Chapter 66

66 Trying

Luke.

We were silent after Kimberly laid out her plans, and I did not know what to say. Caleb looked at Tia and

me to chip in, but this was his mess. It was his problem. “Kimberly, please reconsider,” Tia said, begging

the girl.

“It is easy for you to say, Tia. Luke doesn’t let you out of his sight. When you two were getting married,

the news went round that you would be miserable because of the rumours we heard but look at you now.

You are an object of envy. My only offence was being sloppy, Tia. I actually believed that women only got

pregnant when they had sex during their heat. It hit home when Luke used me as an example when

Stacy was trying to convince you to rest so you can get pregnant after your first heat. My mother was all

about looking nice and spending money; she never taught me anything about being a woman.

Everything I know I learned on my own by making mistakes and correcting myself. I did not get pregnant

deliberately. Who wants to be a mother at twenty? No offence Tia, but I would not have chosen this path

otherwise. I had broken up with him. It doesn’t matter what the DNA result says. In the eyes of everyone,

I am a slut, which is why he doubted the paternity of my daughter. No one will know he was my first, and

I never cheated on him. No one would know there was no need to doubt me. Above all, I cannot hang

around for someone who chooses to settle for me because the woman he loves is unavailable. I have my

dignity. I only hung around the Moons so that I would be cared for during my pregnancy. I ended up

doing everything for myself. Apart from the bills that were paid, I did it all by myself. I went through

everything alone, with no one to talk to or lean on. It is too late for Caleb to ask me to stay. I have made

peace with my shame and am moving on from this. I would have died, but the goddess spared my life. I

feel reborn. I do not want to walk the same path I was on before I went into a coma,” she said, and Tia

could not say a word because no one could argue with Kimberly right now. Everything she said was true.

Caleb had many chances to redeem himself but blew all of them.

“Please, Kim. I am sorry. I will tell the world that I misjudged you, I will marry you, and we will move out of

the mansion, but don’t leave me. Please, right now, you and our daughter are all that make sense in my

life. I cannot lose both of you, please. I will do anything you want. I will do whatever you say. I will be a

fool for you, I promise. I will follow you about, and you will never be alone. Please do not leave me, Kim. I

am sorry about everything; I was sorry before all this. I honestly thought you were trying to trap me

because of my past. Most of the girls that claimed I got them pregnant were lairs. Most of them were not

pregnant by the time we offered abortion. I am sorry I categorised you like them. I really am.” He said

and went to his knees.

“Please tell me what you want me to do, and I will do it, Kim. I swear I will do it.” He said, and just then,

Stacy and our father walked into the room.

“Caleb!” Stacy exclaimed.” Don’t you know you are an Alpha?” She said, but he ignored her entirely and

continued to plead with Kimberly.

“What is the matter?.” My father asked me quietly. “Kimberly is leaving with her child,” I told him, and he

was shocked. “The girl is a Moon; she can’t take her away,” My father protested.

“Well, she can. Caleb did not marry her, so the baby is also a Miles.” I said to him, and he was silent.

Realising what was happening, he pulled his mate so they could excuse us. We wanted to excuse them,

too, but Kimberly insisted we stayed because she wanted us to take her home

“Kimberly, you cannot do this alone,” Tia finally spoke. “I have cared for her for two weeks, and I needed

everyone to chip in. Why don’t you two come and stay with us in our house and see how it goes. If you

still want to leave, no one will stop you, but let your daughter grow a bit to the point that you would be

able to care for her without others,” Tia pleaded with her trying to buy Caleb ample time to redeem

himself.

“Better still, I will rent the house next to ours for you two, so you can have some privacy,” I said, and

Kimberly looked at Tia. It was clear the girl trusted Tia completely. They were communicating, and I did

not know what it was about

“I do not want to be around Caleb, Tia; he hurt me to my soul,” she said in tears, and Tia went to hold her

while I collected the baby from her. Kimberly was in pain. So I asked Caleb to join me outside the room

to talk He reluctantly left to join me outside.

“Are you serious about all those things you said?” I asked him, and he nodded.

“I have been before she gave birth, but I thought she got pregnant to trap me,” he confessed. “It will be

hard to convince her. You really hurt the girl. She went through this alone. Three months in her father’s

house and six months with us. You refused to even stay in the same room with her. Tia is just a few

weeks gone, and I will tell you, it is not easy. She needs a lot of care and pampering. I do not want to

imagine what Kimberly went through all this while. You need to do a lot more than making promises and

keeping them to get her back, you need a miracle because that girl’s mind is made up. Remember what

father tells us. He says to always remain relevant, you have to make sure people do not find a

replacement for you because you are no longer needed once they do. Kimberly has learned to live

without you, and your lack of care has given her the understanding and courage that she can do this

without you. If she considers staying, it will be because Tia said so, not because she wants to rekindle

anything with you, Caleb.” I said, and he was confused.

