The Lycan King's Secret Baby (Freya and Jaxon)

Chapter 15

I tried and managed to avoid Jaxon for the entire of the next day. It was hard, because he seemed hell bent on talking to me and I didn’t know why. I didn’t want to be reminded of what I almost did and how I basically let go of every ounce of self respect that I had.

I locked myself in the room all morning. When the maids came to change the flowers, I pretended to be sick and asked them if I could have my breakfast in the room and they obliged by bringing me a plate of breakfast burritos. The only time I left my room was to see Kiara and her new nanny. The last thing I wanted was someone watching over my daughter that I didn’t like.

The woman was younger than I thought she would be. She looked to be in her mid twenties but she had an air around her that seemed to command respect. Her hair was a dark brown color and it stopped a few inches below her shoulder and it was in beautiful curls. Her dark eyes looked sharp and held wisdom beyond her age. She had skin the color of melted chocolate and she had soft curves.

One look at her and I knew she was a lycan. She had an air of power that only lycans could exude but when she saw me, she smiled. Her smile instantly put me at ease because I knew lycans to be rude and expected her to be dismissive towards me.

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Kiara had her hand in mine and she was practically hidden behind me. She poked her head out of the side from behind my jeans and when the woman saw her, she smiled softly then crouched down. Kiara glanced at me

and I

carefull nodded softly to encourage her to take a step forward. She stood to my side but she didn’t let go

of my hand and I figured it was a good step.

“Hi,” the lady said and her voice reminded of soft velvet. “My name is Nadia and I’m twenty four. I’m going to be your new nanny if you don’t mind. Could you tell me your name?”

Kiara glanced at me but I gave her a small smile. I didn’t want to force her to speak to Nadia. If she didn’t want to then it was her choice. Time stretched between us and I expected her to shy away but instead she let go of my hand and held it out to Nadia. I saw a small sigh of relief leave Nadia as she took Kiara’s hand in hers.

“My name is Kiara,” Kiara said proudly and she held out three chubby fingers. “I’m three years old.”

Nadia smiled widely. “Three is a wonderful number. Is there anything you like? Maybe it can help us bond

better.”

“I like dolls,” she said with glee lacing her tone and just like that, I knew Nadia had won her over. “I also want a dog. Before, Bephad a dog and it was really cute but it didn’t like me and I want one to like me.”

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“Please don’t give her ideas,” I muttered under my breath and Nadia laughed. I crouched down to my daughter and gestured for her to come over. “Is it okay if I leave you with Nadia?”

She hesitated for a second and if she had told me to stay then I would have done so without a second thought but she nodded hesitantly. I gestured for her to come closer and I noticed she kept glancing over at Nadia sol dropped my voice to a soft whisper so only she could hear me.

“if you want me to stay then I will,” I told her softly. “I just want you to be honest with me.”

“I’ll stay with her,” she said and before I could say anything, she had pulled herself out of my hold and run off to sit in front of Nadia.

Once I was sure that she was fine, I stood up and left the room. I made a mental note to check up on her later and see if things were going fine. As much as I knew that Jaxon would never hire someone to put Kiara in danger, ! couldn’t help but want to check in and make sure that she was fine.

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I had just gotten out of the room when I saw Jaxon coming my way. He sighted me unfortunately and I instantly. turned on my heels and speed walked away. I wasn’t sure where I was going but I just wanted to get away from him. Jaxon seemed to want the exact opposite because he followed me. I went to the front doors and I walked right out and turned right but I heard his footsteps behind me.

I got to the orchard and the people looked shocked to see me. Their eyes widened and I knew that Jaxon had entered. No words were spoken but instantly, all of them started to leave and I tried to leave with them but a hand wrapped around my wrist and even without looking up, I knew it was Jaxon. Whenever he held me, it felt like fireworks were exploding over my skin and I knew it had a lot to do with the fact that we were mates.

Once the last person left, the door to the orchard was shut and then it was just us in the solace of the trees. I tried to ignore his presence but it was hard considering he was right next to me and still holding my hands. He walked around so he was standing in front of me and I refused to look up at his face. I kept my eyes on the buttons of his grey shirt and his black slacks.

“Freya,” he began in a soft voice, “Why have you been avoiding me?”

It took everything in me not to jerk my hands out of his grip and call him all manner of names. What did he think he was getting at by saying that? What did he think he was doing? Did he expect me to be his best friend after

what had happened with us the day before? It grated on my nerves and I wanted nothing more than to slap him but I managed to keep my composure.

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“What do you think?” I asked instead unable to keep the snark out of my tone. “I don’t want to have this conversation with you Jaxon. Can I just go inside?”

“We’re adults Freya; if you have a problem then you should tell me. Acting out like this is not going to solve anything.

I finally snapped my eyes to his and I was shocked to see that he looked annoyed. He had the audacity to look annoyed when he was the one giving me mixed signals and acting like he had a giant bug up his a*s. I tried but I couldn’t keep my anger at a low and I jerked my hand out of his grip immediately.

a, come on,” he

began but I held up a hand to stop him.

“You have no right to tell me to be an adult when you are the one who has been acting like a child. What the hell is your problem? What do you even want with me Jaxon? I am tired of you acting like this and trying to pin the blame on me when I refuse to agree with your stupid whims.”

“Now you’re just being unreasonable,” he said and I couldn’t control

ol myself.

I didn’t know when I lifted my hands and struck him across the side of his face until the souhd filled the room. I stood there in shock as he stared down at me expecting him to react but instead he stayed immobile. I knew I should have apologized but I couldn’t bring myself to form the words. The air stretched thin between us and finally he spoke.

When he spoke, his voice was no more than a deathly whisper. “Don’t ever lift your hand to me again. The next time you hit me, I will have appropriate punishments in place.”

Something about the way he spoke had wetness dripping between my thighs and for a split second, I wondered if I was normal but then I remembered why I was angry at him before and the arousal was gone.

“I don’t care about your stupid punishments,” I spat. “If you act like a dick again then I will hit you across the face. You deserved it and you deserve a lot more. You have been acting like a jerk since the moment I got here and I have every right to be fed up by what you’ve done.”

“What have I done Freya?” he asked. “All I have done is treat you with dignity and respect.”

“You have given me whiplash since I got here. I am your mate for goddess sake and why don’t you start acting

like it or reject me.”

He froze and ctared at me as if I had said something unimaginable.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” I asked suddenly feeling self conscious and I didn’t expect the next words.

out of his mouth.

“Did you call me your mate?”

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