The Dark Thrall Mating Olivia

Chapter Sixty-Two

My stomach rolled like I was on a roller coaster and I swallowed hard, trying to fight down any lingering feelings of anger and sadness at hearing his name. He had rejected me. I didn't need to feel this way. But I couldn't help the pain that I still felt. "What did you want to talk to me about him for?"

"He came to see me at the pack house this morning," Micheal said, the muscles in his jaw tensed and he looked down at the tea that I had placed in front of him. Watching the hot water grow dark as the tea infused with it. "Livie, he uh. He didn't know about Everly."

"What?" I asked, "but I told him. You saw the text and what he said to do."

"I know. I don't think it was him who texted you that."

"Micheal, I tried to call him after that and he never answered. It wasn't like I only reached out once." I said, closing my eyes. It felt like I was reliving one of the worst times in my life. "I begged him to be in her life." I confided, it was something that I hadn't told anyone. That I had texted him, begging him to come to her birth. Not to be with me or anything like that, but just to be part of her life.

I would do anything for my daughter, including begging someone who didn't care about me. Who had rejected me. I just wanted him to not reject our daughter.

"Liv, your number was blocked from his phone." Micheal reached over, wrapping his hands around mine to try and comfort me.

"I, I don't understand." I didn't get it. Why would Nick block my number? We had never really been close growing up but I had been friends with his younger brother. He had my number because of him. Why would he block my number?noveldrama

"We think it was Chelsea who blocked your number and texted you. Nick thought, well, he thought that you and I were together." Micheal said, worrying his lower lip. A look of guilt in his eyes. "He thought Everly was mine."

"Why would he think that?" I asked, tilting my head to the side. How had even known that I was pregnant if he hadn't seen the message?

"He came into town and saw us at the diner. It was when you first felt her kick and put my hand on your stomach." Micheal swallowed hard, brushing his thumb across the back of my knuckles.

"He saw me smiling at you and thought that we were together."

Pulling my hands away from his, I looked at the steaming mug in front of me. What was I supposed to say to that?

A part of me didn't believe what Micheal was telling me. How could he not know when I had texted and tried to call him so many times? Why would his girlfriend block my number? My hands shook and I pulled them off of the table and into my lap.

What did this mean for me and Everly?

Did Jay and Killian know about this? Could this change how they felt about me? I didn't want it to, but I wanted Everly to know who her father was. My mom hadn't told me anything about my dad and I couldn't do that to Everly. I just hoped Nick would want to get to know her if he stuck around and built a relationship with her. I would be okay with that, but I still wanted my mates to be father figures for my daughter.

"Livie, are you okay?" Micheal asked and I looked up from the mug to meet his eyes. His brows were knit together and I could see it written on his face.

"Don't do that." I said, reaching over and giving his hand a squeeze. He was still my alpha, still

my friend and I didn't want him to blame himself for any of this.

“I'm not doing anything." He said, but we both knew it was a lie.

"Yes, you are. Stop blaming yourself. Nick should have come into the diner instead of assuming that we were together. If he had, he would have known that Everly was his."

"Was?" Micheal asked, bringing his hand up to cover mine.

"Was, is. It's confusing because I want my mates in her life. But I don't want her to not have her father in her life too. She needs to know where she comes from." I said and Micheal nodded at me, pulling his hands from mine. He knew how I had grown up. It had not been like him and his family. With my mom and me, it was just us. I didn't have several dads to spoil me and my siblings.

I didn't have a father who adored my mother. We had been alone and struggling.

"I get it, whatever you need. You know I'm here, right? You and Everly are my family, too." He said and I nodded.

"Thank you, Micheal. Not just for being my alpha, but my friend, too." I said and he nodded, picking up his hot tea and taking a sip.

"I mean it Livie. Anything you and Everly need, I'm here for you guys."

I nodded and the two of us sat in my little kitchen finishing our tea. The news that he had given

me had left me shocked, but there was so much that I needed to figure out. I needed to talk to

my mates to make sure that they knew what I was going to do. I just hoped that they didn't hate me for it.

Busying myself, I started cleaning the kitchen for tonight. Hoping that the task would take my mind off of everything that Micheal had told me.