Page 317 of Labor of Love

“Oh, heavens. Luca!” Onyx cried, spilling his essence onto the bed as my knot stretched him.

I grunted at the intense pleasure of my knot fully inflating, plugging his hole to keep my baby-making sperm inside of him.I was going to come until his womb was drenched with it, guaranteeing his pregnancy.

Onyx moaned again, this time sounding more wild and needy. His pulse thrummed under my lips, and his scent intensified until I was drowning in it.

“Luca! I don’t know what’s happening. I—” Onyx words cut off with another moaning sob as he ejected again.

“Fuck, baby,” I cried, biting on his shoulder blade as I shot my own pleasure straight into the deepest part of him.

Onyx moaned again, his insides twitching like hell and making me think he’d come for a third time, but his dick was still soft from his recent orgasms.

“Luca, more…more…” he chanted, pushing his hips back into me to slam my knot deeper.

“Fuck, Onyx. I think my knot triggered your heat.” I barely got the words out, not that it mattered much. Onyx was too lost in his pleasure, his dick already hard again and leaking precum all over my sheets. I was going to have to get new bedding at this point, but it’d totally be worth it.

“Luca…” Onyx spoke my name softly. Then, cat ears as black as his hair popped out on top of his head. His tail made an appearance, too. It was long and skinny. Its fur was smooth as it twisted around my arm, at least as much of me as he could reach in this position.

He was so lost in the moment that he’d shed the last of his inhibitions. How could I hold back when I was the one who made my mate like this?

“I love you, Onyx,” I said, letting my own animal traits out. I didn’t even have to look to know my tail was wagging a thousand miles an hour behind me.

Onyx’s insides spasmed around my knot again. His tail tightened around my forearm as he cried out. I was done for. I groaned the last of my orgasm into his lips. I couldn’t evenfathom how many times I’d come in the last twenty-four hours, but I knew there would be plenty more in our future.

EPILOGUE

LUCA

“Baby, I said I’ll do the dishes,” I told my mate as I wrapped my arms around his sexy, bulging belly.

He huffed and continued scrubbing the plate in his hand. The forcefulness in his action told me he was irritated. I didn’t even have to look to know he was nibbling on his bottom lip.

Onyx was two days past his due date, which meant he’d been extra prickly recently. Everything struck a nerve with him. Whether it was my animal traits popping out whenever I was uncontrollably happy, which was honestly pretty often these days. Or like now, when I used the bathroom right after lunch instead of washing the dishes immediately.

His irritation didn’t bother me. He was tired from carrying our naughty child, who refused to come out.

“I’m sorry, baby. I’ll wash the dishes right away next time,” I said softly. My hand found its place on his lower belly as I gently lifted it to bear most of the weight.

Onyx let out a soft, relieved sigh as he sank into my arms. His black cat ears and tail appeared. His tail immediately tried to find a piece of me to wrap around like it always did.

I released my own tail as a happy sacrifice, curving it slightly around us so he had better access. Onyx’s tail immediately foundmine, and I quickly glanced to see his black fur coiled around my yellow. It was the perfect balance of harmony.

“I’m sorry,” he said with a sniffle. “I saw the dirty dishes in the sink and just got so irritated. I didn’t mean to get angry at you. I’m just so?—”

“I know,” I said, pressing a kiss into his hair, hoping to soothe him. I hated when Onyx was sad. I only wanted happiness for him. “You’re uncomfortable because our baby refuses to come out despite so many people being excited to meet him.”

That got a distressed snort out of him. I had him put down the dish he was holding, dried his hands, and then turned him around to face me.

“How about I finish here, and you go wait for me in our bedroom, where I’ll make love to you until you’re ready for a nap?”

His eyes fluttered closed, a loopy smile on his face at the prospect of sex. These days, the only time he wasn’t uncomfortable and could fully relax was when I was pleasuring him, which I happily did very often.

“Okay,” he agreed and kissed me before padding out of the kitchen and down the hallway to our bedroom.

It’d been a few months since we moved into our new four-bedroom apartment. Onyx disliked my excessively large mansion, and I didn’t like the idea of living above his bar, where anyone could interrupt us at any time. So, we compromised and found a new place close to his bar and with enough room for us to grow our family.

Onyx had been busy these months, nesting and making our place a home, as well as taking care of the most important tasks at the bar before he went on paternity leave. Asher would manage the place in his absence, and Lumi had started working full time a few months prior.

I quickly finished the dishes and went to find my mate. He was already naked, with only a thin sheet covering him. An impossible number of pillows surrounded him, as well as a scattering of my worn clothes.

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