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“On it.”

“Please tell me he can't just take my baby. It's my baby,” I sobbed, pulling away from Jeremy.

“There's no way in hell he's going to take your child away. We won't let him,” Jeremy assured me.

As much as I wanted to believe his words, past me couldn't help but feel the impending dread.

“I hate to break it to you, but he’s got a very good lawyer on this. Wells is well known for being a ruthless asshole of a lawyer with few emotions. He's also an incredibly expensive one.”

We were all in the main living space, sitting around the coffee table while Nate read over the paperwork. I held Jeremy’s hand tightly in both of mine as I waited for him to finish reading several times.

Nate had been home in less than thirty minutes after Devon called him. I'd expected him to be angry when he realized he’d rushed home for something to do with me, but instead, he had simply taken the paperwork off of Devon and started reading.

“Cole’s family has a lot of money,” I admitted. “They own a pharmaceutical company.”

Devon snorted. “That says all we need to know about them. Money-grabbing shitstains.”

“Why would he do this?” I asked, furiously wiping out the tears that were still leaking from my eyes. “He's made it very clear he has no interest in being a father.”

Nate grimaced. “If he's as rich as you say he is, he may be doing this so he doesn't have to pay child support. Have you filed for any child support yet?”

I shook my head. “That would require money for a lawyer—money I don't have—and I was pretty sure his lawyers would crush me in court, and it would all be a waste of time.”

“In theory, you should be able to take him to the cleaners. If his family has as much money as you say they do, you could be entitled to thousands per month.”

“Thousands?” I asked weakly.

Nate nodded. “But that would also come with him getting to see the child and having rights to the child.”

“I don’t want that,” I insisted. “He never treated me kindly, and I worry that he wouldn’t treat the baby well, either.”

“Is there anything we can do, legally speaking?” Devon asked.

“I’ll happily find a few lawyers who are willing to work pro bono on this, but...” Nate took a deep breath. “There is one way you can easily cut him out, legally.”

“I’ll do anything,” I rushed to say. I didn't want to spend my nights terrified that someone was going to come and take my child. I didn't need Cole's money. I just needed my baby.

Still, I didn’t expect the next words out of his mouth at all.

“You could bond with either Jeremy or Devon.”

“What?” I gaped at him.

“What on earth?” Devon asked.

Nate shook his head. “I'm not particularly fond of the idea, but if Daisy is legally bonded to someone else when the baby is born, then the father of her child has no legal say, unless they are bonded to the mother or are packmates with someone who is bonded with the omega.”

Jeremy had made it clear he was looking forward to a future with me—one where we were bonded—but this was rather sudden. And it wouldn’t be for the right reasons.

“I can't ask you to?—”

“I'll do it,” Jeremy rushed to say, a smile breaking out across his face. He didn't look concerned or worried. He looked elated.

Chapter 25

Jeremy

It was such an easy solution.

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