Accidentally Pregnant By My Alpha Best friends (Madeline) novel Chapter 296

296–They Came Wearing Tux

Madeline:

We had been sharing eye contact, both Baxter and I, while he questioned my daughter once again.

“I promise it was her,” Gina replied, pointing toward Yuvonne sitting in the living room with Lady Eugenia.

It was our third day together, and I still had not had a conversation with Lady Eugenia or Baxter’s father. From what I knew, Baxter’s father did not really have a personality of his own.

Mr. Jonah was supposed to be an ex–Alpha King. I had hoped he would at least have some sense of right and wrong and be more active in decision–making, especially when his wife was unable to make proper choices.

But he did none of that. He simply obeyed her like a lost puppy.

Normally, I would have been happy for them, if she had not been making him do strange things that hurt others.

She was also quite demanding. Ever since she arrived, the workload had doubled for everyone. She needed things constantly.

“Okay, Gina, go and play with your siblings, okay?” Baxter told her, gently touching her cheeks.

Gina ran out of the kitchen while I stayed with my back pressed against the counter, arms folded over my chest.

“I’m really sorry for doubting her, but some things just don’t make sense,” Baxter admitted.

I guessed he had been expecting me to argue, but when I turned my head briefly to him and gave him a soft look,

he raised his brow.

He stepped closer and stood beside me, placing his hand on the counter behind me, facing my side profile.

“She said it, and so did Bodhi and Elara. They said they saw Yuvonne push Gina,” I recalled.

We actually spoke to all of our children separately. Yuvonne had no idea we were doing that. “It happened after Bodhi had already fallen asleep.” I explained.

I turned my head toward Baxter, and our eyes met. I hated questioning my children, but things were not adding up.

“That’s what I was thinking,” Baxter agreed.

He looked relieved that instead of reacting the way I had over the past few weeks, I was finally thinking clearly.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but why would Bodhi say so confidently that he saw Yuvonne push Gina when he was already asleep?” I asked, feeling uneasy. “Do you think it’s because they think I dislike her, so they dislike her too?”

“I don’t think that’s the case,” Baxter replied. “I think the way Yuvonne acted toward them before is why they are resistant to liking her.”

The way Baxter explained it made me feel better. That was why I felt at ease whenever he was around. He knew how to calm me and clear my thoughts.

“Anyway, we still need to keep a close watch on Yuvonne and the children together. We don’t know whether only Bodhi is lying or if all three of them are,” Baxter explained as he stepped closer and gently squeezed my elbow.

Every time he stood near me, I felt goosebumps spread across my body.

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296–They Came Wearing Tux

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“By the way, I spoke with my wolf,” I mumbled, straightening my posture.

She had been bothering me nonstop, insisting I tell Baxter that it was not her that day.

Baxter tapped his fingers against the counter, watching me closely.

“It would help if you weren’t looking at me so intensely,” I spoke up, making him chuckle.

He lowered his head, giving me the privacy I was asking for.

“It wasn’t her either,” I told him, watching as he lifted his head and stared at me.

Silence settled between us. The bright smile he had worn moments ago was gone.

A knock on the front door made Baxter and me share a glance. We looked out of the kitchen and saw Lady Eugenia and Yuvonne staring back at us.

It felt as though every knock on the door brought trouble with it.

“What now?” I asked Baxter, unfolding my arms tiredly as I stepped out of the kitchen with him right beside me.

My kids were playing around the house. Lord Jonah was not doing much. He held a book in his hand, one he had been reading since morning.

Then there was Lady Eugenia. She behaved as if she were still a queen of somewhere.

Yuvonne rose from the couch, but Baxter and I continued toward the door.

Baxter opened it, and I expected to see some kind of rogue or someone similar. Seeing my ex–mate instead was not something I had anticipated.

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