“Give me pointers, Luke. You won Tia’s heart. Help me win Kimberly’s heart,” he said, and I shook my

head.

“The damage between Tia and me wasn’t this extensive, and both of us were willing to try. I also showed

her care from our wedding day. You practically ignored this girl; I do not know what to tell you, I will offer

advice: if she says yes, ensure you show her a lot of love and protect her from your mother and cousin.

Those two are poisonous in our home, and you should always come to her defence. If it is possible to

move out of the moon mansion to avoid those awful breakfasts, then do it. Father is powerless right now;

gone are the day he would threaten to cut us off and leave us to fend for ourselves. I will gladly do it if

you need me to get you a place like mine. But as this is, you have just six months to redeem yourself,

Kimberly is too determined to hang around longer than that.’I told him, and he decided to link me with his

next question.

“What if I marry and claim her?” he asked.

“If she agrees, then go for it, but you will have to prove yourself to her,” I told him, and he was silent.

Soon we returned to the room to find Tia and Kimberly playing with the baby Caleb went to kneel by her

bed again.

“Please, Kimberly, Don’t go yet. Give me a chance to redeem myself and prove to you I am for real this

time,” Caleb said in the most honest way he could

“Okay, but I do not want to stay in that mansion.” Kimberly agreed reluctantly. I did not know what Tia

might have said to her, but it worked.

“Fine, we will get your stuff from the mansion and move you to our house for now. We can find you a

place from there.” I said, and Tia smiled with joy.

“We noticed you didn’t prepare for her arrival, so we set up a nursery in our house with the hope to move

the things to wherever you will be. Everything is set the” Tia said, and Kimberly smiled at her.

“I will leave once my baby is eight months old. Promise you won’t try to make me stay,” Kimberly said to

Tia, and Tia reluctantly agreed. Caleb had eight months to prove to Kimberly why she should trust him

with her heart again. I hope he succeeds. We did all that needed to be done, and Kimberly was

discharged from the hospital. Her wolf had helped her heal fast. There was no need to hold her for

observations. We first drove her to our home. Then Caleb and I went to the Moon mansion to get her

things. Upon getting there, Stacy questioned us in the presence of our father. Although she was

respectful, her voice still made me cringe.

“Where are they, Kimberly and my granddaughter?” She asked again.

“In my house. Kimberly doesn’t want to live here. She hates the breakfasts and can’t stand everyone in

this house. It was either that, or she leaves for good,” I said and walked past her. My father returned to

the office not wanting to get involved with the matter. He had bigger issues to deal with, Like Luis ‘Moon’.

Kimberly and Caleb’s relationship was not on his list.

On the other hand, Stacy was trying to make it about her. I had to shut her down. We packed all of

Kimberly’s stuff, and I gave Bart and Norman the mandate to sack all the care staff in the right-wing and

hire new ones. I told them the reason, and I gave a new rule for the new ones so they did not make the

mistake of committing the same offence again.

Tia allocated a room downstairs to Caleb and Kimberly. It was close to the nursery. Kimberly said she

wanted to sleep in the nursery, and Caleb told her he would sleep in another room. Hopefully, they will be

sleeping in the same room within a month. As things were, I intended to delay getting them a place. The

smaller the space available, the more difficult it would be for Kimberly to avoid Caleb and remain mad at

him. Tia and I hoped our plan worked out.

Kimberly named her daughter Emma, and Tia loved the name. I watched Caleb put a lot of effort into the

first few days, and I was proud of him. He had also stopped looking at Tia, which made me happy that he

was serious about making it work with Kimberly. She wasn’t free around him yet, but she tried to be civil.

We all knew it would take some time, I just hoped Caleb succeed at it.

We decided to have breakfast a week after Caleb and Kimberly moved in. The breakfasts at the mansion

had scarred us, and we avoided eating together because of it, but we couldn’t help it this time; we had to

eat and go to have a meeting with a spy we planned on hiring to dig into Luis and Regan Adhit for us.

We needed to find Luis to protect our family, especially now that we were parents, and we needed to find

Regan to protect Caleb’s reputation. It wasn’t long we started eating when Bart called to inform me that

Elisabeth was in labour