Dangerous Desires Novel

66 Trying
Luke.
We were silent after Kimberly laid out her plans, and I did not know what to say. Caleb looked at Tia and me to chip in, but this
was his mess. It was his problem. “Kimberly, please reconsider,” Tia said, begging the girl.
“It is easy for you to say, Tia. Luke doesn’t let you out of his sight. When you two were getting married, the news went round that
you would be miserable because of the rumours we heard but look at you now. You are an object of envy. My only offence was
being sloppy, Tia. I actually believed that women only got pregnant when they had sex during their heat. It hit home when Luke
used me as an example when Stacy was trying to convince you to rest so you can get pregnant after your first heat. My mother
was all about looking nice and spending money; she never taught me anything about being a woman. Everything I know I
learned on my own by making mistakes and correcting myself. I did not get pregnant deliberately. Who wants to be a mother at
twenty? No offence Tia, but I would not have chosen this path otherwise. I had broken up with him. It doesn’t matter what the
DNA result says. In the eyes of everyone, I am a slut, which is why he doubted the paternity of my daughter. No one will know he
was my first, and I never cheated on him. No one would know there was no need to doubt me. Above all, I cannot hang around
for someone who chooses to settle for me because the woman he loves is unavailable. I have my dignity. I only hung around the
Moons so that I would be cared for during my pregnancy. I ended up doing everything for myself. Apart from the bills that were
paid, I did it all by myself. I went through everything alone, with no one to talk to or lean on. It is too late for Caleb to ask me to
stay. I have made peace with my shame and am moving on from this. I would have died, but the goddess spared my life. I feel
reborn. I do not want to walk the same path I was on before I went into a coma,” she said, and Tia could not say a word because
no one could argue with Kimberly right now. Everything she said was true. Caleb had many chances to redeem himself but blew
all of them.
“Please, Kim. I am sorry. I will tell the world that I misjudged you, I will marry you, and we will move out of the mansion, but don’t
leave me. Please, right now, you and our daughter are all that make sense in my life. I cannot lose both of you, please. I will do
anything you want. I will do whatever you say. I will be a fool for you, I promise. I will follow you about, and you will never be
alone. Please do not leave me, Kim. I am sorry about everything; I was sorry before all this. I honestly thought you were trying to
trap me because of my past. Most of the girls that claimed I got them pregnant were lairs. Most of them were not pregnant by the
time we offered abortion. I am sorry I categorised you like them. I really am.” He said and went to his knees.
“Please tell me what you want me to do, and I will do it, Kim. I swear I will do it.” He said, and just then, Stacy and our father
walked into the room.

“Caleb!” Stacy exclaimed.” Don’t you know you are an Alpha?” She said, but he ignored her entirely and continued to plead with
Kimberly.
“What is the matter?.” My father asked me quietly. “Kimberly is leaving with her child,” I told him, and he was shocked. “The girl is
a Moon; she can’t take her away,” My father protested.
“Well, she can. Caleb did not marry her, so the baby is also a Miles.” I said to him, and he was silent. Realising what was
happening, he pulled his mate so they could excuse us. We wanted to excuse them, too, but Kimberly insisted we stayed
because she wanted us to take her home
“Kimberly, you cannot do this alone,” Tia finally spoke. “I have cared for her for two weeks, and I needed everyone to chip in.
Why don’t you two come and stay with us in our house and see how it goes. If you still want to leave, no one will stop you, but let
your daughter grow a bit to the point that you would be able to care for her without others,” Tia pleaded with her trying to buy
Caleb ample time to redeem himself.
“Better still, I will rent the house next to ours for you two, so you can have some privacy,” I said, and Kimberly looked at Tia. It
was clear the girl trusted Tia completely. They were communicating, and I did not know what it was about
“I do not want to be around Caleb, Tia; he hurt me to my soul,” she said in tears, and Tia went to hold her while I collected the
baby from her. Kimberly was in pain. So I asked Caleb to join me outside the room to talk He reluctantly left to join me outside.
“Are you serious about all those things you said?” I asked him, and he nodded.
“I have been before she gave birth, but I thought she got pregnant to trap me,” he confessed. “It will be hard to convince her. You
really hurt the girl. She went through this alone. Three months in her father’s house and six months with us. You refused to even
stay in the same room with her. Tia is just a few weeks gone, and I will tell you, it is not easy. She needs a lot of care and
pampering. I do not want to imagine what Kimberly went through all this while. You need to do a lot more than making promises
and keeping them to get her back, you need a miracle because that girl’s mind is made up. Remember what father tells us. He
says to always remain relevant, you have to make sure people do not find a replacement for you because you are no longer
needed once they do. Kimberly has learned to live without you, and your lack of care has given her the understanding and
courage that she can do this without you. If she considers staying, it will be because Tia said so, not because she wants to
rekindle anything with you, Caleb.” I said, and he was confused.
“Give me pointers, Luke. You won Tia’s heart. Help me win Kimberly’s heart,” he said, and I shook my head.

