Divorced Ex-Luna Returns With Triplets
CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE: Betrayed Trust

Maurene'S POV

I sat in my room, mute as a dead person and staring at nothing in particular. I was hurt by the person I trusted the most. He has been pretty evasive since the start whenever I asked about his family. No wonder he wanted to live differently. If he wanted to stay with us, he would have insisted but no, he stayed away. I should have known. I should have suspected. I did suspect but he did his work by making me forget it. That trip to Atlanta was a lie too. Everything he did for us, was all a lie. How do I tell my kids that their favorite uncle has been lying to us all this while?

I saw the way he smiled when I had just given birth to the triplets. He stared at them like they were his own. The nurses were even gushing at how lucky the kids were to have a father like him. At that point, I had wished that he was their father and Nathaniel wasn't. I harbored a deep hatred for him since he sent me out that night.

"They are so small," Liam said, watching them like they were some kind of wonder. I was also fascinated when I saw them. I didn't know that I could carry three of these little things.

During my pregnancy days, Liam has been helping me with every craving I wanted. He would get them for me and over the years, I got to trust him and gave him access to my kids' lives. He became the father they didn't have unknowingly and uncle they could call at any time to take them out to the amusement park.

I liked him for them. I defended him even when Nathaniel had tried to tell me about him. Even Eva did. Gosh, I have been played.

"You will be the new supervisor. It seemed like Liam had been annoying the men in charge for a while." Alex said, taking his seat. I watched his every moment.

It was stiff but still, he managed to hide it as he met my stare.

Oh! Shoot! The Alpha King is sick.

"What do you have to say?" He tilted his head to the side.

I blinked, not bothering to look at Liam who didn't speak anymore. I think they had some sort of complicated relationship.

"Are you doing this because you know of the relationship between Nathaniel and me?" I asked them, peering a look between the couple.

"Well, if you want to put it that way. But no."

"Then my answer is no," I responded.

"Maurene," Eva cautioned.

I narrowed my eyes slightly on her. "Did you befriend me because you wanted me to do this?"

Her eyes widened before she shook her head. "Never. I will never do that. It is just that," She gulped hard. "It is quite complicated to explain. Just that, Liam here cannot-"

"I do not want his position and I am not returning to my ex-husband's pack. First, god knows what you people did that warranted him to cancel it in the first place. You know what? I am out of here!" I hissed and stomped out of the house. The bite of betrayal was about to set in Evangeline called from behind me with guards rushing after her like she was some kind of princess who wanted to save her doll.

"Maurene, you cannot leave." She begged, trying to catch her breath.

"Why?" I questioned her, looking at her in the eye. "Well, I am not the one who approached someone just to do what? Make her the supervisor of a company she didn't know existed?"

"Maurene, that is not it either. You just have to relax and listen. As you must have seen, my husband, Alex is sick and I don't want to tell you this before but... Liam cannot be trusted. That was why I had Alex make him tell you the truth. I didn't want to look like a friend who would watch her friend in danger and not do anything. I'm sorry that you had to find out this way."

"He had said that he would tell you but when I saw that he didn't, I had to step in." She explained.

My jaw hardened. "I think I would need some space," I muttered, trying to stay away from her. It has been a long time since I felt this kind of betrayal and I had already healed from it but a new one... I was scared of how I would take it. She quickly reached for my hand. "At that party the other day, Alex had a lapse and I had to rush him out of there. Liam does not know that he is sick terminally. Don't let anyone else know, I beg of you." She pleaded. "And he has been trying to remain strong in front of these stupid Alphas who keep having meetings behind his back. And to top it all, I have to be with him in this. I would have loved to sit you down and make you see that I did it for your best but... Please you can go and think about it."

"One piece of advice I will give you, keep Liam close. I know you are hurt but... keep him close."

She had told me that and I did not know what she meant. I was still thinking about it when my door was barged open and Diana appeared, panting heavily. The look on her face triggered fear in me and jolted me to my feet. "What happened?" I asked

"Well, Kai has gone looking for his father." She lifted the note into the air and I didn't know but I felt myself falling back with Diana yelling out.