AllFreeNovel
Share Us
I closed around eight and made one last large shaved ice before I left. It was a new blackberry-mint flavor and while none of the kids ordered it, several of the adults had. One couple came back for second ones.
Also, I thought the mint might soothe my omega’s tummy. He had gotten over the morning sickness issue but, now that he was about six months along, everything was now giving him a bit of heartburn. Especially dairy.
Didn’t stop him from eating but he fussed a bit at night.
While I made the short walk to our home, I passed my old one. A new family had moved in. They had a little one, and the omega looked to be expecting a second any day now.
I was glad that it would make a home for a family.
The painting of me garnered enough money for us to never work again, but I loved my shaved ice truck. Seeing the happiness a little ice and flavoring brought to the local children. Experimenting with flavors. Even when it got busy, I reveled in the hustle and bustle of it.
Antoine didn’t have to work another day either but he loved his art so much, and his talent should never be squandered. His painting deserved to be seen by the world. And now he could paint at his leisure.
Still, he got engrossed in certain ones, and I bet he had no idea how much it turned me on to see him so enthralled in his art.
I walked into the house, balancing two large shaved ices in my hands while kicking my shoes off. The shed was almost finished, so these days of entering my home and seeing my sweet mate turning this way and that as he created his masterpiece were ending, but our lives were changing every day.
The sight of him stopped me dead in my tracks.
He wore no shirt and only some of my pajama pants while he stood a few feet from the canvas, turning his head this way and that. His belly was splattered with paint, and I couldn’t help but let out a sigh.
This man was mine.
“Is that the sigh of an alpha who is enchanted with his whale of an omega?” he asked, but his eyes were trained on his work. It was so fortunate that the healer agreed shifters could safely use most paints even while pregnant, as long as there was adequate ventilation.
“It’s the sigh of an alpha who is enchanted with his beautiful and magnificent omega. I’m spellbound, Antoine. How are you managing to get more gorgeous by the day?”
That got him. He turned and put his brush down. That belly, rounded with paint on it, made me want to forget the damned snowballs and dive right into him instead.
“Is that for me?” He ticked his chin at the cups in my hand.
“Blackberry mint. Thought the mint might help your heartburn.”
“Did you now? Let’s see how good it is.”
He came over and took the straw into his mouth, staring at me the whole time. Another side effect of this pregnancy was his constant need for sex.
He would never hear a complaint from me about that.
“Well?” I asked as he swallowed the liquid and licked his lips.
“It’s so good. Please tell me you brought both for me.” He took one from my hand and got on his tiptoes to kiss me.
“I did. The last thing I want at the end of the day is anything with ice. Have you eaten dinner yet?”
He shook his head. “No. I lost track of time.”
“Come on into the kitchen. Big protein breakfast for dinner for my two favorite people.”
He sighed and sat down at the kitchen table. “You always take care of me, alpha.”
I kissed his temple before opening the fridge. Big omelets were on my mind. “I always will. I love you, Antoine. Never knew love like this before you.”
Antoine teared up and started to cry. “They are happy tears. Don’t worry. I love you too, West.”
I managed to pry the second shaved ice from Antoine’s hand and served him a huge meat and cheese omelet and a bagel. We took a long walk afterward, taking in the sights of Oliver Creek. Someone had added some solar twinkle lights to the edges of the park in the center of town and at night they came on, giving the entire place a lovely glow.
I had read that a night walk helped with stomach issues and digestion. Plus, after a full day, it gave us time to talk and be with each other. We didn’t have a long time before our little family of two became three, and I wanted to soak up all this time with him that I could.
