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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hand away, annoyed. “That’s just ‘cause I ate too much earlier! That leopard fed her nonstop. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gotten carsick so bad she wanted

nodded like he got it, then brought it up

some gross, unfair contract. Be his wife, and everything he had was hers. Seafarion finally snapped under a sudden blast of

him yet, though. She pressed her lips tight and shook her head. “You

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

were out, there was no taking them back. After beating himself up for

Nyx glanced up at him, seemed touched, but still

jotted them all down in her mental notebook, waiting for

nuts by his past self, looking like

but kept kidding himself, pushing her away. Now all those mistakes boomeranged back, and he had

innocently. “Don’t say you’ll marry me just ‘cause

she felt

out.

to the curb. He’d done the same to Nyx once too. He’d brought this on

a hassle. Nyx planned to deal with it after waking up, but when she did, the place was spotless.

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

the

asked her

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

her, or maybe that “thanks” spurred him on. For days after, Nyx

with their stomach. His cooking skills shot up

him some positive vibes back–ate his carefully made food and softened up

for the leopard, there was no word from hina or ages, and it worried Nyx. Since that first date, Kai

Seafarion’s murderous glare that day, she feared the guys had already duked it

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of that nightmare scenario made her vision go

she reached out to

sounded normal, brimming

relaxed and said, “Yeah,

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leopard leaping onto a 33–foot tree in excitement, then diving back down to circle his phone a few

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

for a while–till next

form, glanced at his rock–hard abs, and punched them in frustration. With their contract, she should technically be with him through this.

Nyx was still clueless why they had to wait till next month. She stared at

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

tapped the video Seafarion had liked and went quiet. She thought, ‘Pregnancy and baby tips?‘

saved stuff on prenatal diets, 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

could see their kid was a cute little merfolk–eats well, sleeps well, no worries, lively and healthy. But for now, she had to set him straight.

knocked. The door swung open fast. Seafarion’s eyes shone bright, locked on her.

felt a pang of reluctance. But better a quick sting than a long ache. The misunderstanding had to end.

right away, but his palm felt the soft,

handing him a medical report. “I told you before, but you