CEO's Runaway Mate and Her Cubs

Thursday afternoon, Samantha wasn't called back.

She wore an even deeper frown while walking out of her office. That man wanted to meet her again, but he didn't dare to call?

If he didn't have the balls to have a conversation, she didn't have anything to say either.

He was the first one to text. He was the one saying he would call, but he didn't!

She was quite settled on not texting him anymore. The nerves he had to play with her like that!

She was still fuming when the doors opened on the school's floor. She used Nate's elevator more often than not because she didn't like being stuffed in with other people.

In front of her, the Alpha and his son were standing side by side.

Seeing them one next to the other, she squealed at the little one's cuteness. Jaden was exactly a smaller version of Nate!

«How adorable!» she exclaimed, seeing how he was clearly unhappy about the day he had to spend with his father.

The little one recognised her, and he entered the elevator and stood next to her. He raised his arms and looked her in the eye.

«Aunty!» he exclaimed.

Without a second thought, she picked him up.

«Hello, mini-Nate. How are you doing?»

«I am not mini-Nate.»

«That's right... Jaden.»

The boy nodded while hugging her neck and settling in her arms.

«You smell different than last time,» he noted.

«It's because I'm happy to see you,» she said.

She couldn't just explain how a wolf's scent would change when finding their mate. It made it useless to try hiding it. She knew everyone figured about her nightly adventure, but they were wise enough not to ask.

«Hello,» Nate said, walking in. «You two know each other?»

«We met once,» Samantha explained. «Then, Aunty Sam had a chat with this little one here...»

«Aunty Sam,» Jaden repeated.

«Oh, Nate, how can your pups be so innocent and cute? Are you sure they're yours?»

«Pretty much,» the man sighed. They were his carbon copy, except for a few details they picked up from Lara. Not that he would mind raising a stranger's kids as long as they were Lara's.

But she told him she didn't sleep with anyone else. For him, it was proof enough to clear any doubt. Ohmì, they looked so like him, unfortunately.

«Have you two eaten already?» she inquired.

«We're going up to eat, in fact,» Nate said. The elevator opened on the school's quarters because Jaden pressed the button for going down. Samantha was headed to the canteens, but the two of them were actually going up.

Samantha pressed the CEO's floor number, and the elevator started moving up after opening the doors. She was going with them, apparently.

«Why not the canteen?» she inquired.

«I don't want to expose the pups yet. They still need time to get used to the kindergarten, the new rules... A place like the canteen can wait.»

«But I think it would be good if you could start introducing your family to the pack. It's well-known that your and your mate are seeing each other, but no one still figured the pups are yours. It would help Lara as well. No one will say a word if they know who she is...»

«It's too soon, Sam. I've just managed to make her stay. She wanted to retire. I don't want her to feel like that or to think she's here because of me.»

«But that is true. We don't hire humans,» Samantha pointed out, shrugging.

Jaden poked on her cheek, trying to make any sense of their conversation.

«Your daddy thinks your mommy is frail and can't stand a couple of glances,» Samantha explained, rolling her eyes.

«My mommy is strong.»

«Yes, right? She is! Also, your Aunt Sam will protect her if it comes to that.»

«Are you single?» Jaden inquired, tilting his head.

Samantha chuckled, not expecting such a question.

«Aren't I a little too old for you?»

«Not for me!» Jaden said. «I don't need a girlfriend.»

«Oh, listen to this one! Whom are you scouting a girlfriend for?»

Jaden looked at Nate. Samantha almost burst out laughing, but she still maintained some composure to hear the little one's reply.

«Are you happy being single?»

«Yes, I am,» Samantha said. There was no space for a relationship in her life. «What of it?»

«Do you feel the need to find a man?»

«No.»

«And you're my mommy's age. If you can be happy without a man, then my mommy can too.»

Jaden's warm eyes didn't even falter while saying his cruel words.

A heavy sigh filled the silence in the elevator. Nate was expecting something like that.

Jaden would either find another woman willing to be with Nate, or he'd show him how single women could be happy.

«Uh, you don't have it easy, Alpha,» Samantha commented.

Even if she still loved that little bun and wanted to play with him some more, she felt sorry for her cousin. His own kids didn't want to let him approach their mother.

«You know, Jaden, one day I will need a boyfriend if I want to have kids of my own. I can't do it alone!»

«Do you? Really, really, really? But my mommy did everything alone!»

«Ah, I don't really need a boyfriend. You're right. I'll just have kids on my own. Your mother proved that one doesn't need a man if they have their kids!»

Nate cleared his throat to make Samantha realise she wasn't helping. Yet, it was too late.

She had found a way to have the family she wanted without compromising with Rider's pack.

She would ask him to help her have her pups without any need to take responsibility. She was sure he would be happy to help. After all, he did like their first encounter enough to ask her out again.

It wouldn't cost him much to allow her to take some of his genetic material...

«Then you can bring your pups to us, and mommy can show you how to take care of them,» Jaden offered.

He smiled, imagining a pretty family with the three of them.. And no tall man aiming at his mommy.