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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face flushed. She swatted his hand away, annoyed. “That’s just ‘cause I ate too much earlier! That leopard fed

wouldn’t admit to being pregnant, Seafarion didn’t argue. He nodded like he

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

She pressed her lips tight and shook her head. “You don’t even like me. Even Lancet thinks we’re not a good

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

it himself. Words were out, there was no taking them back. After beating

first sight. He was hooked beyond help. He sounded dead serious. Nyx glanced up at him, seemed touched,

list of his screw–ups was even longer. She’d jotted them all down in her

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

He’d soaked up Nyx’s affection just fine but kept kidding himself, pushing her away. Now all those mistakes boomeranged back, and he

said, blinking innocently. “Don’t say you’ll marry me just ‘cause you feel sorry for me.”

she didn’t give Seafarion a chance to argue back. Claiming she felt off and wanted to nap, she

out.

Seafarion got his first taste of being kicked to the curb. He’d done the same to Nyx once too. He’d brought this on himself.

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

soup inside. A sticky note beside it said Helly had dropped

the

her to deliver it.

texted

maybe that “thanks” spurred him on. For days after, Nyx got a steady stream of medicinal dishes

set on proving his feelings with actions, convinced that winning someone’s heart started with their stomach. His cooking skills shot up so fast

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

no word from

feared the guys had already duked it out behind her back. The

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made her vision go

couldn’t wait around. After a couple more days, she reached out to

the phone, Kai’s voice sounded normal, brimming with

and said,

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

on the eighth of next month,” Kai said, counting

this phase for a while–till next month. He didn’t feel off when he wasn’t near Nyx, but he

With their contract, she should technically be with him through

next month. She stared at her phone, zoning out, then caught

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

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

guides and tips for caring

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

went over and knocked. The door swung open fast. Seafarion’s eyes

ages Nyx had come to him on her own. Meeting those hopeful eyes, Nyx felt a pang of reluctance.

cook right away, but his palm felt the soft, flat surface and

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