Page 22 of Baking for His Omega

“Gideon, I’d love to, but I’m about to give birth.”

He nodded. “I know. It’s going to take time to get everything going. The website done. Things integrated. We projected everything will be up and running in four to five months. Do you think you would be ready to work then? Everything is online. You could stay home with our young and still work. I’ll pick up the files from home.” He paused. “I just wanted to help you. If you don’t want to…”

“I do,” I answered. I started to cry because happy and pregnancy hormones. “I really do. Please tell me you didn’t work all of this out for me.”

Gideon shook his head and pulled me into his lap. He said it broke his heart when I cried. “I have been thinking about this for a while. Maybe a year or two. You gave me the inspiration and the drive. I’d do anything for you.”

He would’ve. I believed my alpha would turn the world over for me without question.

“I guess I’m your assistant, then,” I said. “I might need to take some online classes to learn a few things.”

“That’s good. Take all the classes you need. But, right now, I need dessert.”

“I didn’t make anything,” I giggled, already knowing where this was going.

“I’m talking about you.”

Chapter Twenty

Gideon

The pregnancy that seemed to take so much time and go so slowly had somehow sped up while my back was turned. Kelly was waddling around the house whining about not being able to see his shoes—or his pecker. I tried everything to cheer him up, but he was sure nobody had ever been as big or misshapen as he was.

It was time for a change of pace. The only way I’d been getting him out of the house was to healer appointments; he didn’t even want to go out to eat anymore. But I hoped that for the event I had in mind, he’d go along with my plans.

“It’s a surprise,” I informed my reluctant mate. “And I am not taking no for an answer.”

“But I don’t need to be out in public as big as I am,” he groused. “I look like I ate a beach ball.”

“You look like the deer who is going to give birth to our beautiful baby in just a couple of weeks.” I held the door open for him to exit the house first. “And I’m proud to be seen with you. Anytime and anyplace.”

Kelly went past me and walked toward the car. “Okay, but you’ll be sorry. I am not the trim deer you fell in love with anymore. How much do you think skin can stretch anyway.”

“Get in.” I unlocked the car with the key fob and helped him settle in the seat. He was having trouble with that on his own now, and he’d already stopped driving when the steering wheel started to dig into his belly. “And I don’t want to hear any more grousing about the trip. It’s a beautiful day out with blue skies and the occasional puffy white cloud floating by.” Although it was the cool portion of the year now, we still got somenice temperatures sometimes, and it felt good to have the sun warming my cheeks.

And to have a big surprise lined up for my mate. It was a longer drive than he’d taken in a while, with our destination a few towns over. They were hosting a show of sorts featuring all sorts of pregnancy and baby equipment. Furniture, clothing, just about anything you could think of. I hoped that the clientele, most of whom were likely pregnant, would make my mate recognize the fact that all pregnant omegas were larger in the middle than before they started to grow their baby.

The event was also an opportunity to pick out some of the many items we would need for our coming child. As the time had sped by, we’d put off buying furniture and such, thinking we’d have plenty of opportunities. And now, with the baby due so soon, we were about to get boxed into a corner.

Wyatt was still in his crib, but we agreed that it was time for him to move into a toddler bed, and I hoped to find one of those here, too. We no sooner pulled into the parking lot when I heard Kelly gasp. “Is this the daddy show? The one with all the baby stuff?”

“What gave it away?” I teased.

“You mean aside from the giant illuminated sign over the gate?” He giggled, the first time I’d heard that in a while. “They sell everything there, and I don’t have my list.” He’d made it up shortly after moving into our home, and it was pretty complete.

“Check your phone.” I leaned back in the seat, watching him scroll. “Find it?”

“Yes, I did. You thought of everything, mate.” He squeezed my arm before releasing it so I could get out and come around to help him climb out of the car. I did this out of courtesy, from the beginning, but of late, it had become necessary. His center of gravity had shifted, and getting up from anything but a firm chair was no longer an option without help.

I’d paid for VIP parking, so the walk to the convention center where the event was being held wasn’t too bad, and once we entered the building, Kelly’s slow pace increased. It was a baby and toddler wonderland with lots of things for the pregnant omega daddies as well, and my mate flitted from one booth to the next, admiring everything. I didn’t even know he could flit at this stage, but we hadn’t been in the building for five minutes before I knew I’d made the right decision bringing him here. Kelly clutched his phone, checking items off his list after consulting with me on each.

Of course I agreed. My goal for the nursery was to make it a place my mate loved. To make him happy. And even though it was costing us a whole lot of money, it was worth every cent. What he picked out was all adorable and in good taste, but it wasn’t until we reached the paternity clothing area that he really brightened up.

“I shouldn’t buy anything because the baby will be here so soon…” He hummed as he lifted various shirts with cute sayings. “But maybe a couple of these?”

“As many as you want, mate. You need to be comfortable and these are very good quality.”

“I could save them for the next time…if there is one.” Looking up at me from under his lashes, he asked, “Do you think there will be?”

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