Page 10 of Daddy Wolf's Secret Baby

“We need to talk.”

She nodded and waved to a chair, although he was too pent up to sit down.

“Is Jace my son?”

“Yes.”

Her response took him by surprise. He half expected her to deny it.

“Why did you hide my son from me?” he demanded angrily.

“I didn’t hide him from you. You told me the day after we had sex that there was no future for the two of us. You said that the sex was a mistake and that you wouldn’t risk your friendship with Zac or your potential position with the pack by being with me. There was no way in the world that I was going to trap you into a relationship you didn’t want with a baby. That would make all three of our lives miserable.”

Her voice was quiet and calm. He couldn’t argue with her reasoning. Josiah knew that he had been very harsh with her, and she had every right to feel that way.

“What are you going to do now? Are you here to stay?”

“Yes.”

“I would like to have a chance to get to know my son.”

“Of course. He knows all about you. I never once badmouthed you. I simply told him that the time wasn’t right for you to be a part of his life.”

He believed her. The Zahra he knew wasn’t the kind to bad mouth him.

“You had no right. I should have been allowed to make a decision for myself.” He was still angry, and his words came out as a loud growl.

Zahra shook her head. “You would have felt like you had to be a part of our lives, and you would have resented us for it. You weren’t ready to settle down and be a family, especially with me.”

“You don’t know that and you didn’t give me a chance to say one way or the other,” he roared.

The door opened and Zac walked in. “Cool it. We don’t yell in this house. If you can’t talk in a civilized manner, you’re going to have to leave until you can.”

“You knew,” Josiah barked.

“I knew she had a child. I recently found out that you were the father,” Zac replied calmly.

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“It wasn’t my news to tell. Zahra promised that she would talk to you the first chance she got.”

Flaming red heat rose into Josiah’s face and he clenched his hands.

“You’re going to have to calm down or leave until you can,” Zac said again.

Just then, Jace walked into the room, his eyes wide. Josiah wondered how much of the argument he’d heard.

Josiah looked down into the face that mirrored his own. “Hello, Jace.”

“Hi. I know who you are. Mom showed me pictures of you and talked about you.”

“That’s great. I hope we can spend some time together and get to know each other.”

“I’d like that,” Jace said. “Grandma says that breakfast is ready.”

He nodded at Josiah and left.

Zahra walked toward the door and turned around. “Of course, you’ll have time to get to know him, but just because you’re the sperm donor doesn’t mean you get to suddenly put the daddy hat on. You will have to take things slow with him and get to know him.” She followed Jace to the kitchen.

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