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

like he got it, then brought it

didn’t need to settle for some gross, unfair contract. Be his wife,

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

nowhere, Seafarion got mad–ready to dock Lancet’s bonus for running his mouth. Then he remembered

back. After beating himself up for a while, he laid it bare to Nyx. “I like you,

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

back, her list of his screw–ups was even longer. She’d jotted them all down in her mental notebook, waiting for today. No matter what

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

Nyx’s affection just fine but kept kidding himself, pushing her away. Now all

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

she felt off and

out.

at the closed door, Seafarion got his first taste of being kicked to the curb. He’d done the same to

planned to deal with it after waking up,

the table with hot medicinal soup inside. A sticky note beside

the

her to deliver

She texted Helly and Gavin thanks, then sent Seafarion one too.

For days after, Nyx got a steady stream of medicinal dishes and soups–first from Gavin,

winning someone’s heart started with their stomach. His cooking skills shot up

positive vibes back–ate

with the little mermaid were steady and looking up. As for the leopard, there was no word from hina or ages, and it worried Nyx.

glare that day, she feared the guys had already duked it out behind her

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of that nightmare scenario made

After a couple more days, she

normal, brimming with barely contained joy. “You missed me?”

said, “Yeah, missed you”

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

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

leopard mating cycles, he’d be in this phase for a while–till next month. He didn’t feel off when he wasn’t near Nyx, but he figured it was safer

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.

She stared at her phone, zoning out, then caught a familiar profile pic in a

watches goofy short videos? And even likes them?‘ she thought. Nyx suddenly felt like maybe she didn’t

video Seafarion had liked and went quiet. She thought, ‘Pregnancy and

liked and saved stuff on prenatal diets, postpartum care must–knows, even new dad guides and tips for caring

she could bring Gabby here. Then Seafarion could see their kid was a cute little merfolk–eats well, sleeps well, no worries, lively and healthy. But for now, she had

someone return next door, Nyx went over and knocked. The

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

Seafarion started to say he’d cook right away, but his

pregnant,” Nyx said, letting go and handing him a medical report. “I told you