“The damage between Tia and me wasn’t this extensive, and both of us were willing to try. I also showed her care from our
wedding day. You practically ignored this girl; I do not know what to tell you, I will offer advice: if she says yes, ensure you show
her a lot of love and protect her from your mother and cousin. Those two are poisonous in our home, and you should always
come to her defence. If it is possible to move out of the moon mansion to avoid those awful breakfasts, then do it. Father is
powerless right now; gone are the day he would threaten to cut us off and leave us to fend for ourselves. I will gladly do it if you
need me to get you a place like mine. But as this is, you have just six months to redeem yourself, Kimberly is too determined to
hang around longer than that.’I told him, and he decided to link me with his next question.
“What if I marry and claim her?” he asked.
“If she agrees, then go for it, but you will have to prove yourself to her,” I told him, and he was silent. Soon we returned to the
room to find Tia and Kimberly playing with the baby Caleb went to kneel by her bed again.
“Please, Kimberly, Don’t go yet. Give me a chance to redeem myself and prove to you I am for real this time,” Caleb said in the
most honest way he could
“Okay, but I do not want to stay in that mansion.” Kimberly agreed reluctantly. I did not know what Tia might have said to her, but
it worked.
“Fine, we will get your stuff from the mansion and move you to our house for now. We can find you a place from there.” I said,
and Tia smiled with joy.
“We noticed you didn’t prepare for her arrival, so we set up a nursery in our house with the hope to move the things to wherever
you will be. Everything is set the” Tia said, and Kimberly smiled at her.
“I will leave once my baby is eight months old. Promise you won’t try to make me stay,” Kimberly said to Tia, and Tia reluctantly
agreed. Caleb had eight months to prove to Kimberly why she should trust him with her heart again. I hope he succeeds. We did
all that needed to be done, and Kimberly was discharged from the hospital. Her wolf had helped her heal fast. There was no
need to hold her for observations. We first drove her to our home. Then Caleb and I went to the Moon mansion to get her things.
Upon getting there, Stacy questioned us in the presence of our father. Although she was respectful, her voice still made me
cringe.
“Where are they, Kimberly and my granddaughter?” She asked again.

“In my house. Kimberly doesn’t want to live here. She hates the breakfasts and can’t stand everyone in this house. It was either
that, or she leaves for good,” I said and walked past her. My father returned to the office not wanting to get involved with the
matter. He had bigger issues to deal with, Like Luis ‘Moon’. Kimberly and Caleb’s relationship was not on his list.
On the other hand, Stacy was trying to make it about her. I had to shut her down. We packed all of Kimberly’s stuff, and I gave
Bart and Norman the mandate to sack all the care staff in the right-wing and hire new ones. I told them the reason, and I gave a
new rule for the new ones so they did not make the mistake of committing the same offence again.
Tia allocated a room downstairs to Caleb and Kimberly. It was close to the nursery. Kimberly said she wanted to sleep in the
nursery, and Caleb told her he would sleep in another room. Hopefully, they will be sleeping in the same room within a month. As
things were, I intended to delay getting them a place. The smaller the space available, the more difficult it would be for Kimberly
to avoid Caleb and remain mad at him. Tia and I hoped our plan worked out.
Kimberly named her daughter Emma, and Tia loved the name. I watched Caleb put a lot of effort into the first few days, and I
was proud of him. He had also stopped looking at Tia, which made me happy that he was serious about making it work with
Kimberly. She wasn’t free around him yet, but she tried to be civil. We all knew it would take some time, I just hoped Caleb
succeed at it.
We decided to have breakfast a week after Caleb and Kimberly moved in. The breakfasts at the mansion had scarred us, and we
avoided eating together because of it, but we couldn’t help it this time; we had to eat and go to have a meeting with a spy we
planned on hiring to dig into Luis and Regan Adhit for us. We needed to find Luis to protect our family, especially now that we
were parents, and we needed to find Regan to protect Caleb’s reputation. It wasn’t long we started eating when Bart called to
inform me that Elisabeth was in labour