Chapter 67

67 Elisabeth’s Child

Luke.

When I hung up, I looked at Tia, and my stomach churned. I really did not want to say anything, but I

knew I had to be at the hospital for the birth of the baby and the DNA test.

“What is it, love?” Tia asked me, and I squeezed her hand. Caleb knew something was up with how he

looked at me and motioned Kimberly to excuse us. They both left immediately, and I looked at my wife.

“Elisabeth is in labour, and she is currently in the hospital,” I said to Tia, and she got up immediately.

“What the hell are we still doing here, Luke? Come on. We have to leave now. Whatever it is we had

planned for today must be postponed.” she said, and I was surprised by her reaction. We dressed, and I

told Caleb I was going to the hospital. He wanted to come, but I said he should stay home with Kimberly

and his daughter. It really wasn’t a big deal. It was either mine or not, but she was definitely leaving my

house after this.

Tia placed a call to Gail while I drove us to the hospital.

“Gail, please cancel my meeting for today. I won’t be available for conference calls. Delegate the work to

the managing director.” She said and hung up. Tia placed her hand on my thigh and rubbed lightly while I

drove.

“Calm down, Luke. Whatever the situation might be, we will get through it together. If the baby is yours,

then we will take it from her. I have told you I am willing to care for the child. It will be horrible if she

leaves to be with fat Joey with the baby. She is sure to maltreat the baby since she won’t be getting

much financially. Don’t bother yourself,” she said reassuringly, but I could not calm down. That baby will

forever be a reminder of Elisabeth’s trick. As much as I never denied the pregnancy, I prayed the child

wasn’t mine while we drove to the hospital.

As soon as I parked the car, Tia got out, and I seemed to be moving slower than she was. She noticed

and slowed her pace down. She held my hand and squeezed lightly.

“Luke, I am not mad at you, and I won’t let her trouble us. Please cheer up.” She said, and I plastered a

fake smile on my face.

We went straight to the maternity ward. Bart was there, and to my surprise, big mouth Dr Green was in

attendance. I wanted to punch the bastard for spewing the nonsense about Elisabeth being my mistress

to my father-in-law, but I knew this wasn’t the time. I still planned on dealing with him for breaching the

doctor-patient confidentiality and spreading rumours and lies about his alpha.

The bastard approached me.

“Alpha Moon, Miss Barnes requested you in the delivery room with her. She is almost fully dilated,” He

said, and I refused. “Go, I will be out here. It is just for today, Luke, I am here; I am not going anywhere.

This is the last time,” Tia said confidently, but I didn’t want to go there.

“Please, Luke, for the sake of that baby, go. I am here; we are here,” she said, referring to herself and

our baby. I reluctantly nodded and went into the delivery room.

“Luke, Luke!” Elisabeth said. She was covered in sweat with puffy eyes. She looked like she was in pain;

I did not feel sorry for her one bit. She was just too damn needy.

“”Hold my hand, Luke,” she said, stretching her hand towards me, begging for contact. I moved to her

side and held her hand, cringing. I could not believe there was a time I thought I could never get anyone

better than her. She treated me so poorly that I felt absolutely nothing for her. I was nurnb.

Elisabeth squeezed my hand tightly and pulled me to lean closer to her.

“Stop it!” I yelled before I even knew it. Everyone paused a bit from shock and then continued what they

were doing

“Get a grip of yourself,” I warned her. It was taking a lot for me to be beside her. I linked Bart to go and

stay with Tia outside the room.

Doctor Green came to check between Elisabeth’s legs with his hands and then nodded.

“Okay, Miss Barnes, you are fully dilated. I want you to push the moment you feel a contraction. Do not

push until you feel the contractions, Okay?” he said to her, and she nodded and began to push,

squeezing my hand tightly. I guess she wasn’t g

complications like Kimberly. I thanked the goddess for it. One thing was sure, no matter how bad things

are between two people, perspectives change once one dies, and sometimes guilt and blame set in. I did

not want to feel any of that. I just want the situat

The baby came out after several pushes, and I was asked to cut the cord. I reluctantly went to do it. It

was a boy, but he had no key mark. I kept that observation to myself. At this point, even if he was my

child, he could never be my heir. I did not want to gloat, so I kept my mouth shut. The nurse took him

from the doctor to clean him up.

“Do you still want to take a DNA test?” The doctor asked, and Elisabeth looked at me with tearful eyes. It

didn’t matter at this point. Even if the baby were mine, it would be as if I did not have a child because he

wasn’t an heir. Caleb had an heir already, a beautiful baby with a key mark I guess my heirs will come

from my darling wife. I was grateful to the goddess for this.

“Yes, please,” I told the doctor, and Elisabeth’s face dropped.

