Alpha Your Warrior Ex-Wife is Back (by Aurora Starling) novel Chapter 70

Chapter 70

He looked at me quickly and blushed. “No! I can do it myself.”

“I know you can.” I said gently with a calm voice. I didn’t pull my hand back. “But sometimes, it’s okay to let people take care of you.”

The words hung in the air between us. He looked at me thoughtfully as if he was torn between longing and pride. I kept my eyes steady and gentle as I looked at him, letting him know there was no judgment and mockery. I am just giving him an offer.

For a long moment, I thought he would refuse. But then he relaxed and leaned forward and ate bread from my hand. He chewed the bread quickly as if he was afraid that this moment would be taken from him if he hesitated too much.

When he chewed, the emotions of his face changed completely. The tension that always seemed to live in his features eased. His eyes softened, brightened. After he swallowed the bread, he looked at me again but instead of his pride, I saw the vulnerability on his face.

I tore off another piece and offered it. This time he didn’t hesitate. He took it quietly, then another,

and another.

Each bit he ate made the walls around his heart crumble a little. He pressed his lips into a thin line but I can tell he wanted to speak. He kept on blinking trying to stop the tears from coming out.

“Miss Warrior, thank you.” He whispered only for me to hear it.

I smiled softly, reaching out to brush his hair back from his forehead. “You don’t have to thank me I am your..Miss Warrior afterall.”

But I knew he wasn’t thanking me for food. There was deeper meaning to that thank you, he was thanking me for filling the gap of his mother.

The thought almost made me want to expose myself and tell him I am his mother. I swallowed hard trying to control my tears. I looked at Nova who just looked at me proudly, she didn’t feel bad that I fed Leo too. Which made me calm down a bit.

The was now peacefully quiet as the children talked in more hushed voices but me feeding Leo and Nova will be one of the precious memories I will have.

It was only then that I let myself glance toward Gideon.

He was watching us. His expression was unreadable but the more I looked carefully the more I saw the softness in his eyes, his eyes were content and peaceful as he saw his son was finally taken care of the way he should have.

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And beneath the peaceful expression, I saw something else. A shadow.

I didn’t need to guess what it was. His mind hasn’t forgotten the garden incident. He said I am not just a bodyguard, those words somehow made me think, it was a sort of confession or explanation, the line I tried to keep between us was there.

But he had crossed that line.

Even now, as he looked at me across the table, I could feel the question in his gaze. Was that really all I wanted to be? Just Leo’s bodyguard?

I looked away from him quickly as my chest tightened.

I didn’t have the courage to answer that question. At least not tonight.

So I focused on the children instead, on wiping crumbs from Nova’s chin, on encouraging Leo to finish his glass of milk, and listening to children arguing over dessert.

This is my duty as bodyguard and as mother. This is the place i am supposed to be.

I looked at Leo who now looked happier as he ate the rest of the bread and I was not able to deny the truth anymore.

The children wanted me but more than just a bodyguard, they needed someone who would not just

feed them food but affection as well.

And Gideon had seen it too.