Page 97 of Labor of Love

“You’re being bossy.”

“Glad you see me as the boss.”

“Is this when you say, ‘Me alpha, you omega?’”

“Ha! You’d never let me get away with that shit.”

“Hey, you decent in there?” I asked before I opened Rowan’s bedroom door a crack. “I’ve got some food.”

“Yeah, come on in.” Rowan was under the covers of his bed with the duvet up to his chin. He was watching something on his phone, which I suspected was the camera in the baby’s room. He usually slept in Rowan’s room, but tonight, I’d decided his daddy needed a break.

“How’d you get him to sleep?”

“Well, I don’t want to talk too much about it right before you eat, but let’s just, um, say he’d been holding a lot of things in. Likea lota lot.

“Oh yeah, that’s all I need to know. How’d you figure it out?”

“I did what every grown-ass adult does when they can’t figure something out. I called my mom.”

“Silas! It’s past one in the morning!”

“She doesn’t mind being woken up when it involves her grandbaby. Trust.” I set the tray in my hands across his lap.Since it was so late, I’d gone with a simple charcuterie board of cheese, meats, fruit slices, and some crackers.

“Silas, I wasn’t expecting this.”

“What were you expecting?”

“Maybe a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.”

“I would never.” Rowan had straightened up when I came in, and I struggled to keep my eyes where they belonged when the duvet slipped and his bare chest was on display. His smooth skin was unblemished, with only a small tuft of hair in the very center between his pecs. “I’m going to head downstairs.”

“You made enough for two. You should stay.”

“Happily.”

“Do you think the guy knew she was fooling around with the other one too?”

“Surely yes, right? He was passed out, but they were making out right next to him.”

The shadows in Rowan’s eyes had been replaced by laughter. His smile was wide, toothy, and with a dimple on one side. I loved it.

“Sounds like an eventful night, and then you hand to come and clean up my mess.”

Finished, I got up with the tray in hand and prepared to take it back downstairs. At Rowan’s words, I turned to look directly at him before I answered. “Coming home to you in the best part of my day.”

“I feel like I’m saying this a lot tonight.” Dark pink stained Rowan’s cheeks. Gods, I loved it when he blushed.

“What’s that?”

“Please stay.”

I dropped the tray next to the door and rushed back to the bed. My pulse quickened in anticipation. When I searched Rowan’s face, I found want and need and something that I was too afraid to delve into on the off chance it wasn’t what I wanted it to be.

With measured movements, I stroked Rowan’s cheek, and his soft moan filled the room, stirring my cock. My thumb brushed against his full lower lip. His tongue darted for a quick taste before retreating and then returning once more. The tiny movement hardened me even more.

Rowan’s eyes darted to my bulge, and his lips turned up in a seductive grin. “I can help with that.”

“There’s no way the doctor released you for sex.”

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