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“We don’t know how long Banner’s gestation is going to be. We’re scrambling to plan for a six-week gestation, but he’s barely showing, so I don’t think it’s going to be six weeks since that’s a week and a half from now.”
Warwick winced. “I’m no help. But I do understand the rush. We weren’t expecting Cecil to give birth nearly as early as he did either. Have you been to the clinic for a scan? Dr. King can do an ultrasound and measure the baby and see how far along the baby is in development.”
I nodded. “We haven’t been back. We are going back next week, and Banner hasn’t felt too terrible, so we didn’t think it needed to be a priority.”
Warwick nodded.
“How is mated life treating you? Everything good?” Augustus asked.
I nodded. He and I still needed to have a talk, but now wasn’t the time. It wasn’t as if either of us was going anywhere, and I really didn’t wish to have that conversation in front of anyone.“It’s great. I don’t deserve Banner, and I know it, but I cherish every moment I get with him,” I said.
Augustus stared at me for a long moment before he, too, nodded. I wasn’t quite sure what that was about, but I didn’t want to ask at the moment.
“All right. Now that we’ve lost three of our packmates to work, but we did all get to get together for a bit to welcome you back, I need to get to work,” Damien said.
We all agreed, and as the others left, I sent my dishes over to the dirty dish bin and followed them out the door. I had a feeling it was going to be a long day without Banner to brighten it when I walked into a room.
Chapter 16
Banner
Ifound it utterly fascinating just how fast a pregnant omega could go from not showing at all to just barely showing, to absolutely looking pregnant. I was in between the just barely showing and absolutely looking pregnant. I was around five weeks pregnant, but we didn’t know how many weeks I had left. Hopefully, Dr. King would have news for us today when we went in for my ultrasound.
I rolled over onto my side and waited. Dante was in the closet, looking for something to wear. I didn’t quite understand that because he usually wore the same thing every day. Either jeans or cargo pants and a shirt of some sort. If it was really cold out like it was today, he would put on a sweater, but beyond that, he almost always lived in a thin shirt.
Dante came out of the closet wearing his jeans, which were dangerously low on his hips, and nothing else. He did have a shirt in his hands, but if I had my way, I would have him take everything off. Dante smirked at me. “I would gladly take everything off, baby, as I explored your body again. But we have an appointment.”
I sighed and rolled onto my back to stare up at the ceiling. “I know.” I placed my hand on my stomach. It was rounded, andwhen I was naked, you could tell I was pregnant. When I stood up and wore a baggy shirt, I could still hide the pregnancy. Dante suddenly came into view, and sadly, he was now wearing his shirt.
“Did you want help getting dressed?”
That perked me up. “Are you going to do it with your hands or magic?”
“My hands.”
I started to sit up as quickly as I could. “Yes, please,” I said.
Dante chuckled and helped me up. “What do you want to wear?”
I pointed to the clothes over on top of the dresser. It was going to be sweats and a hoodie today. Sweats because my jeans actually didn’t fit anymore, and the hoodie because it was cold out, and they were just comfortable.
Dante retrieved the clothes, and after he set them on the bed beside me, I raised my arms. Off came his shirt that I had been sleeping in, and when my head popped free, my mate leaned in and kissed me. He lingered a bit, but when I moaned, he pulled away. “I promise that once we are back here, I’m going to make love to you. Then I’m going to feed you your favorite Chinese food, and then we’ll make love again, and you can fall asleep with me knotted inside you.”
I couldn’t help but moan again at the images those words put into my head. “That sounds wonderful, but dammit, Dante, now I’m getting hard.”
Dante easily moved me farther onto the bed and gently pushed on my shoulder.
“I never said I wouldn’t take care of my mate before the appointment,” he said as he pulled my sleep pants down. Dante leaned over, and when his hot tongue licked up my plumping dick, I fell back all the way and sighed. That felt amazing.
Dante’s hand lifted my cock away from my stomach, and when he sucked the entire length into his mouth, I closed my eyes and sighed. I felt myself growing harder as he sucked up and down, and when Dante’s fingers gently slid under my balls, I opened my legs. I knew what was coming, and I wasn’t going to say no. I would never say no when my mate was offering me pleasure.
His fingers moved farther back, swirled around my opening, and then forward a bit to where they were just behind my sack. Dante’s fingers were now slick, and they glided over the skin easily. The slight pressure there, combined with his hot mouth sucking up and down my cock, had me hard in little time and whimpering shortly after.
“Dante…mmm,” I managed to get out. His fingers slid back and then pressed in. He was an absolute expert at finding that magic spot inside, and his fingers skillfully massaged it and brought me to the edge before they moved away. I growled in frustration because I’d been so close to coming, but Dante’s fingers slowly moving in and out of me while his mouth moved up and down my cock kept me right there on the edge of coming.
“Does that feel good, baby?”
“Ung. I need more. Just a little more. I want to come, Dante. So bad. Make me feel good like you always do. Please?”
