*Abi POV*
An hour after everyone has left, Omario is still hoovering over my tummy, whispering sweet nothings to his foetus. I still can’t get myself to maintain eye contact with him when he lifts up his head. I don’t even see him shift into Titan until I feel the soft fur against my skin.
My heart suddenly dances and my soul is at peace when my big fluffy smile-keeper jumps to my arms and licks my face. I can’t stop giggling as I run my hands through his soft fur. I don’t think I have been this happy since he and Omario left.
He slightly backs away and looks at me as if trying to recall something. His eyes are suddenly filled with sadness.
“T?” his sudden change terrifies me. Nothing and no one else gets to him, except me. He only looks like this when I did something hurtful.
“You tried to reject us,” he reminds me.
I close my eyes, wishing I could take back that day.
“I was angry and stupid. I’m so sorry.”
I don’t even know how to explain myself. I have to learn to deal with the jealous feelings I get whenever Olivia is around before destroying my mate.
“It hurt like hell. How could you ever utter those words?”
His voice breaks my heart.
“I am sorry, I…”
He studies me for a second before resting his head on my lap. “It’s okay, you’ve been through enough.”
His quick forgiveness gets me really emotional. I don’t deserve his kindness.
“Seriously? You won’t talk to me but that’s all she gets?” Nina is not impressed.
Titan ignores Nina, who continues to complain to Omario about how we treat them like the step kids of the family. They go on a rampage I know I will have to address, but for now, I just need my peace with Titan.
“How are you feeling? Is the nausea bad? Do you need anything?” Titan asks a question after another. I have gotten used to this concerned overly protective side of him.
“I’m fine, T. Just missed you,” I confess. Everyone has been really supportive but Titan gets me and I feel secure with him around.
“I am here now.”
I nod, not trusting my voice. Those four simple words mean the world to me.
We sit like that for a few minutes before I have to proper account for my actions.
“Omario did the right thing,” Titan says and my heart starts racing.
“He loves you,” he adds and I don’t know what to say.
“You know you are gonna have to talk to him and make this right?”
I nod but hold on to him. I still don’t know what to say to Omario. He promised to be faithful and he has been, but I acted on my insecurities and did not give him the benefit of the doubt.
“You have have to do this right now,”Titan insists and shifts despite my reluctance to face Omario.
I guess he can feel the divide I am trying to ignore between all of us.
“I am so sorry, Omar. I was stupid and jealous. I will never be dumb again to reject you. Don’t ever leave, please.”
He chuckles. “You are gonna have to open your eyes, look at me and breathe when you say that.”
My eyes flip open and I come face-to-face with my hot mate, who is looking at me with so much tenderness, making me feel more guilty.
“I am sorry.”
He lifts his eyebrow curiously. “For?”
I look away. Even though he looks amused, I know that I hurt him badly.
“For not trusting you when Olivia is concerned.”
He chuckles and pulls me into his arms.
“Do you trust me now, Abigail?”
“Yes.” It’s a whisper that comes out.
An angry and yelling Omario would be easier for me to deal with. This smiling one is harder.
“Because Titan told you that I was faithful and you trust him?”
I look away, ashamed of my obvious favouritism and prejudice, but he holds my jaw, forcing me to look at him.
“She’s beautiful, you loved her most of your life. She was now pregnant and I was not. She clearly wanted you back,” I explain what led to my stupid reaction. No matter how much I try to explain, rejecting him is not excusable and he knows it.
“Are you ever going to have faith in our love and our bond, Abigail?”
I nod my head.
He laughs in disbelief. “Oh, really? When exactly?”
“Omar, please. I’m pregnant, you know?” I try a different strategy but he sees right through me.
“That absolves you of any responsibility to your actions?”
I don’t know what happened to this man but he is too calm and completely in charge of this.
“What if it was your pup controlling my actions?”
I am hoping that this gets me out of the hot soup. I didn’t know it yet, but I was already pregnant that time.
“Then, you are forgiven, my love.”
I sigh with relief but his next question takes me right back.
