Page 19 of His Pretty Omega
The doors began to close, but a question popped into my head, and I slammed my hand against them, keeping the heavy metal from closing.
His eyes grew wide, watching me. “What now?”
“How did you find me?”
“Oh, that,” he relaxed back against the wall once more. “I showed the picture you took of us,” he gave me a pointed look like I had taken the picture without his knowledge, which was the furthest thing from the truth, “to my bestie. He knows you.”
Arching a brow at him, I asked slowly, “And who is this bestie of yours?”
“Bennett Maxwell,” he replied, tapping his foot impatiently and looking at the time on his phone.
I’d need to send Bennett a massive thank you. What were the odds that Bennett, who I had worked closely with for years and years, helping abused omegas get justice, would turn out to be my mate’s best friend?
Fate, my wolf chuffed, and I had to agree, saying a silent thank you to the universe.
Letting go of the elevator doors, we stared at each other until they closed, blocking him from my view.
Chapter Eight
Seth
My feet swung idly against the examination bed; the stupid paper gown they had made me put on crinkling with the slightest movement I made. Or maybe that was the wide strip of white paper my bare ass was sitting on that was rustling. Either way, had I known I was going to have to strip down and be poked and prodded on this first doctor appointment, I wouldn’t have invited Alex along.
I didn’t remember them doing this to Bennett at his first baby appointment. Since Bennett hadn’t told Shay he was pregnant right away, because reasons, I had gone with him to a lot of his first appointments. I had asked him to come today, but when he found out I had told Alex about the appointment, he had opted out. He did let me know that if Alex was a no show, he would be at every doctor visit I hadfor the rest of my pregnancy. That he’d be there, holding my hand and cheering me on, when I had this baby.
Bennett was my ride or die. I was honestly closer to him than my siblings. Not that I didn’t love my older brother and younger sister, we were just all very different people. We didn’t have the same relationship that I had with Bennett.
But now I was sitting, bored, anxious, staring at the clock that showed fifteen minutes past my appointment time (which in doctor world wasn’t all that terrible), and I was completely alone.
It wasfine.
I hadn’t really expected Alex to show up.
Sure, he had said he would be here, but alphas said all kinds of things. Most of them seldom meant any of the bullshit that came out of their mouths, especially once they came.
We didn’t even know each other, and I had dropped the whole,Hey, remember that hot as fuck night in the hotel New Year’s Eve? Surprise! You knocked me up, bombshell. The man didn’t owe me a thing.
But I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t been playing out every scenario of how today would go in my head, and Alex was front and center. Prince Charming to my Cinderella. A very tiny part of me hoped he had meant it when he had said he would be here today. But I refused to be disappointed that he hadn’t shown.
“Barf,” I muttered, trying to wrap the sheet more firmly around my lower half and covering my ass. “I think I just made myself throw up a little in my mouth. Seth, get it together! This ain’t no fairy tale, doll.”
Resting a hand across my slightly rounded stomach, I whispered, “We’re going to be okay, little one. Papa’s got this. We don’t need no alpha. And you’ll have lots of uncles and family in your life.” Smiling, I thought of our little omega friend group that had become like family. They were always there, in our chat, with all kinds of parenting advice. Or life advice. Or just down for a good bitch session. Everyone but me had kids, mates, and husbands, so I was privy to all kinds of venting. Even the best alphas got on their omegas nerves at some point or another.
And kids were kind of my thing. I was a pediatric nurse, after all. I did actually like kids, even if I had never wanted any of my own.
“I changed my mind though, okay?” I whispered to my belly. “I want you. It’s important that you know that. You are wanted.”
The soft tap on the exam room door brought me out of my wayward musings. My mind tended to go off in about a thousand different directions most days, but since I had found out I was pregnant it was about a hundred times worse.
The nurse, Amber, poked her head in and gave me a small smile. “There’s someone here for you. Is it okay to let him in?”
My heart stopped, then pounded so fast I thought it might jump right out of my chest. Nodding briskly was all I could do to answer. She stepped back out of sight and then he was there. Slipping into the room, looking frazzled, running a hand through his messy dark brown locks.
“I’m so sorry!” Alex said, looking around the room with wide eyes. “My client ran over with a problem we hadn’t planned on–” he stopped with a shake of his head. “It doesn’t matter. I’m sorry I’m late. It won’t happen again. I’ll make sure to not book anyone before your appointments. At least not anyone that might run over.”
“You came,” I blinked rapidly, willing the heat and wetness I felt swelling in my eyes to disappear. I wouldnotcry over an alpha showing up for me. I wouldnotbe one of those omegas. Damn these pregnancy hormones! I cried last night over an episode of9-1-1. Like what the actual fuck? Who even did that? This guy, apparently.
Alex frowned, then noticed the empty chair next to the exam bed and folded his long form into it. “Of course I came.” He stared at me for an uncomfortable minute where I tried not to squirm, then he asked, “Did you think I wouldn’t?”
