Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 186

He holds his arm out as if he's Snape casting the unbreakable vow.

I slap his arm away.

He chuckles a bit. I do too, until he sighs He looks at me the way I hate, so I look away.

"So we're good?" I ask.

He nods. "I suppose. For now."

"Seriously." I sit up on the chair. "You can't tell anyone."

He waves me off. "Relax would ya. I know what I said I'd do. What you need to do is start talking about this war."

"What about it?"

He looks at me incredulously. "Oh, I don't know. Maybe the fact that they're trying to kidnap you?" He lifts his pointer finger. "Or, I know, how none of this explains why you were sneaking out to talk to the betas?"

He's got me there. I was hoping my heart would've distracted him long enough to make him forget about that. It's the thing I've been wanting to say for a while, but that I just can't. I don't know if it's safe to say out loud. I don't know if I even believe it.

"Mia?"

I put my finger up to my lips. The fact that he can keep this heart thing a secret, even if it's just for now, shows me what I've always known-the one person I can trust with anything is, has always been, and will always be my brother Michael. So I do the unthinkable. I text him something I might regret:

Mia: Alright I can't keep this in anymore, but you CAN'T tell anyone

Michael: Okay

Mia: You. Can't. Tell. Anyone

Michael: OKAY

Mia: YOU CANNOT TELL ANYONE. CANNOT CANNOT CANNOT

Michael: GIRL I said I'VE GOT IT

Mia: No, you DON'T get it BOY. You canNOT tell ~~ANYONE~~

Michael: If YOU do not just tell me already I am gonna go C-R-A-Z-Y

Mia: GOOD because you really CANNOT TeLl AnYonE

Mchael: I'vE GoT iT MiA jUsT tElL MeH ASJV;AI

Mia: vajvj;arviaer

Michael: gvrgoareg]