him to be rude or tell me to be quiet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Instead, he only shook his head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe this. You think you know someone,\u201d he muttered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As soon as he said that, his wife stepped between us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
*** find anything, emal Malaioe met he tying to Bester.\u201d Lanty Enge\u00a0<\/p>\n
her trying to defend Graham\u00a0<\/p>\n
intention was, it only made me stare at her in distelet\u00a0<\/p>\n
you\u00a0<\/p>\n
other, do ven see these words on my face? Do you think Madeline did this? Baxter finally snapped showing her cleat proot\u00a0<\/p>\n
His father immediately stepped forward to touch his wounds and check on him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was a deep sadness on his face, as if he felt pain just from seeing his son like that, while his mother seemed to be in denial.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She forced a wide smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no way. Graham cares about you. He\u2019s been helping me with the pack matters. He even took the files,\u201d she insisted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As she kept talking, her voice slowed when realization began to sink in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe took the files from you? Well, Mother, let me tell you something. He took over the pack,\u201d Baxter stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It seemed that even Graham had not known until that moment, and he quickly put everything together. Lord Jonah slapped his forehead and sat down, looking defeated, while Lady Eugenia smiled again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, he\u2019ll give us our pack back, right?\u201d she asked, sounding hysterical.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Baxter turned toward me and gestured for me to leave with Yuvonne and continue our daily routine instead of standing there listening to his mother. He knew what would happen next, and it had already begun.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis all happened because of her. If you hadn\u2019t left your pack for her, none of this would have happened,\u201d his mother complained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
By then, I had already stepped into the kitchen with Yuvonne.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you like Ron?\u201d I asked her, trying to focus on something positive. So much negativity surrounded me, and it left me feeling unsettled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWould it be too bad if I say I do?\u201d she whispered softly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would it be bad? Liking someone isn\u2019t a bad thing, and I can tell he likes you too,\u201d I replied with a smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was a trace of sadness on her face that I could not fully understand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just that I wanted to marry Baxter for so long that I\u2019m scared. What if I tell Ron I like him and he becomes cautious, wondering how I could fall out of love with Baxter so quickly?\u201d she explained carefully, weighing every word.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told you he likes you?\u201d I asked with my eyes wide open.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She took a moment and smiled to herself before she nodded, lowering her head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe did.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland\u2019s breathtaking cold.<\/p>\n
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