Page 34 of Unforgettable Omega

After three weeks, he thought maybe he would at least have managed a date with Shay, but that hadn’t happened. Hell, Drew would have thought he’d dreamed the passion and need he shared with Shay in the omega's home. A night that haunted him whenever he was in Shay's house, sitting on the couch where Shay had given himself completely to Drew. But Shay didn't seem like he was in any hurry to repeat the events of said night. Drew wasn’t sure what to do and he was getting kind of desperate.

Even though Shay seemed to trust him with their son—letting Drew take Andy to school without him now, and pick him up to spend time together before dropping him off home—there was still nothing between them, or maybe he should say there was still the same thing between them that seemed to have chased Shay away the first time. But for the life of him, and maybe, the worst part of it all, Drew didn’t know what it was. And Shay wasn’t talking.

Truth of the matter was, there was a wall between them, and until he knew what put it there, Drew couldn’t scale it. Something had been bugging Drew since the first night with Shay. It was the hurt in Shay’s eyes every time they landed on Drew. Drew couldn’t figure out what put it there, but somehow he knew he was the villain in Shay’s story. He just didn’t know why. Drew was the one scorned, wasn’t he?

Drew would figure it out, and hopefully he could fix it… because the more time he spent around Shay, the more he got to know the omega, and the more he wanted to know. Drew was impressed by Shay. He knew it couldn't have been easy trying to raise a child alone. Sure, Shay had been helped by his parents, but it didn't stop Drew from seeing that at eighteen Shay could have taken the easy way out—which would have meant that their son would not be alive today—or he could have even given Andy up for adoption. But he'd done neither.

He knew from a conversation at dinner that Shay had not returned to school after finding himself pregnant.

Shay hadn't taken the easiest course of action, not by a long shot, and no matter how angry he got by the fact that Shay had kept Andy from him, Drew respected the omega for that.

He was impressed by Shay. Impressed by the fact that Shay had found a way to take care of their child. And not just take care, but actually give their son a good life. Yeah, there was so much about Shay Drew knew, so much he was impressed by, but also so much more he wanted to know.

He just didn't know how to scale over the wall—the fuckin’ wall Shay seemed to have erected around himself—even though he so badly wanted to.

Drew wasn’t sure his plan was working, or if he was being too subtle. Then again, was it really a plan when he was just doing what any good parent would?

The past three weeks Drew had done the school run daily, the first couple of times with Shay, now alone.

He would admit when Shay said Drew was ready to start doing it by himself he was a little sad at first, because even though Shay had wanted to drive in front of Drew to school, Drew had convinced him carpooling was the way to go. He figured they could have some alone time in the car with Shay after dropping their kid off, and on their way to pick him up, but that had only lasted two days.

Drew had considered finding a way to get Shay to come along for the school run, but then he actually began enjoying his son’s random chatter on the way to and from school. Getting to know him.

Okay, he had tried asking Andy about Shay’s previous dating history, he was ashamed to say, but well, Andy was only three, so that had been a bust.

He just had to find a way in, and since today was the last school day for two weeks or so, Drew had made sure his schedule was clear, because he had a plan.

Family vacation.

Which he was surprisingly excited for, even though he hadn’t had one in a long time. The same way he hadn’t delegated as much as he had these past few weeks. He’d been a workaholic since he took over from his dad. And it was surprisingly easier than he thought it would be. His priorities had changed. Not that the company wasn’t still important, it just wasn’t everything.

Suddenly, he’d found the meaning of balance. Or maybe he’d just found someone that gave him a reason to want it.Again.

Drew walked to the kitchen and saw that Shay had a snack made for Andy. Celery with peanut butter and raisins, Drew knew it was one of his son’s favorites. The poor kid didn’t know any better.

But it was more of a testament to how well he was raised. All thanks to Shay.

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Shay

No matter how much Shay wished it wasn’t the case, he was always aware of Drew. He didn’t even need to look up to know that the alpha was in the room. Every cell in his body felt it.

Shay couldn’t help cringing having been caught checking out Drew when he was putting his coat away. He couldn’t stop himself from noticing every sculpted muscular inch of the man. But Drew catching him made him redden and flee.

He’d gotten good at that, never actually spending time with Drew unless Andy was between them. But somehow Drew managed to slip in when Shay was making dinner, or the one time he’d left Drew and Andy alone, when Drew came into Shay’s office while he worked. Well, he’d tried.

Not that he had been. Just having Drew in his home had him on pins and needles. The alpha made him feel every inch the omega, the way his body responded to him.

Shay knew it wasn’t something that happened in the presence of just any alpha. It was onlythisalpha. The alpha he shouldn’t want, but did. The alpha he couldn’t stop thinking about.

The one that shouldn’t be buried so deep under Shay’s skin, in his heart, but was.

“Andy has two weeks off,” Drew said.

Even though Shay had known the alpha was in the kitchen with him, he’d forced himself to focus on putting the peanut butter on the celery and not looking up.

“Yeah, uhh, did you want to talk about Andy’s schedule for the break? I know you mentioned your parents wanting to meet him.”