Ran Away Pregnant Came Back Alpha Heiress (Amelia and Damien) novel Chapter 446

Chapter 446

She’d had no idea that Ruth would use her kindness against her.

Now, Mom sat on the couch, her face buried in her hands, crying. Dad sat beside her, rubbing her back as he tried to offer her soft words of comfort. She was inconsolable.

“This is all my fault,” she said. “Everything that has gone wrong over the past several years has been all my fault. That terrible woman switched our babies, didn’t she? If I never would have invited her into our home, Amelia would have always been ours.”

“She is ours now,” Dad said. “We cannot change the past but we have our present and our future. That’s all we need.”

“But she’s still in danger,” Mom said. “It’s because of me.”

It broke my heart to see my mother take on this weight and this guilt, when all she had truly been guilty of was trying to help someone.

“You can’t blame yourself,” I told her.

Even though the sight of my mom crying like this rattled me inside, making me feel like a small boy again, I fought against that feeling to tap into my Alpha strength. When I said these words, I wanted her to believe them, and the using the confidence of an Alpha was the best way to do that.

“You are not to blame,” I told her. “You were deceived. The fault rests solely on Ruth’s shoulders.”

I knew that, even with the confidence in my voice, these things were easier said than believed. But I hoped, she could find some way to forgive herself for this.

Her kindness had always been her greatest strength. Just because someone had taken advantage of that, I didn’t want her to recoil inside of herself and change.

She was my mom. I loved her as she was.

“I need to apologize to Amelia,” Mom said. “If she could ever forgive me…” Her voice break. After a moment, she tried again, “If she can forgive me, then maybe I can work on forgiving myself.”

I considered these words, then gave a quick glance at my phone to check the date.

“Alpha King Benedict would be arriving at Damien’s pack soon,” I said. We were of course invited and were making plans to stay at a nearby hotel. Perhaps instead… “Why don’t we reach out to Amelia and see if we can stay at their estate. Perhaps we could even come in early. Then you can have some time to talk to her privately and maybe set things right.”

Mom’s eyes went bright. “Do you think I could?”

“I’m sure of it,” I said, though really, I wasn’t so sure.

While Amelia needed protection, Damien seemed to be going overboard, even by Alpha’s standards. If I called him to ask permission to allow Mom and Dad to stay at his house with Amelia, he might say no.

I wasn’t willing to take that chance, so instead I called Amelia. As she was the one who was home, it made more

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sense to talk to her anyway.

I spoke with her privately, away from my parents, while Dad continued to console Mom.

“That would be wonderful!” Amelia said brightly. “Come over whenever you want.”

“Should you ask Damien?” I said. While I was willing to go over Damien’s head, I didn’t want Amelia to catch any flak for it.

She huffed with annoyance. “He wouldn’t even stay on the phone long enough for me to ask. Just come. I’ll deal with Damien. If he ever shows up here again.”

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