Page 26 of Lawyer's Secret Omega

"Ryan, please just let me buy these for you." I stared at him in the backseat of the car until he finally turned his head to look at me. "You have no idea how much money I make in a year as a partner. Let's just say, I can support an omega. Don't be at all concerned with money. Ever."

Ryan stared at me and let out a sigh, then looked out the other window. I frowned.

What the hell was up with him and his issues with money? I shook my head. I was going to have to get it out of him somehow. He had some serious hang-ups about some things, I could tell. We would have to deal with that at another time though, became we were exhausted from shopping.

We were now heading back to my place to sit in my tub. I also had a Jacuzzi on my terrace, but it was a little windy today and a little windy down at the ground meant really fucking windy up high. We'd have to stay inside today.

I carried most of the bags up to my penthouse. Ryan wanted to carry all of them but I wouldn't let him. He was going to have to get used to somebody taking care of him. I really wanted to meet his parents. I was very curious about them, and his childhood. His deep need to not be independent had to have come from somewhere.

"Ryan, why don't you put those in the bedroom and we can put them away later? I'll start the tub so we can get in as soon as possible. I don't know about you, but I could sure use a nice long soak in the tub."

Ryan stopped walking and turned around to face me.

"Why would I put them away? I need to take them back to my place."

Okay, it looked like we were going to have to deal with something sooner than later.

"Ryan, you're pregnant with my child. We're in a relationship. This relationship is going to be permanent. You're going to move in with me at some point. Why not move in with me now?"

Ryan dropped the bags, and backed up until he stopped at the other wall in the hallway. He held his hands up while staring at me with wide eyes.

"Whoa. Hold on there. This is just a little too fast and you haven't even talked to me about any of this. I don't like people making assumptions without even talking to me. That is one of the problems I've had with every freaking alpha I've dated. I do not, at all, want you to do the same damn thing to me."

Oh shit. I set down my bags.

"I'm sorry. I just assumed that we would be moving in together some point. I guess it was wishful thinking and hope that we would be together. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have assumed."

Ryan was still upset, but not freaked out anymore. I slowly walked toward him with my hands out. "Can I give you a hug?"

Ryan put his arms down, nodding his head. I wrapped him up in my arms. The guy was a wreck. I held him, rubbing his back until he wasn't as tense.

"Let's go sit in that hot tub okay? We'll sit there, relax, and we'll feel better, okay?"

He nodded his head, still leaning against my shoulder. Dating Ryan was going to be like taming a wild animal.

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