My tears fell faster as he hugged me back gently, causing me to let out a few quiet cries of relief. I heard him chuckle deeply as he swayed me slightly back and forth until I laughed too. He pulled away slightly to look at me and wipe my face.
"I haven't seen you cry this much since the twins got sick for the first time! Was it that nice of a surprise?"
I nodded with a huge smile but tears kept falling, "I never expected you to be here!"
"Lamar!" The twins squealed as I moved away from him so he could scoop them up into an embrace. He laughed loudly as he squeezed them slightly until they whined playfully.
"What in the world are you doing here?" I said as my voice cracked a little and I glanced to Elijah who smiled broadly.
"I thought, as such an important parental figure for the twins, he would be a great way to make your time here the best it can be."
I sniffled, "thank you, Elijah."
He nodded and suddenly smirked, "unfortunately, he isn't my only surprise. Sadly, this other one is a nuisance."
"I don't appreciate that," Alex said as he slipped around Elijah and came to awkwardly stand beside me. The twins gasped and surprisingly came over to Alex and embraced his waist. He looked to me like a deer in headlights and I couldn't help my shoulders from bouncing slightly as I found not to laugh out.
"Hug them back, robot." Elijah joked before he patted Lamar on the shoulder and made his way to the table with the lawyer in tow.
Elijah began talking to the group as Lamar and the twins made their way over. When Alex tried to follow, I took his hand and he gave me a slightly stoic but also worried look.
"Just give me this for once," I whispered before clinging to his shirt and felt relief when his arms hugged me. He gently patted my back and didn't shy away. I felt almost uncomfortable that he was allowing this to happen, but I was so relieved.
"Zara and Trey were worried, so they sent me."
I looked up to him, "why?"
Slight anger came to his face and his jaw clenched, "how can we..." He cleared his throat, "how can they not worry? That Alpha is a psycho. We all saw the aftermath of what he did."
I smiled as I released him, "thank you." I took a deep breath to try to relax, "having you here as my doctor and as my friend means a lot." The corner of his mouth raised slightly as I said 'friend'.
Alex's face went back to its natural stoic way as Elijah called to him, "come introduce yourself, Alex!"
I snickered before gesturing for him to follow me over towards the table. "Let me introduce everyone," I said before placing my hand on Lamar's shoulder when I stood next to him. "This is our neighbor, Lamar, from when the twins were young. He helped me out during the pregnancy and helped me learn how to raise the kids." I smiled towards my other side that Alex occupied, "This is Alex, he is one of the people we live with in California. He's also my doctor."
"So you also have a destined partner?!" Cam gasped and Alex gave him a cold glance.
"Yes, my destined partner and I are the ones who created the medication Will is taking."
"That is Cam, next to him is Sean, then Hunter, Shannon, and..."
"You must be Asher," Alex said as he stared at him.
"It's nice to meet you. Thank you for taking care Will and the kids." Asher said as he held Addie with one arm and extended his hand toward Alex.
I leaned over towards Alex, "shake his hand." Alex glanced to me with slight annoyance before lightly shaking Asher's hand.
Sean's face turned serious, "Alex," he began as everyone looked to him. "Will has been getting sick a lot since he came here. Is that normal?"
Cam sat up with a strong head nod, "we're really worried. The medication doesn't seem to be stopping his issues."
Alex nodded, "of course he is. Will is in his first heat after breaking his bond." Alex crossed his arms across his chest, "he's also in the presence of a strong Alpha he has feelings for and wants to f..."
I smacked Alex's arm as hard as I could and he looked to me in surprise. "Shut up, Alex. You're going too far."
"But nothing I said was incorrect."
I sighed but looked to Hunter when he stood up, "there is NO WAY Will can go see that Alpha if he's in heat! He's a lunatic!"
I rushed to move over towards the twins, "why don't you two go show Lamar your room? You could give him a tour!"
They both perked up and rushed to their feet. They each took 1 of Lamar's hands and led him out of the room. I sat down in Archer's former seat with anger, "has everyone lost their mind?!" I hissed, "there were kids in the room! And everyone seems to have forgotten that they still want a relationship with Jayden! You can't just say whatever you want in front of them!"
"But they have all right to be worried, Will." Elijah argued, "We all finally got to see your daily struggles and its hard to watch and still keep quiet."
"Well, you may need to get used to it," Alex stated bluntly. "Until Will bonds with someone new, he will continue to be sick."