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

argue. He nodded like he got it, then

Nyx didn’t need to settle for some gross, unfair contract. Be his wife, and everything he had was hers.

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

that 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 from, and his face cracked a

said it. He’d said it himself. Words were out, there was no taking them back. After beating himself up for a while,

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

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

practically driven nuts by his past self, looking like death warmed over.

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

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

to argue back. Claiming she

out.

got his first taste of being kicked to the curb. He’d done the same to

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

the

and asked her to

soup–herby, but tasty. She texted Helly and Gavin thanks, then sent

spurred him on. For days after, Nyx got a steady

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

back–ate his carefully made

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

back to Seafarion’s murderous glare that day, she feared the guys had

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made her

After a couple more days, she reached out

phone, Kai’s voice sounded normal, brimming with

relaxed and said,

59%

then diving back down

wanted to meet up, but not just yet. “Let’s meet on

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

With their contract, she should technically be with him through this.

they had to wait till next month. She stared at

goofy short videos? And even likes them?‘ 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

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 melted into

sleeps well, no worries, lively and healthy. But for now, she had to set

evening, hearing someone return next door, Nyx went over and knocked. The door swung open fast. Seafarion’s eyes shone bright, locked

Meeting those hopeful eyes, Nyx felt a pang of reluctance. But better a quick sting than a long ache.

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

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