I grabbed his face and turned it toward me. Seeing his tear–streaked, red–tipped nose made my heart melt.
“You don’t want me anymore,” he mumbled.
He sounded so wronged, but I felt just as wronged!
“You’re the one who didn’t want me first. You wouldn’t even let me touch you!”
I pouted and squinted hard, trying to force out some tears.
It seemed to work. He lowered his head, clearly conflicted.
I kept up the act and huffed. “If you don’t love me anymore and won’t let me touch you, then fine. Let’s just end things and go our separate ways.”
I stood up like I meant to leave, and just as expected, he grabbed my hand.
When I turned around, Kaelen was blushing and stammering.
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Chapter 10
“I–I don’t hate you. I’m
“What is it?”
“I’m pre
Just…”
I blinked, eyes going wide. “What?”
eyes going w
He saw the sh
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finall
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face and huffed, wrapping himself tightly in the blanket.
sank in, joy rushed through me like a wave.
I smacked myself on the head.
“Right! You’re a fox beast, and in your kind, it’s the men who get pregnant! Haha, no wonder I haven’t felt anything in my stomach. This is amazing!”
I was so happy I ran in circles around the room. Kaelen peeked out from the blanket, still looking a bit sulky. Realizing I’d gone a little too far, I went over and comforted him for a while before he finally softened and leaned into me.
Seven months later, Kaelen’s belly had grown huge.
On the day he gave birth, he delivered a pair of healthy twins. The girl looked completely human, but the boy had a fluffy white fox tail behind him.
That night, while I was rocking the babies to sleep, Kaelen stormed in, grabbed the boy, and tossed him out of bed. Then he gently picked up the girl and laid her on her brother’s chest.
“Go on and sleep in your room! Stop hogging my wife,‘
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The boy sighed and muttered as he walked off, “How childish, a grown man like you, still wanting to be babied.”
I nearly fell off the bed in shock.
Once the kids left, I leaned on Kaelen’s shoulder and asked softly, “You gave up your chance at immortality for me. Don’t you regret it?”
He lifted my hand and kissed the back of it.
“For you, I’d do it all over again.”
