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I turn to watch him make the turn toward the elevators. Maybe I majorly misread the situation? Oliver didn’t say a word about the baby not being theirs.

“He’s probably grateful there’s no chance he passed on the gene for prematurely going feral,” Nik says like he can read my mind.

“Does she know who you are? Or does she still think you’re Nik the resort owner?” I cross my arms over my chest.

“I do own the fucking resort. Well, half of it, but no, I never had the chance to tell her prior to her heat.” He groans, covering his face with both hands. “Goddamn, I really am the asshole in this situation.”

“Yeah, you are,” I assure him, patting him on the shoulder. “On the plus side, I don’t think you outright lied about anything, but you definitely omitted the truth.”

“I kept thinking I’d tell her when it came up, but it never did.”

“Would that have flown for you if she had known about being pregnant? Can you imagine being like ‘yeah, it’s no big deal. I didn’t ask.’” I give him a look that indicates he should fuck off with that bullshit.

“I’m going to check in with Nathan and let him know Kara either needs to take over or perhaps Kiernan can appoint someone until he gets back,” Nik says. “We need to get Melody to Virginia and get her in with a permanent doctor.”

“Is that right?”

“God, unless she breaks up with us to get back with that asshole,” he says under his breath. “That would be devastating.”

“Prove to her that you can be what she needs,” I suggest, patting his chest. “He’s a righteous asshole. I only talked to him for three minutes, but I can assure you, I’m not letting her go back to that dickhead. Not without a fight.”

It’s entirely possible that Melody decides it’s easier to raise a baby with the biological father and tries to dip out.

I’m fairly sure at this point Miller and Oli would follow her. They’d pretend to get along with her dickhead ex and wait for him to fuck up, which probably wouldn’t take all that long. I haveserious doubts that I could keep the peace with that fuckerat all, but for Mel I would try.

“I need to speak to my brother,” Nik reiterates again.

“I’m going to check on Mel and Miller. How’s that for alliteration?” I chuckle, bumping my shoulder against his.

He sighs, but I blow out a heavy breath when he grins. He’s difficult to get a read on during the best of times, but Miller is as solid as they come. Oliver had that puppy dog look in his eyes that guarantees he won’t be hurting Mel any time soon. The clueless fucker might say questionable things from time to time, but he’s not malicious.

“How about you make the call and we go find them together?” I offer.

“Yeah, all right,” he concedes.

I shake my head. I can’t control Nik. All I can do is be a decent guy and support Melody the best that I can.

Chapter Twenty-Two

Melody

Miller totes me out of the exam room and we grab the information from Farrah before heading out. I don’t know what I would do without his steady comfort right about now. My mind races as he carries me down the hall and toward the stairs.

“You cannot be serious,” I say when I notice he’s aiming for the stairwell. “You can’t carry me up twenty flights of stairs.”

“I can and I will,” he says in a serious tone.

“I think I can survive the elevator.” I stretch up, kissing the edge of his mouth.

Miller’s hand flexes on my ass and then my back hits the wall next to the bottom of the stairs. It’s so strange because we’ve literally already had sex, but it still feels very much like a first kiss.

My legs tighten around his solid form as Miller teases his lips over mine. He’s a mountain of an alpha, but he’s tender in a way no one has ever been with me. His palm slides up my neck, and he brushes his thumb over my chin as he teases my lower lip with his teeth.

His beard scratches my skin as I claw at his shoulders. The kiss turns from tender to downright dirty in the blink of an eye.Miller uses the wall as leverage to keep me up as his left hand brushes hair back from my face.

“Tell me you aren’t going to run from me?” he murmurs in between deep kisses that make me grind against him. “We’ll figure out the rest as we go, but don’t run, please?”

My eyes squeeze shut as my chest rises and falls. I honestly don’t know what to say.