Page 24 of Romancing the Omega

Yeo stood up and grabbed his phone. He set his smart phone to record and dialed Tracy’s number by memory. He put the call on speaker phone and set it on the table. “Yeo,” she answered after one ring. “Have you finally come to your senses? Are you coming home?”

“What the hell kind of game are you playing, Tracy?” He didn’t hide the anger in his voice.

“You’ve already heard about the custody suit? I’m surprised,” she said, pleased.

“You have zero chance of winning, Tracy. What are you after?”

“I’m a distraught mother,” she said, laughing. “Why wouldn’t I have a chance?”

“He’s not yours, you idiot. I was artificially inseminated. Have you forgotten that? You didn’t give birth to him. You didn’t financially or emotionally support him. You didn’t even legally adopt him. You have no right to him,” Yeo said. “We even signed a contract saying that when I got pregnant. You didn’t want to be bound to him in any way. Remember?”

“No one but you and I know that,” she hissed. “You wouldn’t possibly let Richard or Michael know you gave birth.” Yeo’s body shook with anger and he was literally speechless. He stalked into his bedroom, hearing Caden take over the call.

“Hi, Mrs. Cook,” Caden said. “I’m Mr. Cook’s lawyer and I can assure you he has no problem providing that information to a court, jury, or the media.”

Yeo grabbed what he needed and brought it to Caden, tearing open the envelope and showing him the pictures. “Think you, Yeo. Mrs. Cook, it looks like you were unfaithful during the marriage,” Caden said. “I see evidence of seven different men.” He looked at Yeo’s note. “Including Michael and Richard Cook. Oh, that won’t look good in court at all.”

“You wouldn’t dare make that public, Yeo,” she said, screeching. “Your father would kill you.”

“My son,” he bit out. “You are trying to take my son from me. Try me, Tracy. Just you fucking try me.”

“Why did you even have him?” She sounded as pissed as Yeo felt. “We were fine. Everything was fine. You had the company, I had money and men. Why did you have to bring that omega brat into the world? Nothing has gone right since then.”

Caden took one look at Yeo’s face and spoke quickly. “Tracy, I encourage you to reconsider your suit immediately. We will gladly meet you in court, but all of this information will become public knowledge. I promise you that.”

“Fine,” she spat out. “I told Richard it wouldn’t work anyway. A gentleman wouldn’t air a lady’s dirty laundry, but you aren’t a gentleman, are you, Yeo?”

“I’m sorry,” Ray said, shaking his head. “Is she for real? She honestly thinks that the right thing to do here is let her have your son, who she hates? After she fucked your father and grandfather? Seriously?”

“How dare you,” she said, voice high and annoying. “I could have taken him for everything he had when we divorced, but I was kind.”

“We signed prenups,” Yeo corrected her. “I was kind and gave her more than I was required to.”

“Again, drop the suit, Mrs. Cook. If not, we’ll see you in court.” Caden ended the call, then looked at Yeo, eyes wide. “Holy shit, angel. Your ex is crazy.”

“That is some Dynasty type shit right there,” Ray said, pointing to the pictures spread across the table.

“Tracy isn’t crazy, just self-absorbed,” he said. “She wouldn’t have tried that on her own, though. Grandpa and Dad are probably pushing her.”

“She said Richard, not Michael and Richard,” Ray said. “According to Walt’s report, your father has been hush-hush about the whole situation with you, your divorce, and Summer.”

“They want you back in the company,” Caden said. “That was the point behind reporting you to CPS. He can’t touch your business, so he is taking this route.”

“Will she drop the suit,” Ray asked.

“Yeah,” Yeo said. “She is all about her image. If this information got out, she would have to leave the state. That’s not something she wants to do. Her family has a lot of standing in Nashville. Not so much anywhere else.”

Ray stood. “I’m going to keep looking into this. I’ll see if we can find some leverage against them. I’ll find your papa too, Yeo.” He nodded then left.

Yeo sat back in Caden’s lap. “Why can’t they just let us be happy? They don’t want Summer. They don’t want me, at least not the real me. Why can’t we just be free?” He rubbed his face against Caden’s chest.

“I don’t know, angel. I feel bad saying this right now, but I’m really happy to have my parents. We both did the same stupid thing. We tried to make ourselves what our parents wanted. Mother and Father have been wonderful about accepting and supporting me now. I wish you had that from your dad,” Caden said.

Yeo sighed. His dad would never accept him for what he was. He was an omega, and that one fact kept him from standing a chance with Michael Cook. “He will never love me,” Yeo said. “But that’s okay. I love myself.”

“Damn, you are one amazing man,” Caden said. “Not too many people can do that. Trust me, I know.”

They sat together for hours, wrapped up in one another. Yeo focused on Caden’s breathing and his steady heartbeat. He slowly grew calm, his mind clearing. He had his alpha, his son, and his sister. He had his best friend and a ton of other friends. He had Magnolia, Sassy, and Huckleberry. He had a damn good life, and no one would take that from him.

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