Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 430

Even though she’d meant to rile him up a bit, seeing Seafarion like this broke Nyx’s heart. She punched in her fingerprint, opened the door, and pushed his wheelchair inside. “Why didn’t you go home?” she scolded. “What, if I didn’t come back. you’d just sit out there forever?”

“Don’t,” Seafarion flinched, muttering low, “don’t go away.” It was just an offhand comment, but it stabbed right into his deepest fear.

Nyx glanced down at his fragile, anxious state, sighed softly, and comforted him. “I won’t. See? I’m back now.”

She tossed the contract onto the coffee table and turned to grab a cup. “Sit tight for a sec. I’ll brew you some tea.”

Bad luck–the tea sitting out was all gone. She rummaged through the storage room, dug out a box, and came back to the living room. Then she heard Seafarion’s hoarse voice. “Nyx.”

Nyx looked over and her eyes went wide. The contract. She’d left the contract on the coffee table. Sure, it was her fault for leaving it out, but Seafarion shouldn’t just grab her stuff without asking.

The air in the living room got heavy. Seafarion’s knuckles whitened as he gripped the contract, nearly crumpling the thin pages into a ball. The usually cool–headed guy was trembling slightly all over, clearly furious, adrenaline pumping.

He owned up to being a creep–he’d been desperate to know what Nyx had been up to, so he’d snatched the papers off the table without permission. He’d only meant to glance at it, but the glaring title hit him like a thunderbolt.

“Kai–How dare he insult you like this?” Seafarion screamed.

In a flash, the whole contract turned to shreds in the enraged man’s hands. Looking at his icy expression, Nyx could almost see his resolve to take Kai out. Things were getting tricky.

Nyx’s first real slip–up left her scrambling. She didn’t know how to calm him down yet, so she bent down to pick up the scraps, buying time and hiding her embarrassment.

Bending over was fine, but she stood up too fast. Her vision blurred, the carsickness surged back, and she gagged once.

Seafarion’s face froze. He quickly steadied her waist, patting her chest to help her breathe. “What’s wrong, Nyx? Stomach upset?”

All his piled–up anger couldn’t outweigh his worry for her. He stared at her nervously, brain racing through possible issues. His eyes landed on her slightly rounded belly and stopped dead.

He wondered if it was just indigestion or something else. Thinking back to that wild night, Seafarion’s breathing sped up. His face shifted colors, and he yanked at his hair hard.

He–he hadn’t used protection. Even afterward, he’d forgotten to fix it, too busy dodging responsibility. He hadn’t thought about Nyx’s side at all. A barely adult girl–she wouldn’t know how to take care of herself.

In one day, she’d switched companies, moved into a new place, then jumped straight into auditions, studying, and filming. She probably hadn’t even checked her own health.

Once that possibility hit him, Seafarion spiraled deeper into panic, head hanging low. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Nyx, I’m sorry.”

He kept apologizing, rambling quietly, “The kid might inherit my crappy genes. I know you didn’t want to get pregnant. Whether to keep it, I don’t get a say. It’s your call. But no matter what, I’ll take responsibility.”

Nyx stared, baffled, piecing together what he meant. Her brain nearly crashed. When she snapped out of it, Seafarion was already planning marriage licenses and weddings. She cut him off fast. “I’m not pregnant. It’s just carsickness.”

Seafarion didn’t buy it. He reached out, gently touching her stomach, full of tenderness.

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too much earlier! That leopard fed her nonstop. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gotten carsick so

He nodded like he got it,

or love, Nyx didn’t need to settle for some gross, unfair contract. Be his wife, and everything he had was hers. Seafarion finally snapped under a sudden blast of

yet, though. She pressed her lips tight and shook her head. “You don’t even like me. Even Lancet

nowhere, Seafarion got mad–ready to dock Lancet’s bonus for running his mouth. Then he remembered where that “not a good

them back. After beating himself up for a while,

Nyx glanced up at him, seemed touched, but still shook her head. “You said yesterday I’m like a sister to you.”

down in

back–and–forth, Seafarion was practically driven nuts by his past self, looking

pushing her away. Now all those mistakes boomeranged

said, blinking innocently. “Don’t say you’ll marry me

a chance to argue back. Claiming she felt off and wanted to nap, she got

out.

door, Seafarion got his first taste of being kicked to the curb. He’d done the same to Nyx once too.

up the scattered paper bits was a hassle. Nyx planned to deal with it after waking up, but when she did, the

thermos sat on the table with hot medicinal soup inside. A sticky note beside it said Helly

the

her to deliver it.

sat down, sipped the soup–herby, but tasty. She texted Helly and Gavin thanks, then sent Seafarion one

her, or maybe that “thanks” spurred him on. For days after, Nyx got a steady stream of medicinal dishes and soups–first from

that winning someone’s heart started with their stomach. His cooking skills shot up so fast his teacher was floored. For someone of his status to cook every day without complaint, that alone was

him. She gave him some positive vibes back–ate his carefully made food and softened up toward him bit

were steady and looking up. As for the leopard, there was no word from

she feared the guys had already

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of that nightmare scenario made her

days, she reached out to Kai herself. “Want to meet

Kai’s voice sounded normal, brimming with barely contained joy. “You missed me?”

said, “Yeah,

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onto a 33–foot tree in excitement, then diving back down to circle

but not just yet. “Let’s meet on the eighth of next month,” Kai

in this phase for a while–till next month. He

and punched them in frustration. With their contract, she should technically be with him through this. But Nyx was all soft and delicate–whining when he squeezed her wrist too hard. No

stared at her phone, zoning out, then caught a familiar

thought. Nyx suddenly felt like maybe she didn’t know her partner as well as she thought.

liked and went quiet. She thought,

postpartum care must–knows, even new dad guides and tips for caring for disabled infants. As she kept looking, Nyx’s mix of shame and irritation melted into something tender and

could see their kid was a cute little merfolk–eats well, sleeps well, no worries, lively and healthy. But for

return next door, Nyx went over and knocked. The door swung open fast. Seafarion’s eyes

come to him on her own. Meeting those hopeful eyes, Nyx felt a pang of reluctance. But better a quick sting than a long

but his

and handing him a medical report. “I told you before, but you didn’t