“I can’t believe you doubt me, Luke. I know this is Tia’s doing. You know it is your child, yet you want to

humiliate me like this. Luke. You have been screwing her for months, and she isn’t pregnant yet. You

screwed her through her heat and nothing. When will you realise we are meant to be, Luke?” she asked,

and I did not respond.

“I need to be sure since you were screwing Joey the same time we were together, and you were busy

telling everyone we had an open relationship. If I am taking care of the baby, at least it should be mine,

Lisa” I said to her, and she began to weep. “I told you it was a one-time thing,” she said. “Okay, the

placenta is out, and I have stitched you up. We will be moving you to your room to recover Your baby will

be brought to you once we clean him up and take the samples.” The doctor said to her.

“You see, Luke. I gave you an heir,” she said, and I was trying hard not to laugh. I couldn’t wait to see her

facial expression when she realised the child was just a regular pack member, nothing special

They wheeled her out of the delivery room, and she became angry when she locked eyes with

Tia.

“What are you doing here?” she yelled in anger.

“There is no way that woman is touching my baby! He’s a boy, you know, an heir. Luke will come to his

senses soon,” she yelled at Tia, and Tia was trying not to laugh at Elisabeth’s madness. She walked to

me while they wheeled Elisabeth to her room.

“Hey,” I said, and she smiled at me.

“Glad that went with no complications,” She said, worried for Elisabeth and the baby’s sake.

“Yeah, but they need to swab me now. By the way, the boy has no key mark,” I said, and Tia beamed at

me. Then she rolled her eyes.

“I am sure Elisabeth does not know that.” She said, and I nodded.

“She doesn’t even know you are pregnant. She tried to imply you were barren in there just now,” I said,

and she nodded.

“Yeah, I heard her. I couldn’t help but laugh. Bart was the first to laugh. He said he was so happy we

would be rid of her soon. He said she had been a menace in the mansion. He said she had been

banging on our bedroom door often, thinking we were around, and he did not bother to tell her we

weren’t.” she said, and I laughed. We both sighed, and she looked into my eyes.

“So you think the baby isn’t yours?” she asked, and I did not know what to say. The baby had dark hair

like mine Elisabeth and Joey did not have dark hair, but then again, as much as I hate to say this about a

woman, Elisabeth was a slut. There was a possibility there were other people. One thing I knew was that

she would never confess to it.

I left Tia in the corridor and went to Elisabeth’s room. She was crying.

“This was meant to be our moment, Luke, and you brought her here,” she cried.

“Oh, get over yourself, Lisa. Stop trying to make it seem like you are my mistress,” I warned her, and she

kept quiet. The nurse in the room with us paused and then continued her work. It was clear everyone

thought she was my mistress “I am the one that got pregnant and had your baby, Luke. What is an Alpha

without an heir? I told you I did not mind being your mistress, yet you refused, telling me I deserved

better,” She said, and I looked at her.

“No, Lisa, after everything you have done, I believe I deserve better. How many people were you

screwing when we were together, Lisa?” I asked, and she was stunned,

“I told you it was just once with Joey. We hung out a lot, but that was it. There was nothing between us.”

She lied, and I chuckled,

*’You lie out of habit, Lisa. I have the emails between you and Joey.” I said to her, and she was stunned.

She could not speak after that.

The nurse came to get the samples from me and left. I decided that was my cue to go too “They haven’t

brought our baby boy Luke. Do you know why?” she asked, sounding a bit worried

“I am sure when they are done cleaning him up. They will bring him,” I said.

“Please do not leave me. Let them bring him first,” she pleaded.

“My wife is in the corridor, Lisa. If you want me to wait then, Tia has to be in here. I cannot leave her in

the corridor. Otherwise, I will have to wait with her in the corridor for the results, “I said, and she was

silent. I decided to head out.

“Let her come. I do not want to be alone,” she said, and I honestly did not want to bring Tia into the room,

but I decided to do it in good faith. I linked Bart and Tia to join us.

Tia reluctantly entered the room. She had a smile on her face.

“Congratulations, Elisabeth.” she greeted, and Elisabeth nodded in response. Left to her, it should just be

the two of us.

“Tia sat next to me on the couch in the room while Elisabeth burned with envy. Bart had a permanent

smile on his face and stood on guard: An hour passed, and still, no one brought the child. I was about to

send Bart to check what was happening when Doctor Green came in looking a bit worried.

“Where is my baby, Doctor Green?” Elisabeth asked, sounding frantic.

“You need to be calm, Miss Barnes,” he said and turned to me. “May I speak with you, please?” He

asked me, and I nodded and excused myself to speak with the doctor. We stepped outside, and he took

a deep breath.

“The baby is in critical condition, alpha. He was born with a hole in his heart. It is a side effect of those

medications Miss Barnes took while inducing symptoms. At this point, we do not know what to do. We

are trying to keep him alive by all means.” he said, and I was stunned. What the hell had just happened?

Whether the baby was mine or not, this was terrible news. Just then, my father arrived at the ward.