I must have zoned out for a while because I didn’t even notice when Darius came back. He put his hand on my shoulder, “Hey, what’s the matter?”
I point to my phone. “Sasha sent me a message. She is making it clear that you belong to her.”
He gets on his knees in front of me. “I am not hers. I made a mistake and let her think that she had some hold on me. She doesn’t. You are the only one that has a hold on me. I will never speak to her again if that is what it takes. Please don’t pull away from me.”
I look him in the eyes. “Will you really do that? Will you never speak to her again? You said that you didn’t want her around you before, but you were dancing with her at the ball.”
“I was mad you were dancing with Markus. I know my mom made you do it. At the time I was still mad about it. I will never do that again. I can’t lose you.”
I let out a breath that I didn’t know I was holding. “Please don’t speak to her again. I never want to feel that pain again.”
“You are the only one for me. You did a big thing for me this morning. I am not going to forget it. I will never speak to Sasha again. You have my word.”
I give him a small smile. “So, what did you bring for breakfast?”
Now the whole mood of the room shifts. He gets a goofy grin, he is happy to spend time with me. “I got my girl, eggs, and a steak. Then I put in an order for lunch and dinner so that we don’t have to leave. I told my dad that we needed a little time today, because we had a fight yesterday. He said that we have the day and that no one will bother us.”
“Well, then you better feed me. Then we can get this day under way.”
He stands and picks me up, taking me to the table by the door. Darius makes me sit in his lap. “I thought maybe we could feed each other. I hear it is something that couples do.”
I laugh. “Really, what couples are these?”
He laughs too. “I have no idea, but I want to try it.” He cuts off a piece of steak and picks it up in his fingers, and places the meat on my tongue. I closed my lips around the meat and the tips of his fingers were still in my mouth. He pulled them out very slowly, “I can see why they do this now. That was really hot.”
I tuck the meat into my cheek so I can talk without it falling out of my mouth. “Really that turns you on?”
“Little mate, anything that involves your mouth on any part of my body turns me on.” He kisses my neck. “If I am being honest with you, anything you do turns me on.”
I swallow the meat. “What do you mean? Are you saying that when I brush my hair, you are turned on?”
“The way your golden locks fall over your shoulders. Yes. I start picturing your hair laying out on the pillow while I plow into you.”
I chuckle, “That is ridiculous.”
He hums and licks my neck. “You know what used to turn me on in the morning?”
“What?”
“When I came into the hall and saw you hunched over reading your homework. You looked so fucking hot doing that. I was hard, first thing in the morning.”
I shake my head. “That is still ridiculous.”
“No, that is what you do to me.”
“You are depraved.” I chuckle.
He kisses my neck again. “You make me depraved.”
“I do no such thing.”
“Whatever. Your turn.”
I take a piece of meat and put it in his mouth. He nips at my fingertips. He looks down a little. I can see sadness. “I really am sorry. I don’t know what came over me. Jealousy I guess. I know now this commitment means as much to you as it does to me. It’s life.” He holds my belly. “The life that I want to put in here.”
“You sure that is what you want?”
“That is the only thing that I want in this world. I don’t even care about being Beta. If you will have my child, I will be complete.”
I chuckle. “Well, it’s not like you haven’t been trying hard enough.”
“As soon as you let me, I will be trying even harder.”
As pissed as I am at Darius for what he has done to me. I still care about him. He picks up his phone and puts on some music. Darius picks me up and starts dancing with me. At first he is just being a goof. After a while he sets me down and holds me tight as he rocks my body back and forth.
Suddenly everything shifts. Darius cringes. He pulls away from me and grabs his head. He looks like he is in agony. “Darius. What’s wrong?” I can’t hide the panic. Something is wrong. I can see it. He isn’t answering me. Managing to sit on the bed, but his head is in between his knees. “I am getting your mother.” I start to head to the door but he finally answers me.
“No. Please don’t. It’s going away. Just don’t tell her about this. Don’t tell anyone about this. Please Sophia, I am begging you.”
I sit next to him on the bed. “What is wrong?”
He sighs. “I don’t know. I get this way sometimes. It doesn’t last too long. It’s getting more painful though. I know I will have to face it eventually, but today isn’t that day. Today is about me and you.”
I take his hand. “Darius, if there is something wrong maybe the doctors can help. You don’t know until you find out.”
He lays his head on my lap. “I just don’t want to deal with it. Can we just pretend that that didn’t happen?”
“No Darius, we are not going to act like this didn’t happen because it did.” I brush the hair off his head. “How about I make a deal with you?”
He turns his head so that he is looking up at me. “I am all ears, little mate.”
“I will have sex with you again, if you go to the doctor and let them run all the tests that they want to figure out what is wrong with you.”
He jumps off the bed. “Well, then let’s go.” He drags me out the door and straight to the clinic. Breakfast forgotten.