Chapter 180
180 – The Alphas Are Trying To Win My Heart
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I raised my hand toward him in dismissal and rushed past him again.
We reached the small path that led back toward the road we had come from.
I checked both sides quickly. This road was farther from the one where my SUV was parked.
Cars were passing fast, kicking dust into the air.
My phone vibrated in my hand, and I checked the message from Elgin.
Elgin: Do not worry. I am with the kids. I am driving around, trying to look for you and also for Elara.
I did not have time to respond.
I shoved the phone into my pocket and stepped onto the road, watching the traffic carefully before crossing.
Lord Eldon crossed with me. He was still grunting and making comments.
“When she is found, they will put her in a council holding. She will have to be separated from the others and get therapy,” he grunted.
As we crossed, I stopped and turned to him.
“What did you just say?” I asked, keeping a warning in my tone, telling him to think twice before saying anything senseless about my daughter.
“You heard me. This time she will be put in a facility. She will not be with you, because you cannot keep an eye on her,” Lord Eldon hissed.
A voice came from behind us, startling both of us.
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We turned to look at the owner of the voice and found Graham standing there p>
And he was holding Elara.
She was licking a chocolate ice cream cone, her cheeks smudged with melted drips, and she looked completely
fine.
“Oh, you found her! She pushed a child! She tried to kill him!” Lord Eldon started to speak at once, directing his words to his son, but Graham stared at him with no idea what he was talking about.
“What are you saying? There is no way she did that. And what do you mean by, I found her?” Graham asked, holding two more cones in his hands.
“She was gone. I searched everywhere,” I said softly, stepping closer,
“I picked her from the car. She was talking about getting ice cream for herself and her siblings. So we got ice creams, see?” Graham replied, giving me a steady look while shifting Elara in his arms and glancing at his father.
Lord Eldon and I exchanged a glance before looking back at Graham.
“What?” Graham snapped, reacting to his father’s stare.
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A clear disappointment settled on Lord Eldon’s face.
“ I’ll head back to my work, ” Lord Eldon hissed. As he walked past me, he whispered slowly, “You cannot always get away like this.” Then he left without another word.
I exhaled slowly and looked at Graham. He glanced down at Elara, then at me, and began to smile.
“Thank you,” I said quietly. I felt more grateful than ever.
A strange silence settled between us for a moment.
I reached out and took Elara from his arms.
She clung to my shoulder, still holding her ice cream. The drops were running down her arm now.
“ I saw her in the playground. She had pushed that kid down. But then I saw you and my father up there, so I grabbed her and ran away,” he explained, telling me how he had saved me from another embarrassment and saved my daughter from being taken away.
“Thank you, Graham. You have no idea what you have done,” I repeated, thanking him again.
Even though I had been angry with him, this one moment, where he saved my daughter, meant a lot.
“Of course. I would do anything to redeem myself,” he mumbled softly.
There was a heaviness in his tone.
I could tell he was guilty about the last few weeks‘ events, but there was nothing that could be done anymore.
The damage had been done.
That was when a car, an SUV, pulled up beside us.
The door opened, and Elgin stepped out quickly, rushing toward us.
As soon as he saw Elara, he placed his hand on his chest and sighed in relief.
“ Little kid, you scared your mother so much,” Elgin told Elara, smiling at her and taking her from my arms.
Graham leaned into the car to give Bodhi and Gina the ice cream cones,
Their faces lit up immediately.
Elara hid her face in Elgin’s shoulder because she knew she was in trouble.
He rubbed her back, kissed her forehead gently, and carried her toward the SUV.
After he strapped her in and made sure she was safe, he stepped back out to speak with us.
“Actually, I was researching something. I found there may be a way to help Elara with her condition,” Graham began.
The moment he saw Elgin interacting with me and my children like a family, he brought up something that pulled my attention to him.
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