Page 84 of The Omega's Surprise Baby
“Please, the boy can't go two years without causing some sort of scandal.”
The way he referred to Kade asboymade me cringe, but I couldn't let myself be distracted now. “So why stay married to him?” I asked. “I'm offering you a way out.”
“I've told you why not.”
“What if I spiced up the deal?” I'd hoped it wouldn't come to this, but I was fully prepared to bribe the man. I’d seen his credit report, I knew he was close to losing his house. And I knew he wasn’t above inappropriate behavior.
“What do you mean?” As expected, he looked slightly intrigued.
I took out my checkbook. “What if you signed the divorce papers, and I signed a different sort of paper?”
Everyone had a price, and the way this alpha's eyes glinted told me he was no exception.
“What kind of money are we talking about?” he asked.
I wrote a sum into the checkbook and passed it over to him, hoping it was enough. This was almost all the money I had left over from selling my business the year before. The business Ron and I had started and that I just couldn't carry on by myself.
I knew Ron wouldn't mind how I was using this money now. He'd always been all about helping people in need, and Kade definitely needed his freedom. It was worth more than any amount of dollar notes.
Harvey eyed the numbers in the checkbook and then looked back up at me. “Why don't I call my lawyer and we get this business settled?” He said amicably.
I exhaled, relieved. Funny how a few zeros could change a man's behavior.
33
Shane
When I came back home latethe next night, I found Kade asleep on the couch in the living room, the dog snoring softly on his legs and his chest taken up by the cat. In short, he was completely buried in pets. I kind of wished I could turn the lights on without waking him so I could take a picture.
Pretty suresomeoneon the internet would pay enough for a picture like that to make back all the money I'd spent yesterday. Not that I would ever sell. My possessive streak roared to life just at the thought. Kade was mine. I might have to share parts of him with the public, but never moments like this.
I walked around the back of the couch and ran my fingers into his hair, gently playing with the strands until he stirred.
“Shane?” In the low light falling in from the hallway, he blinked at me sleepily.
“Shh, don't move. You've got all my pets on you.”
“Oh.” He glanced down on himself, and then he laughed. “I don't even remember falling asleep.”
“It got late. I'm sorry.”
“Where were you?”
Before answering that question, I flicked on the lights in the room. An audible groan came from the couch, making me grin. “Sorry about that.”
“Warn me next time.”
“Okay.” I went back to the couch and lifted the cat off him, so he could sit up. Sauron hissed at me, but that didn't impress me anymore. He was all hiss and no action these days. Even Sauron knew not to bite the hand that fed him. When I let him down, he strutted out of the living room with his tail held high.
“Sorry, Sauron!” Kade called after him, and as he put his feet on the ground, Max rearranged himself to rest his head on his lap, instead of his whole upper body.
“Don't worry about him.” Now that Kade was in a vertical position and there was more space on the couch, I sat next to him.
Kade yawned, but when he looked at me again, his eyes were laser sharp and awake. “Where were you?” he repeated, a hint of irritation coloring his voice. I couldn't blame him. Ihadleft in a hurry and without giving him much to go on, too focused on my goal to care about much else.
“How would you feel if I said I was in Goldstone?”
His eyes narrowed. “I'd say I don't believe you.”
