“I’ll find the file and send it over,” Lucifer told them. “Right away.”
Bel nodded.
He was pregnant.
They were going to have a baby.
He was going to have a baby. With his mate.
Lucifer kissed Bel’s forehead before doing the same to Atlas. “I will leave the two of you to talk.”
“Thanks,” Bel managed.
Lucifer was gone, leaving Bel alone with his mate. Well, technically his mate and baby.
“We’re having a baby,” Atlas whispered after several long minutes of silence.
Bel leaned forward, huddling into himself, a little protective of what he carried inside him. Even if he hadn’t known he could get pregnant, now that he did know, Bel couldn’t help but be protective.
“Hey!” Atlas shifted on his lap. “Talk to me.”
“I didn’t know,” Bel insisted. “I swear I didn’t.”
“Bel,” Atlas said. “I’m not accusing you of anything.”
“You were mad that I didn’t tell you we were mates,” Bel pointed out. He didn’t want Atlas mad at him, but he couldn’t be upset over this development.
“Yes, you promised not to keep things from me.”
“I didn’t mean to!” Was this going to be an issue? Would Atlas not want their baby because of it? Did Atlas even want children?
“I know. Bel, honey, I know that. Your shock was obvious.” Atlas pulled Bel’s head to his chest and he petted Bel. “I know.”
Tears fell from his eyes. “I can’t be upset. Even if I hadn’t had a clue it could happen, it did. A baby! There is a baby inside me. Your baby.”
“I don’t understand,” Atlas said slowly.
“My baby, our baby, I want…I want our baby,” Bel was barely able to get his wish out.
“Of course!” Atlas exclaimed. “It’s our baby!”
Bel looked up. He could barely see his mate through his tears. “Our baby?”
“Our baby,” Atlas said firmly. “We will love and protect our baby with everything that we have. This is going to be the talk of the realm.”
“It is,” Bel agreed. “At least they’ll be distracted from all the mate talk.”
Atlas wiped Bel’s tears away. “And you, my demon prince, will be an amazing father.”
“You too, my mate. So protective,” Bel said.
Atlas grinned.
A chime came from the laptop in front of them with an email for Luci popping up into the inbox.
“Should we find out what Lucifer has to tell us?” Atlas asked, pulling the laptop closer.
Resting his chin on Atlas’s shoulder, Bel nodded. “Yeah. Let’s do this.”
