Adopted By My Step Brothers

Chapter 14 "Gone"

My heart was thumping against my chest.
It felt like it was going to pop out any second. I was shaking, my bottom lip was quivering, I felt nauseous and dizzy while staring between Kingsley and Kayleigh. She was still in the doorway and Kingsley stood a few feet away from me.

"Go back outside, I need to speak with my mate." Kingsley belts out shooting daggers with his eyes at her. His face is twisted with a look of hatred as he glares at Kayleigh. I watch her face go from confident to afraid as she nods and scurry's away from the door. I am facing Kingsley now, my back is facing the door and I am frozen. He comes closer towards me and shuts the door behind me while keeping his eyes on me. His movements are slow and careful as he pulls his arm back from the door and hovers over me. He must know, I'm seconds away from loosing my shit.

"What's going on?" I whisper. I feel my tears threatening to fall. His jaw twitches as his face softens. He wipes his forehead with the palm of his hand and then smoothes his curly hair down with his fingers with a sigh.

"You didn't deny that she was pregnant with your kid." The thought just dawned on me. My eyes widen as I stare back at his distraught expression. He looks sad, lost, like a person who's seconds away from breaking down.

"Ariel." He reaches for my arm but I take a step back.
"Tell me she isn't pregnant by you?" My voice raises in what sounds like a struggled tone. "She even said your married!" I scream.

Kingsley immediately shakes his head. "She's trying to upset you, I would never marry that." He scoffs in disgust. I hold my hand over my mouth. "Your still not denying that she's pregnant by you!" I hold my hand out frustratedly gesturing towards him.
He pressed his lips together hard as he looks at the ground and then back at me. A deep breath comes from his chest as he whispers. "I-I dont know." He clears his throat. He turns away from me and runs his hand through his hair again. "FUCK." He growls. He turns back around and steps closer to me.
"I haven't been being honest with you." He announces in a broken tone. I feel my world crashing down as he speaks. "She called me yesterday, told me that I got her pregnant and that she was coming here so we could go to Canada together. I told her she was a crazy bitch who didn't even know where we lived, She knows we used protection every time so I hung up on her. Now she's here." He holds his head and squeezes his eyes shut as if he's in pain.

"I don't want to do this to you, I can't do this to you...." His words trail off as he puts his hand on my arm pulling me closer. I stare at him wide eyed finding it hard to speak.

"Do what to me?" I whisper. "What can't you do?"
My tear slips out of my eye and he immediately wipes it with his thumb with his other hand, his right hand is still holding a firm grip on my arm.

Kingsley part his lips again and speaks lowly.
"She's not going to leave without me, and she is insisting that the baby is mine." He clears his throat again and rubs his Adams apple as if the words hurt coming out of his mouth. I nod as my tears fall down my face. "So she's pregnant and your leaving with her?" I say in more of a statement then a question.
Kingsley nods and pulls me closer into his chest.
"I have to go with her to get her tested in my pack by my own doctors to make sure it's not mine. It can't be." His words come out unsure as if he's telling himself the child can't be his and not telling me.

Kingsley looks into my eyes as if he's scared to look at me. He blinks a few times and pulls my face closer to his face. "I have to leave with her, and you have to stay here."

I felt like the wind was knocked out of my body.
Millions of emotions traveled throughout my body as I suddenly began to feel week.

"You might have a baby with her and your telling me I have to stay here while you go find out?" My voice raises as I point at him. "Your going to walk out that door and get on a plane with her and just leave me here? Your mate!" I cried. I couldn't hold it in anymore my words were now coming out in sobs.

Kingsley's face completely breaks down as he holds me up by my waist. "I need to you stay baby." He chokes out. I pull my hand out to slap him across his face. He squeezes his eyes shut and opens them while bitting down on his bottom lip. He looked truly heartbroken, his face was red all over, I did not care.
He pulls my face in closer again to try and kiss me but I pulled back feeling more angrier inside.

"AFTER ALL THIS? YOU FUCKING LIAR!" I pushed against him. " I cannot believe this!" My arms were wailing at him hitting him repeatedly anywhere that my hands could land.

"Ariel please stop." He pleaded taking hold of my arms but I was pulling against him. He could definitely hold me still with the strength that he had  but he didn't use it, he let me get a few hits in.

"Oh my gosh." I screamed. My body wracking havoc. I pulled myself away from him and grabbed at my chest trying to level my breathing. I felt like I was breaking down. I couldn't control myself.

"Ariel." Kingsley grabbed me again placing his hands on both sides of my cheeks making me look at him.
"Listen I love you, I fucking love you do you hear me?" He repeated over and over with pleading red eyes.

I was enraged all over again. "Now you love me? Are you fucking kidding me?" I screamed. He nods and pulls my face closer so he can whisper to me.
"I always loved you, please know this." He begged. I was shaking so hard against him that he just pulled me closer into him. "Look at what this is doing to you." He cooed into my ear. "I messed up and you don't deserve this." His voice cracks against my ear.
"I don't know if I will come back. The damage this will cause if that is really my child will be something I don't want you to go through. You have already been through enough."  The only sounds were his gentle words and my struggled sobs. His strong arms stay securely on my waist as he spoke into my ear. My face was buried into his chest crying on top of his erratic heartbeat.

"If I don't come back, then that means the kid is mine. It means I love you too much to make you stay with me and have to witness me father a child that didn't come from you." He choked out. My eyes stay wide open listening to his every word.

"Kale should be back soon, you won't be alone." Were his last words as his arms slowly slipped from my hips.

I stood and watched him stare back at me. Again he looked afraid to look at my face. I rolled my lips into my mouth as my tears kept streaming down. A deep sigh leaves his lips and his loud footsteps sounded about the house as he headed for the front door. I quietly watch him open the door and then he pauses. He drops his head and looks at the ground, I hold my breath not knowing what he's going to do next. After a full 10 seconds he continues out of the door slamming it as he goes.

I ran upstairs into my room and slammed the door. I heard heavy footsteps on the stairs signaling he ran back into the house and I quickly locked my door to stop him from coming in. I guess he heard me lock the door so he didn't even attempt to come in. I thought he was going to break down the door but he didn't. I heard his loud footsteps again and then the front door slam and Tires screeching.

He was gone.

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