Page 88 of The Omega's Secret Baby
“I wasn’t waiting! I’m hard at work!”
“And almost done here too,” the doctor chimed in. “The baby’s crowning.”
Wow. Sounded like I reallyhadgotten here just in time.
“Keep pushing!” the doctor said.
Eli looked like he wanted to throw some profanities at him, but instead he let out a sound that was very nearly a scream. And then soon after I heard a different cry.
The first cry of my newborn child.
And it took my breath away.
“It’s a girl!” the doctor pronounced, holding her up.
“Wow.” It was all I could think to say while Eli let himself fall back on the bed, clearly exhausted but with a smile on his face.
“We have a little girl,” he muttered.
“Yeah, we do.” I leaned down to give him a quick kiss. “You did so well.”
“Would you like to cut the umbilical cord?” the doctor addressed me.
“Of course.” I took the scissors from him and made a clean cut. Then the nurse took my little girl away to get her wrapped up.
“Have you decided on a name?” Eli asked.
Since I hadn’t been given a say in Jake’s name, Eli had said that I could pick this time. It was a generous offer, and I was a little nervous to screw it up, but once the nurse laid the baby on Eli’s chest and I got another look at her beautiful face, I knew I’d made the right choice. “Olivia,” I said.
Eli’s lips curled up as he stroked our daughter’s cheek with one finger. “Welcome to the world, Olivia.”
“You’re okay with the name?”
“I love it.”
“I’m glad. I love it too. And you. And her.”So much. I’d been a little worried about becoming a full-time parent, but once Eli handed Olivia to me, all my fears vanished into a puff of smoke. Natural child rearing instincts or not, alpha or omega, it didn’t matter. This was my family now, and I’d made the right decisions.
* * *
“Where’s the baby?” Jake asked, bouncing into the room alongside Griff as soon as Eli and the baby had recovered a little bit.
“Come here,” Eli said, waving the boy toward him while still holding Olivia.
“I brought presents!” Jake said proudly. “For the baby and for you!” He held up the plushie and the flowers. I’d no idea he’d wanted to give the dinosaur to his new sister, but now I was glad we’d stopped at the gift shop.
“Thank you,” Eli said with a smile. “The flower are lovely, and I’m sure your sister is going to love her new toy.”
“It’s a girl?” Jake peeked at the bundle in Eli’s arms while I took the flowers from him and put them into a glass with water.
“She’s beautiful,” Griff said. “So cute.”
I grinned to myself. She totally was.
“We’re going to have so much fun!” Jake announced, and the level of glee in his voice promised me a world of trouble and shenanigans. But that was okay. I loved my mate, and I loved my children, and no amount of schoolboy mischief or toddler tantrums could keep me away from them anymore.
This was all so different from everything I’d ever imagined—and everything my parents had ever wanted for me. And yet, I felt like this was the best day of my life. And I couldn’t wait for the rest of it.
Epilogue
