Felix shudders, his hands trembling. “I didn’t think you’d forgive me for all of this.”
This close, the tears on Felix’s lashes blur. Kade holds his hand, Felix’s breath puffing on his skin. None of Felix’s reasons are about himself. His fears all revolve around disappointing Kade, and... he’s never had to worried about that. And maybe, just maybe, Kade can be good enough for his omega, too.
“You’ve been lying a whole damn lot,” Kade says, still reeling from everything. The bankruptcy, the lies, the baby.
Felix flinches. “I won’t be angry if you bond with someone else—”
“I know,” Kade growls. “And I’m not bonding with anyone else.” He holds out his wrist between them, the silver scar bright in the shadows between them. “The only person who gets to mark me is you.”
Felix gulps, his gaze flying up to meet Kade’s. “You aren’t angry with me?”
“I’m damn annoyed,” Kade says. “But I’m not gonna leave you because of that.” He sucks in a deep breath, holding it. “The baby’s mine.”
“It is.” Felix holds his stare, fear dark in his eyes. Kade sighs, pulling him close.
“It’s mine,” Kade says again, to himself. He still can’t believe it. He tugs Felix’s shirt up, staring at the curve of his abdomen, the dark line leading down, and there’s a baby in there. His blood and bone. Not someone else’s. “Really?”
“Really,” Felix says, still hesitant. “You don’t have to assume responsibility for it. I won’t hold you to child support—”
Felix is carrying his baby. Their baby. Kade’s chest fills to bursting. He cradles Felix’s nape, kissing him softly. Felix gasps.
“Mine,” Kade growls against his mouth, slipping his hand down to cradle the bump of his abdomen. The child in there is his. It’s an alien concept. Fuck knows how long Kade has spent, trying to come to terms with that child. But Felix relaxes slowly against him, his lips opening for Kade, and Kade slides their tongues together, dragging his wrist down Felix’s belly. “It’s really mine?”
“I won’t say it’s yours again if you don’t want it,” Felix whispers, scarlet rising to his cheeks.
“My baby,” Kade says, awed and disbelieving. “I thought... you were in Highton before you moved back. You were in heat when I picked you up. I thought... maybe you slept with someone and he dumped you.”
Felix shakes his head. “My heat started only when you picked me up. When you asked about the baby’s father... Well.”
Of course the baby’s dad didn’t know about it. Because I’m the fucking dad. And the thought sends Kade reeling. “I’m gonna be a dad?”
Felix smiles up at him, suddenly shy, and triumph roars through Kade’s chest. “If you want to be dads with me, I won’t say no.”
“I love you,” Kade growls, fierce affection rumbling through his chest. Felix’s eyes grow wide, and Kade slides his arms around his omega, dragging him close, blood rushing down his body. He’ll be dads along with Felix. It’s his baby. He wants to pin his omega beneath him, wants to mark him and fuck him and have Felix crying out, needing Kade.
Felix leans in, his hands coming up to curl around Kade’s sides. “I’ve always loved you,” Felix whispers, looking away. “I never wanted to leave.”
His pulse misses a beat. “I want you in my life forever,” Kade says. “I’ve always been waiting.”
Felix whimpers, glancing back, his eyes yearning, and something in Kade jolts.
He’s so hard it hurts. He reaches down between them, tugging his pants open. Felix’s gaze drops to his cock, and his throat works. Kade slips his cock out. “Want you in my bed. Wanna be inside.”
Felix groans, musk rippling off him. He reaches down for Kade, his hands small against Kade’s cock, and Kade wants to pin him right here and slip home.
“We shouldn’t. Not out here,” Felix gasps, but he’s stroking Kade’s cock from base to tip, squeezing around him, squirming.
Kade drags him closer, and Felix’s baby bump pushes against his abs. Kade hesitates, glancing down at it. “Have I been fucking you too hard? ‘Cause I don’t wanna hurt the child. Our child.”
Just saying it out loud makes it different. I’m gonna be a dad. I’m gonna be a fucking dad.
“The baby will be fine,” Felix whispers, his eyes shining. Kade reaches down to touch the hard line in his pants. “So please, Kade, I want you inside.”
49
Kade
Kade scoops Felix up in his arms, careful not to put pressure on his belly. Felix’s legs spread around his hips. Kade turns them back into the house, kicking the kitchen door shut, then their bedroom door.
He drops Felix gently on the bed, tugging Felix’s shirt off. Felix grins through his tears. “Impatient, are you?”
“Yeah,” Kade says. He wants to kiss his bondmate all over, touch him, show Felix how much he wants his omega and their baby.
He kisses Felix’s tears off his face, hating that they’ve spent so long apart. Then he kisses further down, sliding into Felix’s mouth. Felix arches against him, his hands trailing down Kade’s sides, up against his abs.
Kade smooths his hand down Felix’s warm chest, thumbing his nipples. Felix moans into his mouth, his tongue sliding insistently against Kade’s, his hand curling around Kade’s cock. Felix wants him. Felix carries their child, and it’s better than Kade ever imagined.
“Kade,” Felix gasps. Kade slides both hands down his omega’s belly, cradling the child that’s theirs, that is part of them both, and Kade’s harder than before, his cock aching.
“Mine,” he growls, pushing his tongue into Felix’s mouth, tasting him.
“Yours,” Felix groans. Kade drags his hands down to Felix’s hips, and Felix spreads his legs, his cock a thick line in his pants. Kade breaks the kiss, trailing his lips down Felix’s jaw. Felix tilts his head, giving him access. Kade needs
