Page 141 of His Surrogate Omega

Gray smiled faintly. “You’re averyspecial man who I hope finds happiness someday. Your kindness and consideration…” Gray smiled. “I honestly considered your offer for that alone.”

“But I couldn’t offer you freedom.”

Gray’s face grew red. “It wasn’t just that, Tensen. Youdeservesomeone who loves you. Not a lonely man craving your kindness. If you’d been with me, maybe you would’ve missed meeting the right man for you.”

Tensen’s smile turned faint. “Maybe… but let’s talk about the business at hand. Like I said… we have the contract on our side. Plus there’s Jamie’s will… which will need to be reviewed before the case goes to trial.”

“His will?”

Tensen nodded. “He asked me to draft it up for him at the same time we discussed the surrogacy. After his first scare with cancer, he knew he wanted to be prepared for the future.”

“And I assume there’s something in it about the children?”

“I can’t share that now. All those named in the will need to be present before it can be opened.” Tensen flipped a page in his calendar. “Since you are named—I hope to get the reading over before your temporary freedom ends. That’s the Friday, is it not?”

Gray nodded, an invisible hand feeling as if it wrapped around him, ready to squeeze. His taste of freedom had been too short. He craved more.

“Will or not, there’s still Rohan. He has rights… I wouldn’t be able to keep the boys away from him.”

“Would you want to?”

“No! He’s given no cause… but if he takes them, Jamie’s parents could potentially get ahold of the twins through him. They could take the boys away… and then where would I be?”

“I can work on a temporary custody order, so the law would be on your side.”

“Perfect,” Gray replied.

“I think we need to bring Rohan into this fight.”

Gray didn’t want to include Rohan in anything. Not after the things he’d said.

One of Tensen’s eyebrows rose. “Is there a problem?”

Gray swallowed back the lump in his throat. “Rohan’s grieving his mate. He’s not in a good mental space right now.”

“That only adds to your case and makes it stronger.”

“I don’t want to use him as ammunition.” Gray was only trying to be a caretaker for the children until Rohan was ready to take responsibility.Ifthe alphawantedto take responsibility. Gray gazed down at the sleeping babes in the basket, his heart filled with love for them. He didn’t want to part with them, but they were Rohan’s children, too. While he’d always see them as part Jamie’s, legally it couldn’t be that way. Not when the omega’s parents were a threat. Gray needed the law to protect them.

He had no alpha to do it.

Tensen cocked his head to the side. “We have to tell the judge Rohan’s not capable now.”

“He’s hurting enough as it is.”

The beta leaned his arms on his desk. “You have feelings for Rohan?”

“That hasnothingto do with custody.”

“That’s not a denial… and I’d say it haseverythingto do with what’s about to happen.”

Gray looked away. “I don’t want Rohan hurt. No more than he already is.”

“Fine. I’ll take care of filing everything with the court. I can go ahead and make a motion to restore your rights and give you full legal custody while at the courthouse, too.”

“Temporaryfull custody… reverting to shared once Rohan has had time to grieve his loss and can make a decision on what happens next. And we need to ensure Jamie’s parents are blocked from being with the boys unsupervised.”

“I don’t know that we have enough reason to do that. Just because they want to care for the children isn’t means for revoking any and all rights they might have. Unless you can prove them dangerous?”

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