Page 124 of His Surrogate Omega

“Since my muleheaded omega set this up, I don’t think we can get out of it now.”

Gray lowered his head, shaking it. “I suppose not.”

The things Avery had told him slipped into his mind. Gray looked at the book in his lap, wondering if he should show it to Rohan. He felt such a strong tug toward the alpha… and sensed the man felt the same. Were they truly mates? But if the laws had changed… did that really matter anymore? And with Rohan’s deep and abiding love for Jamie, how could he even bring up the possibility?

Gray’s affection for his friend also kept his mouth shut. There was no way he was going to try to legitimize the feelings he had. “How’s Jamie? I heard he wasn’t feeling well.”

Rohan lifted his stare and met Gray’s. “Tired, he says. I just checked in on him before I came here.”

The manservant slipped into the room, without dinner. “Sorry, gentlemen. Seems like you’ve lost a couple of your eating companions.” He began taking up two of the plates and the silverware.

“Lost them?” gray asked.

“Mr. Jamie was feeling a bit better, so Lake and August are teaching him how to play a video game in their bedroom. They’ve asked to eat in there this evening.”

Gray’s stare went to Rohan’s and vice versa.

Tole went to the door, plates and silverware in hand. He paused and smiled. “I’ll have dinner up momentarily.”

Once they were alone, Gray opened his mouth, but Rohan cut him off.

“It’s one meal. It won’t kill us,” Rohan said before taking a seat at the table beside Gray’s bed. “Jamie and the boys are being taken care of, so there’s nothing to worry about.”

“Isn’t there?”

Rohan eyed him. “Instinct or not, I don’t think we’re in much danger of crossing any lines as big as you are at the moment.”

Gray chuckled some, trying to relax. “Thanks for reminding me I’m as big as a whale.”

Rohan tilted his head to the side. “That’s not what I meant, and you know it.”

“Isn’t it though? I’mhuge.” He ran both hands over his very swollen stomach. “I’m so big I’m not allowed to stand up for more than a few minutes now.”

“I think you’re beautiful,” Rohan whispered, leaning closer. He placed his own hand on Gray’s stomach and caressed the swell. “Seeing you big and full with my children?” He paused, smiling, his eyes all aglow. “It’s likely one of the most stunning things I’ve ever seen in my life.”

Gray closed his eyes and felt his womb spasm. He cried out in pain and reached for his stomach.

“What is it?” Rohan was immediately at his side, sitting on the edge of the bed. Worry was painted on his face.

“I don’t… I don’t know,” Gray said between trying to breathe. The pain increased by the second, until he was crying out.

Rohan fished out a phone. Gray could barely pay attention to anything the alpha said… or even who he was talking to. He could only focus on the pain wracking his body.

Just breathe.

Just breathe.

Another pain slammed into him, bowing his back and bringing a scream from his lips. He felt movement in his stomach, like the babes were moving within him.

But something was wrong.

He didn’t know how he knew, but he did.

Gray opened his eyes and saw a wall of faces observing him. Everyone in the house was there, watching in his moment of agony.

“We’re taking you to the hospital,” Gray heard Rohan saying at his side. “There’s an ambulance on the way.”

“Get him on his knees,” Serge said, pushing through. “It will put less pressure on his back.”

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