Page 78 of He Claimed Her Heart

I looked at Drakeand asked him through the mind link if we should tell them about our pregnancy too. But he didn’t answer me. Instead, he went into the kitchen and brought out a bottle of wine and three glasses along with a bottle of water.

“I think a toast is in order here,” Drake announced as he approached our little gathering. He handed the water to me. He poured the wine into the glasses and handed them to Tom and dad. “Here’s to Your new pup and ours!” Drake exclaimed as they brought the glasses together.

It took a few moments for the words to sink in.‘Your new pup and ours!’ “You’re pregnant Bree?!” Tom shouted as he almost dropped his glass of wine.

“Yes, but we are keeping it a secret until the Luna Ceremony tomorrow night. You cannot tell a soul. We are announcing it to the pack at that time,” I explained to dad and Tom.

“My children are having pups at the same time.Wow! How awesome is that? Yes, I can keep your secret until you tell me I can speak of it. I promise,” dad replied as he hugged me and then hugged Drake.

“Congrats Bree!I’m so happy for you. I promise to keep your secret,” Tom announced as he waited for his chance to hug me as well. He shook Drake’s hand and clapped him on the back. “So, those swatches are really for the nursery? Right?”

“Yes, we can’t decide what color to paint the nursery. Bree wants to paint it a yellow color and I want it a blue color. But we can’t decide,” Drake explained exasperatedly.

“Why not have blue as a sky with puffy white clouds, as in the ceiling? Then have yellow as the sun is beginning to rise over a field. Do a scenery-type scheme in the nursery. Holly and I compromised on our color scheme. She wanted a light pink, and I wanted a blue or green. So, we went with an animal kingdom so to speak,” Tom explained as he sipped his wine.

“That actually makes sense. Thank you, Tom. I’ll think about it after the Luna Ceremony of course. Now, I think I need to get some rest. I’m tired,” I stated as I yawned.

“Yeah, pregnancy does take a lot out of you. I heard you’ll need to get more rest as you get further along in your pregnancy. Good night, Bree and Drake. See you in the morning. Night dad,” Tom stated as he entered his bedroom and closed the door.

“Good night, Tom. Good night, dad. We’ll see you in the morning,” I announced as I hugged and kissed my dad on the cheek before we left to go to our bedroom.

“Good night, Puddin’. I’ll see you in the morning. Get some rest. Hmm?” dad replied before he entered his bedroom.

“You do realize with yourdad and brother here, we can’t make any noise tonight,” Drake announced as we entered our bedroom, and he closed the door with a wolfish grin.

“Who said we were going to do anything tonight? My dad is right down the hall. It would just feel weird to do something with him so close,” I tried to explain as Drake had me pinned against the door and began peppering me with kisses.

“Hmm? Did you say something, my love? Mm, you smell so good. I just can’t help myself. I need to taste more of you,” Drake whispered against my ear as he continued his sensual assault.

“Drake, honey? Oh …honey … Drake … my dad … we can’t,” I was having trouble forming a complete sentence with his sensual assault.

“Hmm? What?” Drake whispered once again.

I didn’t say anything after that. Drake lifted me upand gently took me to the bed. I started to giggle as he laid down next to me only for him to shush me. “Why are you giggling?” Drake whispered to me.

“I don’t know except thatyou’re trying to seduce me, and my dad is two doors down. Blame it on the pregnancy hormones. Oh honey, I love your kisses and your touch, but I don’t think I could get into it tonight. Not with dad so close by. Please don’t hate me,” I begged him as I caressed his cheek with the pad of my thumb.

“Honey, I could never hate you. I totally understand.I love you, Bree,” Drake affirmed as he kissed me with all the love he felt.

The kiss was supernova hot. I felt it all the way down to my toes. It ignited a passion inside of me that needed to be dealt with immediately. Supernova hot is so hard not to make noise. Drake did his part of trying to muffle my moans by kissing them away.

Drake was the first one to pull away from our kiss. We were panting as we were looking into each other’s eyes. We were trying to figure out our next move when Drake’s cell phone pinged telling him he had a text message. “Saved by the bell,” Drake smirked as reached for his cell phone to look at his message.

He groaned when he saw the message. It was from Uncle Reese. He wanted tosee Drake real quick about the ceremony. I just shook my head. Knowing Uncle Reese, it could wait until tomorrow, but he wanted to know the answer right now.

“I’ll be right back. Don’t go anywhere,” Drake chuckled as heslid off the bed. He left the room and didn’t return after I had fallen asleep. He slid into bed and wrapped his arm around my waist. He kissed my shoulder and snuggled down beside me.

When I woke up, I reached for him, but his side of the bed was empty and cold. He had left earlier. How long had he slept last night? I slowly got up and headed to the shower. I quickly washed up and dressed. I met Tom and dad in the kitchen for breakfast. “Have you seen Drake this morning?” I asked them as they poured themselves coffee.

“He left aboutthirty minutes ago muttering something about Uncle Reese and his dad. He seemed a little upset. What was all that about?” Tom asked as he sipped his coffee.

“I’m not sure. Drakeasked his dad to perform the ceremony tonight because of the protocol, but his dad wasn’t being cooperative. Uncle Reese texted Drake last night and he had to leave. He didn’t return until after I fell asleep,” I replied as I started preparing breakfast.

“Yeah, it’s a good thing too. Otherwise, we might have heard something wewouldn’t have been able to forget,” Tom teased as bumped my shoulder as he moved to the refrigerator.

“You heard us?!” Iblushed as I asked him on my way to the pantry.

“Well, yes. My room was right next to yours. You might want tosoundproof your room. Just saying.” Tom said as he pulled out the bacon and sausage from the fridge.

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