Regrets (Part 2)
Sebastian’s POV
Dr. Harper was about to speak, but Thea quickly cut her off.
“It was nothing,” Thea rushed to say, but I knew she was lying because her voice pitched higher at the end.
Then she jumped off the bed and practically ran into the changing room.
Dr. Harper gave me a sad smile before leaving the room. A few minutes later, Thea came back fully dressed. She left without a word, and I followed her like a lost pup.
We arrived at the front desk. She received her date for the next appointment and two ultrasound pictures of the baby.
My phone rang, and I answered distractedly.
“What is it?”
I knew who the second picture was for. Kane. I hated that she was in contact with him, but I also admired her maturity. If I had been in her situation, I would’ve completely
isolated the child from Kane.
Thea was a fucking angel. She chose to do the right thing with both Leo and the pup she was carrying now. After all, during our seven years of marriage, I hadn’t exactly been a
saint, but she still allowed me access to Leo. She never even said a bad word about me to him, despite me being a complete asshole to her.
“Alpha, the Redstone Pack delegation has arrived. They’re insisting on meeting with you,”
Callista said.
“I thought they weren’t due until next week.”
“They were. That was the arrangement, but they just showed up.”
I groaned in frustration. I hated having my plans disrupted. It pissed me off when people couldn’t stick to a schedule.
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“I’m not changing my plans because they suddenly decided to come early. They can wait until I’m done with what I’m doing, or they can leave and come back at their goddamn appointed time.”
These guys had been a pain in my ass since they first approached us. They were eager for cooperation and alliance, and usually when someone is that eager, it’s not a good sign. I’d been considering dropping them entirely, but Damien told me to give them a chance.
“Uh–okay. I’ll relay the message.”
I hung up after that. I turned around to see Thea walking out of the clinic.
“Who’s got you so angry?” she asked with a smirk, seemingly enjoying seeing me pissed off.
“Just got a call from Callista about some people from another Pack.”
I saw her face fall at the mention of Callista. A dark cloud passed over her features.
“You really should fire her. Callista is a fucking bitch, not just to me but to everyone she thinks is beneath her.”
I smiled. “I’ve already disciplined her and made her apologize to you.”
“When?”
“After the night of the dinner. I didn’t like the way she talked about you.”
She looked shocked. I mean, Callista had been my Liaison for years. I just hadn’t known she was a complete bitch. No, scratch that–I hadn’t cared that she was a complete bitch
to Thea.
My smile faded as I realized how I’d let others and myself disrespect her. She had been my
Luna, the mother of my heir. I should never have allowed those things to happen.
She was silent, just looking at me like she couldn’t figure me out.
“What did Dr. Harper mean when she talked about your first pregnancy?” I remembered
what was said in the clinic.
“Can’t you just drop it? It doesn’t matter, Leo is healthy now, and everything turned out
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fine. It’s all in the past,” she looked away, but I heard the catch in her voice and knew talking about this was painful for her.
“Thea? Tell me. I want to know,” I pressed. I was desperate.
Being at these appointments with her made me realize how much I’d missed during her pregnancy with Leo. I hadn’t even heard his heartbeat for the first time.
Her eyes flashed with anger, masking the hint of pain I saw there.
“Tell you what, Sebastian? Tell you I was an eighteen–year–old pregnant girl, scared and alone? Tell you that sometimes my blood pressure would spike and I’d end up hospitalized because of the stress? Tell you that the constant hatred from my family, my husband, and the Pack was too much, so I became depressed? Or tell you that Dr. Harper said with my health deteriorating the way it was, there was a chance my pup wouldn’t
make it?”
She took a deep breath before continuing: “I barely saw you at home, and when you did come back, all you did was tell me how much you hated me. I gave you an out, but you didn’t take it, and god, I wish I had fought harder to get away from all of you. You told me you hated me, not realizing that even though I loved you, I hated you just as much. Going to that bar was a mistake. And you, Sebastian, were the biggest mistake of my life, but the problem is I can’t take it back, and I wouldn’t if I could because that would mean I wouldn’t have Leo, and I will never regret having him.”
“Now, if you’re done rehashing the past and opening wounds I’m trying to heal, I’m leaving. Have a fucking great day because you just ruined mine,” she said before turning
to leave.
couldn’t believe we almost lost Leo. My abuse and everyone else’s had caused her health to deteriorate. We were all so busy hating her while she suffered alone. Knowing I played a part in breaking her heart shattered mine.
I watched her get into her car. My heart contracted as I realized what a bastard I’d been. I hadn’t realized it at the time, but it wasn’t just me who was suffering. I refused to see her side, refused to see her pain. She was only eighteen, for Moon’s sake.
She drove away. I watched her car until it disappeared from sight.
I ran my hand through my hair, the severity of the pain and hurt I’d caused her hitting me
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like a ton of bricks. There was so much pain in her voice, so much anger, How the fuck was 1 ever going to make this up to her?
