Page 16 of Double Kisses for the Omega
Then he continued. “I would never leave you though. You’re the best husband a man could ask for. It’s just he needs this to work as much as we do, and I would be both an asshole and lying to myself if I thought I could listen to everything he said, and how up front he’s been, and still need more information. I’ll go with whatever you decide. But my decision is we proceed with him.”
I was speechless. How was it that Tyler felt almost the same I did? I could hear in his voice that he was scared to even admit to me that he had feelings for somebody else. But also that he was resolute about us.
I squeezed his hand, then pulled him to me.
For a moment he was stiff in my embrace, then he softened and sighed happily. “I’m sorry Nate,” he murmured. “But I thought it was better to tell you.”
I kissed his hair. “I’m glad you did.”
He turned his head up to face me. “Really?”
I nodded, then started running my hand up and down his back. “Since we’re sharing. It’s getting to me too. I’ve never met an omega that I wanted to protect before. I always just thought I wasn’t into omegas. When I fell in love with you I thought that was it. I was an alpha man, and that was that. But then we met Rick, and…” I paused to collect my thoughts. “He could never replace you, but it’s almost like he could be an extension of us. Like I have room for both of you, and all our children in my heart.”
He grinned. “That’s how I feel too.”
I leaned in enough to kiss him. “I don’t know how he feels, or if it would even work. But…” I swallowed. “Do you want to ask him if we can court him?”
“Yeah, I do.”
I brushed my free thumb over his lips. “Come with me to the appointment Ty, not because it’ll change our minds, but because if we want to do this, then we need to know how best to help our omega.”
He nodded. “Ok.”
I smiled and kissed him again. I loved my husband, and couldn’t believe I might be able to have both him and Rick.
If Rick was interested, that was.
Chapter 9 - Tyler
“You ok?” Nate asked.
I nodded, but continued staring blankly at the wall.
We’d spent the afternoon in Doctor Erickson’s office, listening to him detail the severity of Rick’s condition, and how hard the omega had fought to regain some sense of normalcy in his life.
Rick was so strong. He’d known for years that the safest option was to have his womb removed, but he’d fought to keep it—to retain that part of him.
How could any alpha not see what a wonderful man he was?
“I know how you feel.”
I turned to look at Nate. “You do?”
He smiled and nodded. “Maybe the reason he never found an alpha before was because he was more than just one could handle. How could any one alpha protect an omega who’d already been through so much? Could just one be enough to help heal the hurt?”
I gaped at him, tears coming to my eyes.
Nate brushed his thumb over my cheek. “You heard the doctor. Even trying for a pregnancy as his treatment might have been harder with just one alpha. He wants us to knot him as much as possible to keep the hormone rush that fuels a heat as low as we can. Two alphas means double the knotting, and an omega in heat can definitely take it.”
“Yeah…”
He leaned in and kissed me softly. “Do you still want to do this?”
I nodded.
“You know things might get awkward if we ask him first. It might be better to wait and ask to court him after the pregnancy.”
I shook my head. “If this is what fate wanted for us, then he deserves our love during his pregnancy. I don’t want him to go through all the hardship alone, when we want him in our lives anyway.”
