Long Awaited Mate Is A Baby novel Chapter 28

"Allie, baby, I am him. I'm the same Kaden that loves you, I've always loved-"

Again, Allie cuts me off. "You aren't him!" she screams, turning to fully face me with blood shot eyes. "You aren't him," She breaths in and out heavily, looking like she might hyperventilate.

She turns away from me and whispers into her arms; "You aren't him, he's gone,"

It doesn't take long for Allie to cry herself to sleep again. All the screaming and sobbing must make her really tired.

When she sleeps, she cries out for me the whole time. But I know that to her, it's not really me that she's crying for. She's crying for her dead brother that she's somehow convinced herself is me. But I'm nothing like Micah, and I never will be.

Allie's only been asleep for maybe ten minutes when she starts trashing and screaming even louder in her sleep. She kicks her foot against the wall, hard, and the sound echoes through the room.

Realizing how she's hurting herself when she's on the floor, I gently walk over and scoop her up, cradling her to me like I used to do when she was smaller.

However my arms don't seem to comfort Allie like they used to, and she continues kicking me in her sleep until I try and stop it.

I walk her over to the bed and lay her down carefully, before laying beside her. I pull her into my embrace and kiss her head lightly, trying to soothe her.

It seems to work somewhat, and Allie's loud screams soon turn to soft whimpers.

"Kaden," she whispers in her sleep. "Don't go,"

"Shh," I coo. "I'm right here, I've got you," I brush through her hair with my fingers, using every technique I can think of to calm her down. And eventually, it works and she stops making any sounds of distress at all.

I hold her for a little while longer before I realize what might happen if Allie wakes up and notices me being this close to her. I don't think that would end well.

So I gently move my arms away from her and scoot off of her hospital bed.

Then carefully and slowly, I place the blanket on top of her, tucking it around her body to try and make sure she satya warm. Seriously, these hospital blankets are thinner than a t-shirt.

Once I'm satisfied that Allie won't get cold, I kiss her softly on her forehead and cheek before heading back over to the now familiar chair of mine.

Allie hates me.

I just want to tell her how much I love her, find some way to explain to her that I am Kaden, I am her mate that she cries for every night. The same one that she wishes was still alive. If only I could get through to her that I'm right beside of her and I'm never leaving. All she has to do is understand.

With that thought, more tears fall from my face, and I have no control to stop them. Somewhere in the back of my mind I know I need to stay quiet so I don't wake Allie, but I just can't. No matter how hard I try, the tears keep coming and I can't stay quiet.

But I suddenly wish that I would have been a quiet crier when I hear my mate clear her throat from across the room. I look up to see her eyeing me carefully, confusion settling on her brow.

"Um," she starts to say.

"Sorry," I cut her off, wiping my face with my hands and shirt sleeves. "I didn't mean to wake you,"

Allie still seems confused. "Um, that's okay. Are you all right?"

"No," I whisper. My voice is so quiet I'm surprised she even hears what I say.