“Was it my pup who got you to reject me?”
I curse inside. This man is way ahead of me. “I…I…”
“Got you,” he says, amused and plants a kiss on my lips.
“My pup will pull Titan and I to you, not away.”
He is right, that’s why I couldn’t answer him. I can’t even blame my stupid hormones for my actions.
“She has apologised, it’s enough,” Titan links.
My savour!
“Off course you will always come to her rescue. The point is you two think you are the good rational ones here, but that’s not always the case,” my treacherous wolf says. She’s really enjoying this.
“It’s enough when I say it is,” Omario responds decisively.
“Tell them, Rio,” Nina cheers him on.
“Well, if Abi gets stressed and something happens to our pup, I’m coming for both of you,” Titan threatens and even growls as if ready to attack.
He can’t really attack Omario because they are one despite him thinking otherwise sometimes, and he can’t attack Nina without injuring me. What is clear though is that the animosity can make our relationship impossible.
“Abi was wrong, you idiot! You can’t just defend her and threaten us. Besides, I am the inferno here,” Nina is now pissed.
Things are getting out of control while Omario is just smiling at me. He is making his point without breaking a sweat.
This is all my fault. I have to own up to my mistakes and resolve things once and for all.
“Everyone, please don’t forget that we are in this together and that we love each other. I was wrong to act on my jealousy. I should have given Omar the chance to explain his thoughts and actions before getting all worked out. I should have never rejected you. My actions were hurtful and stupid and I should have never let Nina destroy the castle wing. That was irresponsible and costly. I swear I will never do it again.”
Omario shrugs his shoulders. “Okay. Hungry?”
“What?”
I can’t believe my ears.
“It means you are forgiven, now we feed the pup,” Nina spells it out to me. Now I feel like a pup carrying object.
“So, that’s it? You are just forgiving me because of the pup?”
Omario shakes his head. “Do you want Titan?”
His response and tone implies that I am being irrational and I hate it.
“No, you idiot! I want you to forgive me for me, not because you are looking out for your pup!”
“Our pup,” he corrects, amused, making me angrier.
“It is the pup alright,” Titan links, also amused.
Great! He also thinks I’m being irrational.
“See what I have been dealing with?” Nina responds. Such a traitor!
They are all ganging up on me now and I don’t like it.
“Just leave me alone!” I yell before my stomach twists and I run to the toilet.
Fine. Maybe I am being irrational but I can’t help it. Argh, and I hate puking.
“Oh, dear! Offer her salt and vinegar snacks. So disgusting but she loves those,” Nina advises before I feel Omario’s hands gentle patting my back.
It’s a simple act that pulls all my heart strings.
“Are you okay?”
The concern on his voice is enough to knock senses back to me.
I nod my head. “I am sorry. I will try to control that too.”
He laughs and offers me water to rinse my mouth. “I don’t think that one is under your control, Babe. We can address it with him when he arrives.”
I make a face at him but grateful for his understanding before something else hits me.
“Hey, how do you know it’s a him?”
The doctors said it was too early to tell yet he sounds so confident.
“Nina didn’t tell you?”
“She was snapping at me all the time, when would I have told her?”
I roll my eyes at my wolf. Of course wolves can sense these things but mine is an emotional rollercoaster like me at the moment.
“You are never leaving, right?”
He sighs. “Terrence is guarding Olivia at the moment but you know how he is.”
I nod. Terrence is the only one we trust with this, but we know that he can’t stand Olivia. It is a matter of time before he snaps and injure her or decides he wants to come back home.
“You can have him bring her here.”
My mouth becomes bitter as I say this. I can’t help but recall how her aunt tortured mother Luna when Alpha Theo brought her here. Olivia will definitely try anything to get Omario back and to get to me.
Omario shakes his head. “Olivia is my problem. She is sneaky and up to something. I don’t want to stress you by bringing her here.”
“I know, but I will be more stressed without you.”
The past few weeks without him felt like hell. I would rather deal with whatever Olivia had up her sleeves.
“Okay, then. I will tell Terrence to bring her.”