From Rejected Mate to Luna (Julia White) novel Chapter 236

Chapter 236

“Dinner, then chaos, Matthew amends, standing smoothly with Ethan still in his arms.

At the table, Ethan starts in a booster seat between his parents. He lasts maybe two minutes before he twists around, met lockad

Matthew’s chair.

“I sit there,” he announces, pointing directly at the spot next to Matthew with his fork.

“Buddy,” James says, giving the fork a warning look. “We talked about not weaponizing utensils.”

Ethan ignores him with the single–minded focus only small children and Alphas can manage. “I sit by Uncle Matt.*

“It’s fine,” Matthew says, already standing. “Come on, trouble. You and me.”

He lifts Ethan out of the booster and perches him on the chair at his side, then tugs the chair in so the boy’s knees don’t smash against the edge. He slides Ethan’s plate closer, moves his own a bit farther away, and pulls the glass of water just out of grab range without

making a big deal about it.

“Okay,” he says calmly. “Rule number one: fork points down. We don’t blind the Luna at dinner.”

Ethan swivels toward me. “Hi, Luna Julia,” he says, solemn and sweet, like he’s trying out the title on his tongue.

Heat floods my cheeks. I manage a smile. “Hi, Ethan. I like your

sweatshirt.”

“It has dinosaurs,” he declares as if that explains everything. “Rawr.”

Ethan makes a face, then turns toward Matthew with a proud grin, mouth full of green beans.

“Uncle Matt says I can be Beta like Dad when I grow up,” he announces.

“I said you can be whatever you want,” Matthew corrects gently, cutting a piece of chicken into smaller bites and sliding it onto Ethan’s plate. “Beta. Doctor. Truck driver. Artist. Wolf scientist. You pick, kid.”

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