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

argue. He nodded like he got it,

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

her head. “You don’t even like me.

for running his mouth. Then he remembered where that

taking them back. After beating himself up for a while, he laid

was hooked beyond help. He sounded dead serious. Nyx glanced up at him, seemed touched, but still shook her head. “You said yesterday

even longer. She’d jotted them all down in her mental notebook, waiting for today. No matter what Seafarion said, she wouldn’t

driven nuts by his past self, looking like

affection just fine but kept kidding himself, pushing her away. Now all those mistakes boomeranged

big deal,” Nyx said, blinking innocently. “Don’t say

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

out.

being kicked to the curb.

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

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

the

her to deliver it.

sipped the soup–herby, but tasty. She texted Helly

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

winning someone’s heart started with their stomach. His cooking skills shot up so fast his teacher was floored. For someone of his

keep messing with him. She gave him some positive vibes back–ate his carefully made food and softened

looking up. As for the leopard, there was no word from hina or ages, and it worried Nyx. Since that first date, Kai had vanished, leaving Nyx

feared the

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scenario made her vision go

wait around. After a couple more days, she reached out

brimming with

and said, “Yeah, missed

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sent the leopard leaping onto a 33–foot tree in excitement, then diving back down to circle his phone a few times. “I missed you too.”

not just yet. “Let’s meet on the eighth of

phase for a while–till next month. He didn’t feel off when he wasn’t near Nyx, but he figured it was safer to avoid meeting her during this time.

form, glanced at his rock–hard abs, 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

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

He watches 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 little guilt crept in.

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

cute little merfolk–eats well, sleeps well, no worries, lively and healthy. But for now, she had to set him

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

Nyx felt a pang of reluctance. But better a quick sting than a long ache. The misunderstanding had to end. She grabbed his hand and pressed

but his palm felt the soft,

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