Resisting the urge to laugh at him, I hissed in a low voice, “Keep your voice down. You might wake her up!”
Carlos had no choice but to come back and help. “I don’t like this girl,” he muttered under his breath.
Together, we carried Janiya back to her room and settled her down. Then we went back to my room and plopped down on the sofa.
While today’s matter had been settled, my mood didn’t improve. On the contrary, my heart felt heavy, as though a storm had swept through a beach, leaving disaster in its wake. Although things had returned to peace, there was still a huge mess to clean up.
I stood up and wanted to pour myself a glass of wine, but I accidentally tripped on the foot of the table.
A toy car fell down from the table and clattered to the floor.
The noise attracted Carlos’s attention. He picked up the toy car from the floor and asked, “What happened? The kid didn’t Like the toys you chose?”
I shook my head with a bitter smile.
A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y
Carlos seemed to have misunderstood what I meant. Scratching his chin in confusion, he mused, “That’s weird. How could a kid not like any of these toys? The toy store owner said that these were their bestsellers.”
Swallowing the Lump in my throat, I told him about the baby’s death.
“When Debra was being hunted down, her health declined. The child didn’t make it.”
Carlos’s jaw went slack. He seemed to want to say something, but after seeing my grim expression, he chose not to say a word.
Maybe he realized that it wasn’t appropriate to say anything now. Even the words “I‘m sorry to hear that’” was useless. “I’ve thought about it. Once I’m finished dealing with Roz Town, I’1L find a way to take Debra back to the Thorn Edge Pack. She’ll become my Luna.” I looked at the toys in the room.
“Really? That’s a great idea!” Damien, who had been quiet all day, suddenly became excited. “Harlan can’t make Debra happy, but you can. You’re the best match for her! Harlan’s just a despicable idiot. He must’ve taken advantage of Debra when she was still lonely and sad. But now that you’ve met Debra again, you should kick him out of the picture.”𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.𝘤𝘰𝘮
I silently agreed with what Damien said. “Caleb, there are plenty of other ways to make amends. You don’t have to get involved in her life,” Carlos said slowly.
“I’m not trying to make amends, Carlos.” A flicker of impatience flashed through my eyes.
“Then why would you do that?”
“Because I’ve fallen in love with her.”
Carlos’s eyebrows shot up in disbelief. “What? You are in love with her? How’s that possible?”
I knew what Carlos was thinking. In his eyes, I was the Alpha of a pack, while Debra was just the daughter of a prostitute. We weren’t in the same social class at all.
However, Carlos forgot that when it came to love, social class didn’t matter.
“I’ve never felt so heartbroken for a woman before, Carlos.” I sighed, recalling the scene where I humiliated Debra in the bar. “Knowing that she lost her child because of me, I feel that I owe her my life. If I had just been softhearted at that time and took her in, she wouldn’t have suffered so much.”
