A Divorce He Regrets

Chapter 209:

Her voice broke immediately. “Raina, she’s here!”

I sat up so fast I almost knocked the lamp over. “What? Who’s there?”

“Eliza,” she sobbed, her words tumbling over each other. “She’s at the house. She says she’s pregnant, and she’s refusing to leave!”

My heart sank. “What do you mean she’s at the house? How did she—why is she—”

“Dom let her in!” Faith’s voice cracked, and I could hear the sound of muffled crying. “I don’t know what to do, Raina. I locked myself in the bathroom. I can’t… I can’t face her!”

I had the phone clutched so tightly that my knuckles turned white.

“Faith, listen. Listen carefully. I’m on my way there. Just hang in there until I get to you. Whatever is happening right now, stay put. Don’t go near that door, promise me.”

I flung the covers off and made a mad dash to the edge of the bed, my fingers grabbing clothes in a frantic rush as her panicked voice echoed in my mind. But before I could get any further, an arm snaked around my waist and pulled me back into the warmth of the bed.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Alex’s groggy voice cut through the stillness as he pushed up onto one elbow, his lips brushing against my shoulder.

“Faith called,” I panted, rolling over to look at him. “Eliza’s at the house, Alex. She says she’s pregnant, and Faith is out of control. I gotta go.”

He scowled, fingers tightening slightly on my hip. “You just got here, Raina. What’s going to happen to the kids? They need you here.”

My lips parted to protest, but his words stopped me cold.

“They’ll be fine for a couple of days,” I said, though the uncertainty in my voice betrayed me. “This is important. Faith needs me.”

Alex sat up fully, his hand finding mine. “I get it,” he said softly, “but you have to keep in mind the fact that you’re not the only one Faith has on her side. She has Dominic, and those two are adults—they’ll find a way out of this. But Ava and Liam, well, they’ve got no one else. You can’t be forever running to fix everyone’s problems except your own.”

Guilt hit me like a punch to the gut. He was right, as much as I hated to admit it. The kids needed me. They were, after all, the reason I’d come here in the first place—to keep them safe, to be with them. But how could I just stand by while my brother and Faith’s marriage crumbled under Eliza’s chaos?

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“I can’t just do nothing, Alex,” I said, my voice cracking.

“You won’t be doing nothing,” he reassured me, his thumb brushing against my knuckles. “I’ll go. I’ll handle it.”

My eyes widened. “You’d do that?”

“For you? Always,” he said simply, a small smile tugging at his lips. “Stay here with the kids, Raina. Let me take care of this.”

Relief washed over me, though it was tinged with worry. I trusted Alex, but the thought of him walking into the middle of that mess without me made my stomach twist.noveldrama

“Okay,” I said quietly, nodding. “But promise me you’ll keep me updated.”

“Of course,” he said, leaning in to press a soft kiss to my forehead. Then his lips brushed against mine, lingering just long enough to send a shiver down my spine.

“I mean it, Raina,” he said, his voice firm but full of warmth. “Stay inside. Keep the kids safe. No unnecessary risks, okay?”

I nodded again, biting my lip. “Okay.”

The smell of pancakes filled the kitchen as I flipped another one onto the plate. Ava was sitting at the table, her little legs swinging back and forth while she hummed softly to herself. Liam was scribbling on a piece of paper, his small hands gripping a crayon with intense focus. I couldn’t help but smile at them, their innocence so vivid against the storms that raged around us.

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