Chapter 8

• Catherine's POV
• I froze for a moment upon hearing their laughter and instantly tried to dry my eyes with some tissues.
• But I was too flustered to find any.
• "Mommy, are you crying?" Just as I was getting anxious, I turned around and met my kids' clear eyes.
• "Who made you cry? Have you been bullied by bad people?" Noah walked over and looked at me worriedly.
• I immediately turned around and wiped away my tears with my hand. I forced a smile and said, "No one bullied me. I just had a piece of grit in my eye!"
• "Mommy, don't lie to me. Do you think we are still babies?"
• "Right, we are four years old now!" Hedwig curled her lips and said seriously.
• Mabel stood at the door, staring at me with a concerned look.
• Perhaps because it wasn't proper to ask the reason for my crying in front of the kids, Mabel just comforted me softly.
• Mabel asked, "Catherine, are you all right?"
• "Yes, Mabel!" I answered with a guilty look.
• If I had known that the two kids would come back so early, I would have gone to a secret place to give full vent to my sorrow.
• Hedwig ran over and held my leg. She put her little face against my leg and said in a cute voice, "Mommy, don't cry. I like it when you smile."
• "Alright, Mommy is not crying now! I just miss you two so much. Now I see you guys and feel much better!" I squatted and held my daughter in my arms, restraining all my sadness and chagrin.
• "Mommy, don't be sad. Noah and I can be child actors," Hedwig looked at me and said.
• "Mommy doesn't want you to be famous at such a young age. Besides, you're just four years old. How can I let you make money to support me?" I said disapprovingly.
• "Mommy, it doesn't matter. We don't need to care about what others think of us," Noah added.
• I shook my head and didn't know what to say. I had to admit that the two kids were thoughtful, though they were still young.
• Surely, this also indicated that the two kids were smart.
• My thoughts traveled back to how to make money. Thinking that I had been rejected by the Black Thorn Pack, my spirits sank again.
• "Well, let's go wash our hands. The dinner will be ready soon."
• I led the kids to the bathroom to wash their hands clean. Probably afraid that I would be sad, they behaved very well.
• Blake's POV
• Although Sayreville wasn't as prosperous as New York, there were some good places downtown.
• I went to the most high-end bar in Sayreville with my Beta for fun.
• Except for me, there were two other men in the huge box.
• One was my Beta, and the other was my Gamma, Gerrard Smart.
• They were both my subordinates and my friends.
• "Blake, do you have illegitimate children?"
• Gerrard, who was sitting opposite me, asked.
• I didn't know why he asked me that.
• "Gerrard, do you want to die?" I cast a cold glance at Gerrard and warned him to stop his nonsense.
• Henry chuckled, "Gerrard, don't go too far with your joke. King Blake is never one to be trifled with. In particular, it's about his reputation..."
• "Henry, come and take a look. I'm not joking about his reputation for no reason..."
• As my Gamma, Gerrard had a dashing look with short brown hair, showing his unruliness and flamboyance.
• He worked at my company and was responsible for the security of the entire group.
• "Aren't you coming?" Seeing that Henry remained uninterested, Gerrard moved closer to him.
• "Stay away from me." Henry glared at him.
• As Gerrard showed his phone to Henry, I saw Henry's face lit up with surprise.
• Since both of them were so shocked, I asked with a frown, "Did you see a ghost?"
• "It's even worse than that." The exclamation was from Henry.
• "Henry..." I gritted my teeth.
• Henry snatched Gerrard's phone and sat down next to me, showing me the photo on the phone.
• "Where did you get the photo? Do they look like me?"
• I saw that there was a boy and a girl in the photo.
• To be honest, I was astonished the moment I saw the two kids. But I quickly calmed down as I knew what I thought couldn't be true.
• Generally speaking, it was very difficult for a werewolf, especially the Lycan King, to have a kid with someone who wasn't his mate.
• These years, I only slept with my nominal future Luna, the woman named Gina.
• Obviously, she never had a baby. Thus, it was naturally impossible for me to have a child.
• "I got the photo from the Alpha of the Black Thorn Pack, Theo Clayton. He said that a female Rogue went to see him with her two kids today and wanted to join their pack, but he refused. He took a photo of the two kids and sent it to me just because he felt that they looked a little like you," Gerrard took back his phone and explained it to me.
• "Blake, I think we have to look into it. Perhaps some woman slept with you when you were drunk," Henry guessed.
• "What are you talking about? Is there any woman who dares to do that to me?" I gave a derisive laugh. What Henry had said was simply a big joke.
• "Well, how do you explain why the two kids are so similar to you? Could they be Leo's kids?" Gerrard said.
• Leo was my younger brother. Although he was also a Chavez, his life was quite different from mine.
• When I was running the company for the development of the royal family, Leo went to Los Angeles to be a movie star.
• He hadn't found his mate during these years, let alone had kids.
• If it weren't for him being so uninhibited, the Council wouldn't have allowed me to take over the position of the Lycan King without marking a Lycan Luna.
• I had thought it was just a joke. But when I saw Henry and Gerrard both looked serious, I felt a little angry.
• I punched the back of the chair and left a hole in it.
• I snorted and said, "I've warned Leo not to fool around, but now he even has illegitimate kids. I swear that I’ll teach him a lesson."
• "It's not only about that. If the Council know that Leo has children, they might cause trouble for you despite the fact that Leo is unruly."
• I knew what Henry was talking about. In the past two years, the Council had been urging me to finish the ceremony and mark Gina, making her the real Lycan Luna. Then she could share the rights with me.
• But I didn't even want to touch her, let alone mark her.
• At this thought, I glared at Henry, "Shut up!"
• Then I gulped my wine and put down the glass before I put on my coat and left.
• Sitting in the car, I leaned back in my seat to have a rest.
• As this was related to the descendants of the royal family, I must carry out a thorough investigation.