บททั้งหมดของ Trapped Between Two Alphas: บทที่ 621 - บทที่ 630

“I’m not hurting anything.” He set the picture back down. “Just admiring the nice couple.”Aspen turned to him and dropped her voice. “They’re not a couple anymore. Apparently, he ran out on her a few weeks before their daughter was born.”What a scumbag. On the one hand, Zy was kind of happy to hear the news. That meant she wasn’t weighed down by a horrible excuse for a man anymore and she was free to date someone else. Like him, for instance. On the other hand, that meant she was a single mom with a newborn and maybe even a broken heart…so probably not ready to date anytime soon.Just his luck. And the longer he stood at her desk, checking out her random pictures, the more that fact annoyed him.“Thanks for the FYI, Aspen.” He snatched up the computer. “You know, I think I’ll take it from here.”“Wait!” She lunged out of her chair. “I really want the chance to fix it.”“I’ll handle it and give you some pointers later. Log-in credentials?” He held out his hand.She slid the slip of p

“You called the cops?” her ex shouted in accusation, like he was shocked she would do that to him.It had to be the drink talking, because if he’d been sober, he would have known she would never put up with his crap.She yanked the door open. “I don’t want you in the house and you shouldn’t be driving.”“Cunt! I’ll be back…and you’ll be sorry.”“That’s enough, buddy,” a cop snarled as he cuffed Cash. “You’re coming to the station.”“What? No. Fuck that. Fuck you!” He struggled to no avail as one cop took him away. Another exited his vehicle to assist.As the sounds of his struggles dimmed, Hallie stirred again, this time seeking food in her sleep. The cop remaining on her porch flashed her an understanding smile. “I’m Officer Mills, ma’am. My wife is breastfeeding our newborn, too. You need a few minutes?”“I think so. She’s past due.”“I can wait. Then I’ll need to ask you a few questions. Until then, I’ll go, um…help with him. You know this guy?”“Ex-boyfriend.”Mills nodded. “I’ll

“What then?”“After we’d been out a few times and…I’d spent a couple of nights with him, he stopped calling as much. I was out to dinner with one of my neighbors, and I saw him pick up a redhead. When they left together, I knew where they were going, and sure enough, her car was parked in front of his apartment for the next few hours. Cash and I weren’t exclusive or anything, but…” She shrugged. “I’d convinced myself what we had meant something. Clearly, it didn’t. I called him the next morning and left him a message not to call me anymore.”“Did he?”“Yeah, but I didn’t answer. And he didn’t come around. It seemed fine, until I realized I was pregnant. So I had to call him again. He didn’t say much when I told him, but he promised he’d be there for me.”“Was he?”“For a while.” He’d certainly stayed for the hormone-induced sex at the beginning of her second trimester. In fact, he’d been so there for her then, she’d convinced herself that maybe they had a good relationship after all.

“I meant Cash. You need a restraining order ASAP.”Since he’d unexpectedly dropped in earlier, she’d been too scrambled to consider legal options. But after his drunken threats, he would likely be back—unless she gave him a damn good reason not to be. Tessa hated to keep him from his daughter. A girl needed her daddy. She’d certainly needed hers growing up. Hell, she needed him now. But the comparison was apples and oranges. Despite everything, her daddy had been a good man who loved his family. Cash seemed capable of loving only himself.“You’re probably right. I’ll call someone tomorrow.”“Let me know if I can help.”Other than the colonel, Zy was the first man she’d met since moving to Louisiana she believed was as good as his word.Don’t get used to him. Don’t stare. And don’t think about him. He’s not yours, and he never will be.The following day, Tessa’s landlord came over to survey the window her ex had broken and blew a gasket. He blamed her, and that pissed Zy off. Tessa had

Seconds later, she fell silent.Tessa scrambled from the chair, gaping. “Oh, my gosh…”“Go to sleep,” he commanded softly as the baby sighed and slipped right into slumber.“How did you do that?” Tessa asked.“We’ll figure it out later. Get in the bed.”She shook her head. “I’ll take her back. You need sleep, too, and—”“I can sleep with her on my chest.” Zy eased onto the glider Tessa had just vacated, sinking into its cushy warmth as he drew Hallie’s baby blanket over her tiny form and across his torso. “We’ll be fine.”“But she’s my responsibility, and you don’t—”“Lie. Down. And go. To sleep. If I can’t handle something, I’ll wake you. But you won’t be any good for Hallie tomorrow if you’re falling down.”Tessa paused, her superwoman facade slipping as she sighed. Suddenly, he saw fatigue in every line of her body. Tears filled her soft eyes, saying far more than her next words. “Thank you.”“You’re welcome.” He patted Hallie’s tiny back, pausing to feel its rise and fall as Tessa