Free Web NovelChapter 161: Normal...fun.
Taesan’s POV
Is this what normal people call fun?
I can’t wipe the smile off my face, or the fake scowl when things don’t go my way.
The annoying cat won most of the games.
We played too many rounds, and he won almost all of them, smirking with pride at me.
The more he gloats next to me, the more I want to throw him off the balcony.
"Don’t challenge the great and amazing Minjae" he says, raising his hands and flexing his arms.
If you ask me, I will say those arms are like twigs.
The sick part of me is tempted to see how far I can twist them before I hear a warning crack, but Seoha will never forgive me if I harm his human cat.
"Pay me and I’ll teach you my skills" the pregnant man says, wearing that smug smile on his face.
"You don’t know anything, I let you win" I huff at him.
"Sure, sure, big bad wolf" he yawns, stretching his arms above his head and his shirt rides up with the action.
I completely freeze as I see the bottom of his stomach.
Just the sight of the swell of his baby bump, and I get lost in thoughts...how would Seoha look with a baby growing in him?
Would he need me to hold his hands and take him everywhere? Will he let me massage his legs? Would he let me kiss the soft swell of the underside?
"You pervert, what are you looking at?" Minjae asks while pulling his shirt back down and I give him a flat look.
"Stop flattering yourself" I say to him and he sends a punch in my direction.
I move out of the way before he can hit me, and he snickers with satisfaction.
"I can knock your teeth out, but whatever, goodnight mahogany" he says before getting up with another yawn.
My eyes wander to the clock, and I realize how late it is.
This has never happened to me before, I have never gotten lost in time, I have always lived a controlled life.
And it’s either controlled by me or by the man that I share blood with, my grandfather.
I watch the annoying omega leave the living room, humming a happy song as he goes, and I lean back on the couch.
The ease of the moment is rare, and I feel like a fucking man for the first time in my life.
I don’t feel like captain or a mountain or like a Kang, I feel like a human.
I have everything I want right now; I have my pup and my omega under the same roof, maybe sleeping, but here.
With a small growl of pride, I get off the couch and retreat to my room for rest.
As always, my own room is cold and empty.
I walk further in to stand in front of my bed and the silence bothers me.
There shouldn’t be silence when my mate is here in this house, but I can’t get him to come here, at least not for now.
My fingers are itching to find him and drag him out of his bed to mine.
’Control, Taesan, control’ I say to myself, going to my bathroom to wash up.
My muscles are still sore from working out aggressively this morning, but the leg pain is not strong enough for me to use the cane.
I wash my hair slowly, mind spinning with the thoughts of Seoha, of Sooin and of the future.
I need to have a meeting with Junho and draft my leaving plans and then start my new life.
No more grandfather’s interference, no more bloodshed and murder, no more pretending.
’No more pretending’ my alpha affirms the words. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
Done with washing, I go into my room and put on a pair of grey sweatpants, unbothered by how low it sits on my hips.
I lie on my bed staring at the ceiling with my arm over my face, straining my ears to listen for Seoha even though he is a room away from me.
Is he sleeping now?
I open my end of the mating bond and when I feel him waiting there, like a fool, I start to smile.
He’s awake just like me.
In less than three minutes, I hear my room door opening, and the sound of footsteps makes me turn my head.
He’s here.
Seoha stands at the door, and fuck, I’ve never seen a more precious sight in my fucking life.
He stands with his feet pointing at each other and his hands tugging at the bottom of the shirt he’s wearing.
My eyes trace his figure, his shoulders, his slender legs and his small hips that are covered by his shirt and shorts.
My treasure.
"Hello, omega" I say in a rough voice, eyes half opened like I’m drunk, and maybe I am.
I am fucking intoxicated by him.
"I couldn’t sleep" he says and squeezes the shirt, turning red as he looks at me.
My chest is exposed, and my arm still over my face, I wonder if he still fears me.
"Come here" I murmur, feeling the rumbling in my chest from the words I just said.
Seoha takes the first steps towards me but stops halfway, and my breath catches in my throat as he pulls off the shorts he is wearing.
Fuck...does he know that he ruins me without trying?
"Is it okay if I sleep here?" he asks in a shy voice.
"I get hot when I sleep with shorts..." he adds.
"Come here, treasure" I repeat, adding the title that has been ringing in my head these days.
Treasure.
"Okay" he whispers, coming closer till he climbs into the bed with me.
I wrap my arm around him, bringing him so close that it looks like he might disappear into me.
"I love you" I murmur, pressing my nose into his soft hair and he purrs in response, placing his hand over my chest.
"I love you" he says.
This feels like paradise, a paradise I never dreamed of but now have, the one that my dad couldn’t protect.
I’ll protect this man with my lifeblood if I have to.
"Taesan" Seoha calls and I look down at his face; innocent, soft and fucking beautiful.
"Will you kiss me?" he asks and without wasting time, I capture his lips in a kiss, holding the back of his neck to keep him here.
