Tangled Hearts - The Alpha's Baby Mama-Chapter 164: To be a good son and a good husband...

Selene POV

Noah was called away suddenly leaving me with Janet in the office, he said the matter required urgency and asked us to hold on for him while he finished up with it quickly and returned to us. He was in the middle of explaining how I make decisions without consulting him and I was curious to listen to it too.

"So," Janet said after a while, I noticed she had been trying to get my attention since Noah left "We could make small talk or you could tell me about yourself, how you grew up or something until the King comes back. How about that?"

"No!" I said bluntly without looking up from my phone "The only conversation I will have with you is during these sessions and of course questions related to what you’re being paid to do. Aside from that, please fuck off!"

"Don’t tell me you’re still angry about yesterday, Luna," she chuckled warmly as if I was nothing more than an irate child seeking attention. "C’mon Luna, you know I didn’t mean any of those things I said or asked. I thought I was doing my job and since you do not like it, it won’t happen again, I promise,".

"Good for you," I replied with my eyes still peeled on my phone.

I could feel her stare burning into my skin but I continued with my phone. A few seconds later, Noah entered the room, from the door, I could feel his discomfort as he walked briskly and settled on the space beside me. Our eyes met and he gave me a long, hard stare making me uncomfortable before he turned to Janet.

"Can we pick off from where we stopped?’ he asked.

"Are you sure?" Janet must have noticed his cold demeanour "If you’re not in the mood, we could reschedule and meet later today. When you’re more settled and calmer,".

"I am fine," Noah said firmly "I was about to tell you how I hate that Selene takes decisions without consulting me right?" He went on when Janet nodded her head "First of all, marriage is supposed to be a union between two people fated by the moon goddess herself and in this case, I strongly believe that Selene is my second chance mate because of the circumstances surrounding our first meeting,".

"I agree, your majesty," Janet nodded.

"Shortly after our marriage, there was a little friction in our sex life and I don’t want to go into a lot of details but recently, I discovered that my dear mate is on the pill and she didn’t ask for my advice or know what was my take on it before doing it. And, she knew that I wanted a child... maybe not immediately so we can enjoy our marriage but at some point I would want a child,".

"Don’t make me sound like an evil monster, Noah," I butted in unable to stop myself.

"Luna Selene," Janet shook her head giving me a cool smile "We agreed that we would not interrupt any person that is talking until they’re done talking. So, if you have any grievances or something that feel he shouldn’t have said you should wait until he’s done talking,".

I gritted my teeth in annoyance but decided not to say a word until he was done. Noah exhaled and continued.

"For the longest time and up until this moment, she still flinches when I try to make love to her. Every goddamn time I meet my wife, I will have to woo her, beg her and..." he trailed off with a shrug "Our sex life is shitty. We don’t get so much sex for people recently married and I was sex-starved... I know this sounds like an excuse but it’s one of the reasons why I cheated on her with Brooke... my body reacted to being close to a woman which normally wouldn’t have been a problem if I got it to my heart’s content,"

"Cheating is a choice," I said under my breath, ignoring the pointed look Janet gave me.

"One more thing, she’s still in contact with her Ex-husband. They talk, they text, they spend a night on the same bed...".

"No, Noah!" I shook my head interrupting him "I won’t let you mention this even as a casual statement. Don’t fucking lie against me, please. The reason why I laid on the same bed with Xavier, also there was this mountain of the pillow between us and only our hands were connected was because he needed to be healed sort of and my dear husband approved of it. He gave his permission..."

"Even so, you could have gotten up the next day before the Pack came alive and returned to your room because it’s nothing to be proud of. But you had to wait for me to come get you," Noah complained.

"Fine!" I exhaled "I agree it was a mistake on my part and that’s because I was so tired but it won’t happen again. Just before we move on to something else, I want to clarify a lot of things. Regarding me going on the pill, it was a mutual agreement during our courting, I told you I didn’t want babies at the moment and I would not stop the pill even after marriage, to which you consented. Why are you behaving as if you weren’t aware?"

"But at some point, you should know that I would want an heir or even suggest that we try for one. But you are so nonchalant about these things. Anything could happen tomorrow and for continuity, I should be an expecting dad by now,".

"Nothing will happen, Noah. You will have a child when it is time. Right now, I don’t think I can be a mom now. Please," I turned pleading eyes to him "I know there’s a lot of pressure on you right now but it’s not even a year since we married, let’s just be intentional about having children,".

"And what excuse do you have about the shitty sex life?’ he retorted "Why do you always flinch whenever I try to make love to you? Do you wish that it was someone else? Or maybe your...".

"That’s enough, Noah!" I stopped him midsentence "We’re here for therapy and not to tell the world that I didn’t agree to have sex with you a few times. Besides, I don’t want to talk about it. Can we discuss something else? Maybe less triggering,".

"Okay, Luna," Janet nodded and picked up my writing pad "How about we talk about...".

"No!" I rolled my eyes "Something less triggering, Janet. You know what, how about we end today’s session and start again tomorrow? We’ve said a lot already and we need to unpack that first before we say something else,".

Janet turned to Noah who shrugged "I agree with her. I’m done for today," he said and rose to his feet reaching for my hand, he dragged me to my feet. Without any other word to Janet, we left the room, with me by his side.

"What’s going on Noah? May I know why I am being dragged like a slave?"

"We’ll talk when we get to your room," he replied and didn’t say anything else until we arrived at my room.

As soon as he locked the door, he let go of my hand and turned to me. Without another word, he brought out an unfamiliar phone from his pocket and fumbled a bit on it before he turned the screen to me. It was a video playing and without being told, I knew it was the other night with his father.

"Great!" I muttered and folded my hands, looking at him pointedly. "I’m sorry, okay," I started "After everything, I realized I was wrong and should have displayed restraint even though the Grand Lycan was purposely annoying me but then in my defence, he struck me first. There was nothing I could do,".

"You could have walked away, Selene. From the first time you noticed him, you would have walked away. The Pack elders, officials, my dad, my sister... everyone is furious and is demanding I punish you. You have no idea how tiring this can be. On one hand, I cannot go against my family, especially in situations like this, and on the other hand, I also need to defend my wife and be there for her. Please... if you have any likeness for me, can you not put me in difficult situations like this?"

"Then you should talk to your family, Noah. I’ve been putting up with their shit for the longest time and I am beginning to get impatient. I don’t know how long I can take it, honestly. So, just talk to them, if they stay out of my way, I promise, I’ll be good and avoid them like plagues,".

"Selene..." he sighed "I am just trying to be a good son and a good husband. So, make it easy on me, okay? I don’t know what bad blood you may have had with them in the past, for my sake could you be the bigger person? Please...".

His eyes were sunken, and his hair had lost its shine... he was under a lot of stress lately and I guess I could help me out this once since he helped me go against his family which was also a surprise to me. I didn’t think he would.

"Fine!" I came towards him, entering his arms "I’ll do it for you,".