Page 272 of The Omega Exchange: Omnibus
That better be his damn sister I’ve never heard of.
Actually, I changed my mind.
His hand is definitely a little too low on her ass for that to be his sister.
“Miller,” Nik says, lighting up when he spots us. His voice sounds weird, and I frown like crazy.
The woman at his side has short black hair to her shoulders and large almond shaped eyes. She’s beautiful and probably close to six or seven months pregnant.
I stagger back a step because something is not adding up. I pull a hand up, rubbing at my eyes like maybe I’m seeing things. That’s definitely not Nik. I can’t put my finger on it, but I know it’s not him.
“I hear congratulations are in order,” Nik’s look-alike says, coming closer.
“Nathan,” Miller says, squeezing my hip. He looks at the pregnant woman. “Selena, you look lovely.” He looks at me. “This is Melody.”
I’m still frozen, blinking like a complete goofball because Nik has a twin brother. He mentioned a brother, but he absolutely forgot to mention they’retwins. Miller releases me to shake hands with Nathan, and I’m still dumbfounded.
“It’s weird, isn’t it?” Selena says, stepping up to my side. “I knew it was coming, and it still made me...” Her face transforms into a goofy cringe. “Didn’t Nik warn you?”
“Of course he didn’t,” Nathan says, holding out a hand. “He never tells anyone unless he has to.”
Now that I’m not in shock, I can see that he doesn’t have tattoos peeking out the top of his neckline or out the bottom of his sleeves like Nik does.
I shake his hand and he pulls me in for a hug. “Welcome to the family. I never thought I’d see the day my brother settled down.”
Miller growls a low, dangerous sound.
“Shit, sorry,” Nathan says, tossing his palms up and backing away.
“Fuck.” Nik’s voice comes from behind me.
I spin around, and he’s approaching with Kiernan Daniels.
Kiernan is a chubby older man with a thick white beard and salt and pepper hair. He has a Scottish accent, which I only know from meeting him during my unfortunate Christmas trip to the North Carolina Exchange location.
“By the way, I have a twin,” Nik says, giving me a chagrined smile.
“No more fucking surprises,” Miller growls. “Do you smell how stressed she is right now?” He wraps a hand around my stomach under the bottom edge of my jacket. “It’s not good for the baby.”
My jaw falls open. Okay, apparently that news is all out there in the open.
“I’m sorry,” Nik says, prowling closer. He steps up to my front and tilts my chin up to look at him. “Carver is wondering why the hell you haven’t made it outside yet.” He brushes his lips over mine, and I kind of melt into his chest.
All while Miller’s hand still rubs my stomach. It’s a little bizarre how obsessed he is with touching my belly. Especially since I’m sure that’s just my normal lower stomach chub and not actually the baby at this point, but it’s also really freaking sweet.
“Have fun on your date. We’ll meet you at the doctor’s office in the morning,” Nik says, squeezing my ass and pulling me closer for an actual kiss.
“That shit blows my mind.” Nathan chuckles. Selena slaps his chest. “What? It does?”
My cheeks feel warm as we pull apart.
“I wish I could be with you, but I’ve got to hand the reins back to Nathan,” Nik says, frowning.
“I’m not even pissed anymore,” Nathan says. “Sure, you left me with a clusterfuck to clean up with the OPA, but I’m happy for you, bro. Ever since Kara called and I realized we’d have to cut our trip short?—”
“Kara called you?” Nik asks, cutting him off.
“Yeah, did you really think we could have made it here in less than twelve hours if we weren’t already on our way?”
