“Th-there’s more boxes in the car.”What the fuck?I could barely speak with her eyes on me, with the feel of her hand on my back. The warmth of her touch sent shudders all over my body. I’d resisted her for years, and now afterone dayshe had me under her spell again.
“Mmm,” she responded, her eyes flicking to my lips.So fucking slutty, staring at my lips while we’re having a fight. “Do you want me to help?” The words were innocent enough, but the inflections in her smooth voice, the slight purr in her voice, and the way her eyes slid back up to mine left an entirely different meaning.
“Stop trying to seduce me,” I grumped under my breath.
Her head tilted to the side, like a fox when it finds something interesting. The snarky curve of her lips made my cheeks blush. “Is that what you think I’m doing?”
What else do you call that???
Slipping out of her embrace, I almost ran into the doorway before righting myself and trotting back to the living room as fast as I could. If I doubled up on boxes, it wouldn’t take very long to get everything in my new room, and then I could shut the door and be alone without my slutty wife bothering me.
Wife. Oh god. Was I already thinking of her as mine? She clearly felt that way about me, but that was no surprise. Her flirting wouldn’t change my mind. Leaving her was still the plan. It had to be, no matter what my mother wanted.
Just before I got to the door, the doorbell rang and Jade zipped past me to answer it. Four people came inside, a mix of betas and Alphas, with one omega coming up behind them.
The tallest one, an Alpha, reached out to shake my hand. “Ms. Hayes. I am part of the Rost family legal team.” Ahh, the lawyers had shown up. He gestured to another lawyer standing beside him who also shook my hand. “This is Mr. Hardrow. He is part of your family’s legal team. We will be coming by on a weekly basis to administer monitored pregnancy tests. Once a month, we will do a blood test just in case the others are inaccurate.”
“Is this necessary?” Jade asked, folding her arms across her chest with a frown. Why was she mad? Maybe she just didn’t like them barging in when she was trying to get into my pants.
“Yes, Ms. Rost, it is. We know not enough time has passed since the last time you and your wife had intercourse for any test to be accurate. This is just to establish a routine and get everyone used to it before it actually matters. We have three months to go before this is over.”Intercourse?Was he ninety?? Who calls it that??? Intercourse made it sound like a sweaty, grunting husband on top of you while you lie back and think of England. “Before we begin, I do have to caution both of you.” He fixed us with a sour expression, an echo of his counterpart in Vegas. “If any intercourse occurs between the two of you, the ninety days starts over. Even if we are on day eighty-nine, the waiting period will be reset.”
As if I had any intention of doing that. I didn’t want to be here any longer than necessary.
The omega followed me to the bathroom, and she stood there watching me pee into a cup. Utterly humiliating. As if I wouldfakea urine sample just to steal Jade’s baby from her. After the test was finished, we took it back out to the living room, and I stood there with my face bright red as everyone stared at the pee stick.
Not pregnant.
What a shocker!
With their results in hand, Jade escorted everyone out, firmly slamming the door behind them. Her fists clenched as she turned, her face a mask of seething rage.
“Why are you mad?” I asked her. “I just peed in front of a stranger, and stood there with five people watching my pee soak into a pregnancy test. I think I have a better reason to be pissy.”
“I’m not mad.”Of course, you’re not. She delicately gathered her long hair up and twisted it into a bun. God, how many times had I seen the back of her neck like that? She always had her hair down,always. The sight of those dark baby hairs on the nape of her neck were downright swoonworthy.
Swoonworthy?? Was I seriously swooning over her fucking neck?
“I’ll leave you to the rest of your things, since you probably would just kick up a fuss if I offered to help.” She wasn’t wrong. “I’ll make dinner.”
Jade put on a plain black apron over her white button up shirt, and reached behind to tie it around her waist. The way it cinched like that, accentuating her sturdy curves… No,no, stop staring at her. Ignore her.
In the hour it took to bring my boxes inside and get them mostly unpacked, the only thing that reminded me I wasn’t alone was the delicious smell coming from the kitchen. Meat. Butter. Bread. All the scents that made the best meals. My mouth was already watering as I placed the last of my clothes into the dresser. I quickly broke down my boxes and put them in the closet, saving them for when I moved back to my place in three months. Neat. Tidy. Efficient.
With all that done, I cleaned up and came back out to the living room. The smells were even better out here, and the mouthwatering sizzle coming from the stove made my stomach rumble. I never said no to a good meal, not even one made by my worst enemy. My plush belly was a testament to that.
She glanced over at me as she worked, the open smile on her face making my heart pound. She never smiled like that around me. Was this what she looked like at Blissful Bites? I always assumed she paid people to do the baking for her. But that focused, almost excited look on her face said otherwise.
“It’s almost ready,” she said, wiping her hands with a towel. “Take a seat.”
The dining table was set with a bottle of wine, a vase of red roses, and all black dishes complimented by the golden silverware. I would expect to see a setting like this at an expensive restaurant, laid out to celebrate someone’s anniversary. The roses made it feel intimate, as if she planned this in advance.
Did she?
With that pleased grin still on her face, Jade brought over our plates and placed mine in front of me as I sat down. A steak browned in butter. A small plop of mashed potatoes covered in a creamy sauce. And steamed vegetables beside them. The final touch was a piece of chocolate cake, topped with fresh strawberries. This was the kind of meal you made for your wife when you really wanted to suck on her tits all night.
That cake looked really good though.
“What is this?” Her eyebrows raised, her hands already reaching for the wine bottle. “Steak. Roses. Wine. Chocolate.”
