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Chapter 36

Jenna's POV

At night,

"Jenna, darling, what happened between you and Jace. I heard you guys were so happy when you came back. Why were you both ignoring each other on the dining table?" Mom asked me as I finished covering Jared with a blanket in his cot.

"Mom, there's nothing like that."

"It's about Liza, isn't it?" She was evaluating my face for better understanding.

"No, it's not-"

"I'm the old Luna Queen, remember? Maids don't lie to me." She smiled threateningly and I bit my lips. "So it's her."

"Yes," I told her everything without looking at her.

When I finished, I thought she would also say I overreacted, but she hissed infuriatedly and clenched her jaw.

"I knew that girl is trouble when she was brought here."

"Mom? She's your niece. You're not serious, are you?"

"Jenna, my family was horrible to me. Especially Liza's parents." She closed the window first before she sat in front of me on bed and resumed, "They were mean and I actually faced bullying in their hands."

"However when I became the luna queen and gave birth to Jace, they suddenly became nice. They wanted the benefits of being the luna queen's family. But I paid them no heed." She rubbed her temples harshly. "That didn't mean they stopped there. Since Jace was young, they started surrounding him. They knew well that Jace wasn't like his parents. He's not like anyone when he's himself. What he wants, he gets. And whatever he wants to do, he does. That being the case, they started licking the ground he walked on and made him feel like he's precious to them. And when he became a teenager, they started shoving Liza into his arms."

I fisted my hands so tightly that my knuckles cracked.

"I tried to stop him from going near Liza and I may have succeeded. But when he came home from the Alpha academy, as an adult, he was out of my control. He did what he pleased- which included keeping Liza here in the castle with us."

She grinned hatefully, "I'm actually glad her parents died, otherwise she would've been sitting here as Jace's Luna queen, not you."

That story cemented my insecurities. I gulped and looked at mom with a mixture of negative emotions.

"Mom, she will destroy our marriage if she stays here."

Mom took my hand with a helpless smile blooming on her face, "I know, sweetheart. I wish I could do something. But Jace won't listen to me or his father or anyone else if it's about Liza."

I angrily snatched my hands back and got up, "That's the whole problem. When it comes to her, only he has the right to make decisions. No one else."

"I can understand your situation, Jenna. I won't ask you to endure everything silently, but I'll suggest you to be calm around her. I know you're not wrong, but it might look to Jace that you are bullying her. I don't want you two to fight over her again."

"I'll keep that in mind." I sat back in front of her and hugged her.

"I can keep Jared in my room with me if you want. You look tired. Just rest a little."

"Yes, please." I hugged her tightly. "Thanks, mom. I don't know what I would have done without you."

"Don't thank me, sweetie. He's my grandson. Anything for him."

I waved at her as she took Jared away to her room. When she vanished, I leaned on the frame of the door while closing my eyes. And though I tried to avoid it, Liza playing with my son in the afternoon spilled into my mind.

'Try to forget it, Jenna. It'll only enrage you more and more.' Gianna said in a soft tone.

'I can't, Gia. You remember what she said on the link, didn't you?'

She went quiet as I recalled it... The reason why I really lost my temper.

When we walked inside the house this afternoon, Liza smirked at me and she told me on the link, 'Look, temporary Luna. Your son is playing with me. He's quite comfortable with me. It won't be long before he starts calling me his Mamma. I can't wait for that. For him to call me his Mamma- I'm teaching him persistently. You see, after Jace rejects and throws you out, I'll be fully responsible to raise his heir— I'll be his Mamma.'

Those words were why I jerked her away from Jared. She knows how to trigger me. She will keep doing that if she's here. 

And we'll keep having fights and arguments over her. 

The air was sadly warm today. I stood there with closed eyes as my emotions were spiraling out of my control. It's not a thing to be sad about, I still was. And I wanted to cry. 

Just as the first tear began to push down the barricade of my closed eyelid, I felt hot lips on my lip. My eyes shot open, allowing all the tears to gush out. However, I didn't get to wipe them as I stared at my husband. 

Jace was clutching my waist and kissing down my neck. I felt the tears trail below my chin and onto my throat. He licked them away. Cleaned them, yet he didn't look up. 

My body was buzzing in ecstasy. Despite the storm of insecurities in my chest, I buried my hands in his hair and let him ravish me. 

I enjoyed the feel of his lips on my skin. I moaned when his fingers kneaded my bréasts. I gasped out loud when he pinched them. I had forgotten I was sad and insecure until... He whispered something in my ear. 

"I'm yours, Jenna I will always be yours. I will always just love you. "

I froze. My eyes sprang open and I found myself looking into his intense ones. 

There was only love and concern. Concern for me. Concern for our marriage. Concern for what we will do in life if I continued to be insecure. 

"I know." I deadpanned. "And that is why I don't understand this?" 

"What?" 

"That if you love me, why can't you send her away!"

His expression tightened for a moment before he forced a smile, "You know she has nowhere else to go." 

"She can find somewhere. A good house with a good guy. We'll find her the right husband." Jace moved away. 

"We're back at it... Fighting over her. Why is she making you so insecure, Jenna? It's you who I married. You I chose as my mate. So why does her being here is freaking you out so much?" 

Silence fell between them before I stated, "Maybe because I'm scared the history will repeat again. There was a woman like her around my first husband. She slowly wormed her way between us until there was nothing left of our marriage." I paused to let that sink in. "And I feel like the same will happen between us."

His eyes softened sadly, "Don't do that, Jenna."

"Do what?"

"Turn my concern for a helpless family member into proof that I want her." He came closer again. His lips were back on my neck. 

Unlike before, they moved gently to prove a point. His hands held my waist firmly like they will never hold another waist like that again. His sips were reassuring. But my insecurities were valid too. 

"She used to have you. She knows how you feel like in bed." I whispered and his lips froze on my neck. 

Tbc…