Page 131 of His Surrogate Omega

Jamie’s papa looked about the room with scorn on his face before glancing at Jamie’s father. “Lilies? Could they have been any morecommon?”

Gray clenched his jaw and repeated to himself to not hate them.

Jamie’s papa turned a bit more and saw him there. He lifted his chin and stared down at Gray before walking over. He waved his hand toward the sleeping infants. “Are these Rohan’s children?”

“Yes,” Gray said, his voice low.

“And I assume you’re the manny?”

“Well, n—”

“A funeral is no place for infants, especially ones born toanotheromega. So let’s get them upstairs, hmm?”

“I’m not going anywhere,” Gray said. “And neither are Jamie’s children.”

Jamie’s papa eyed him, looking stunned. “I hope you didn’t like this job, because it’s the last one you’ll have.”

Rohan stepped in seconds later. “What’s going on here?”

“Your manny refuses to take these children upstairs.”

“He’s no manny,” Rohan said. “And the children were everything to Jamie. Why would we not have them here?”

“Not the manny?” Jamie’s papa’s eyes went wide before he spun to face Rohan. “You broughthimhere? Your whore?”

“What did you call him?” Rohan growled.

“You marked this omega and made him yours… and then while your own omega lay dying in this house and you brought this one to live here, too? You’re despicable.”

“At least he was here,” Gray spat.

Jamie’s papa glared at him. “What?”

“He washere. And so was I. In all that time…” He paused, hating to repeat the words, “while Jamie lay dying… I never saw you here once. Notonce.”

“How dare you?”

“He’s right,” Rohan said. “You stopped in for a matter of, what… ten minutes? If that. And that was once. Weeks ago.” He spun to face Jamie’s father. “And you never came here once in all that time.” Rohan shook his head. “You stand there trying to make us feel bad? When neither of you gave a damn about your own son. Had it not been for us, he’d have died alone.”

Jamie’s papa looked like he could shoot fire through his eyes. “At least I didn’t parade my pregnant whore in front of my dying mate.”

“Stop it,” Wilder spat from the side.

Everyone spun to face Jamie’s brother.

“Ididvisit Jamie. Often. And we talked for hours… he loved Gray like a brother. He loved Rohan more than life itself. He also told me why he’d concocted this whole surrogacy plan.” Wilder looked at Rohan. “He wanted to give his alpha something to live for. Children… and an omega to be there when things went wrong. Because he said he knew from the start that his years were few. Those babies were everything to my brother, and I won’t stand here letting you make them both feel like hell for giving in to Jamie and giving him what he desperately wanted.”

“So who now raises these babies your brother so desperately wanted?” Jamie’s father asked. “You, Rohan? Or was the plan for you to claim another omega on the heels of the first one dying so you could have a live-in babysitter?”

Gray gasped.

“No one’s claiming anyone,” Rohan spat, tears in his eyes. “Today, I bury my mate—the man I loved more than live itself. Leave it to you two to make a mockery of that and ruin this day. Why don’t you both just leave?”

“You want me to leave my own son’s funeral?” Jamie’s papa asked.

“You didn’t care about him when he was alive!” Rohan roared. “You’re only here to put on a show and make people think you actually have hearts.”

“Fuck you, Rohan,” Jamie’s papa said. “There are reasons my relationship was not good with your mate… most I doubt you truly know.”

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