Chapter 215: The promise to the portrait
Seoha’s POV
Sooin and I play with her dolls till she starts to yawn.
"Ready to go to sleep?" I ask softly and she shakes her head in refusal. Her head is saying no but her eyes are saying yes.
"Come on, let’s get you ready for bed" I giggle at her and she pouts at me.
"If I sleep, you’ll go to dad" she says in an accusatory tone that makes me smile. I don’t care if she doesn’t have Taesan’s blood, everything she does is so similar to him.
"You know I have to go to your dad" I whisper, pulling her into my lap and hugging her.
"But-but you’re mine too. You’re my daddy" she says, rubbing her nose into my scent gland and I purr softly.
My omega softens our scent to lull her to sleep. It feels good to be wanted, to be chosen, and to be this loved.
"I’m your daddy, and I promise you’ll have me as long as possible" I assure her and she sighs against my neck. Her response is delayed, which means she’s slowly falling asleep.
"Forever?" she asks and I nod.
"And you’ll marry dad?" she asks and my heart skips a beat.
"Innah" I whisper and kiss the top of her head.
I’ve almost forgotten how easy it is for kids to always say the strangest thing. They say their thoughts without thinking twice and my Sooinie is just like every other child.
"When you marry dad, can I call you mommy?" she asks in a suddenly bright voice, and I rub my hand up and down her back.
The action is to soothe both of us.
"You can call me what you want, Innah. But you have to ask your dad first" I say and she goes silent.
"Sooin?" I shake her body, but she doesn’t respond.
My cute little girl has fallen asleep.
With a soft groan, I get up with her in my arms and place her on her bed. She immediately hugs her teddy bear when I place her on the bed.
"Dad will marry daddy" she says in her sleep, and in awe of her, I sit on the edge of the bed to watch her sleep.
Her small hands are wrapped around the stuffed animal and her lips are in a pout, she fell asleep upset.
I give her a good night kiss on the head and leave the room.
The house is quiet as always, and instead of returning to Taesan’s room, I wander down the hall.
A part of me wants to see more of the house now that it’s confirmed that this would be my home.
I walk down the quiet hall and down the staircase that leads to the living area.
My wandering comes to a stop when I see the picture on the wall. The painted picture of Taesan’s mom.
The omega man looks gentle and just from this image can tell that Taesan looks more like his father.
The omega is smiling slightly, but his eyes look sad, and the picture makes my heart feel heavy.
"I’ll be good for Taesan" I say to the picture, holding my hands in front of me in a respectful posture.
"I’ll love him even more and more. I’ll take care of him, and I’ll make sure he’s happy" I bow my head.
"I promise" I whisper and when I turn around, I find Taesan standing at the top of the stairs with his eyes on me.
I don’t speak yet, he doesn’t speak either...we just look at each other.
He’s wearing his frameless glasses, a shirt that barely fits, a pair of grey sweatpants and his hair is tussled.
"I’ve been waiting for you to come back to me" he says and my shyly duck my head.
"Come here" he holds his hand out for me, and I go to him without hesitation. I take one step after the other until I’m right in front of him.
Taesan’s strong arms wrap themselves around my waist and I blush at the way he’s looking at me.
"I hated drugs as a teenager" he says and I tilt my head in confusion.
Huh?
"But you...you are more addictive than drugs" he says and kisses me.
The kiss is soft and tender with his hand in my hair. He bites down on my bottom lip before pulling away.
"Come here, time to go to bed" he suddenly lifts me off the ground and I yelp as he carries me bridal style.
"Taesan!" I squeal and his face doesn’t change.
"What? I told you I don’t like being without you"
"I was in the house, and I was with Sooin" I laugh, hiding my face in his neck and holding on to him.
"Sooin will kick me if I interrupt" he mumbles like he’s scared of her and I relax in his arms. "Then stop hoarding me" I suggest.
"No" he says simply and opens his room door.
"Shower?" he asks and I nod.
Taesan puts me down and brushes my hair out of my face, he traces the pad of his thumb over my cheek gently.
"You won’t walk away from us, will you?" he asks and I shake my head.
"I don’t think I would be able to breathe if that happens" he says before he starts to undress me.
The alpha takes the clothes off my body with so much gentleness that contradicts his captain persona. This is the same who makes manslaughter his stress relief?
"Lift" he says and I lift my leg for him to take my pants off.
Once he’s done, he takes me to the bathroom, runs a bath for me and helps me settle into the tub.
"You won’t come in?" I ask with a blush on my cheek and he chuckles.
"Ah...little deer, you’ve been trying to see me naked all day?" he asks and I let my body sink into the water while he laughs quietly.
I have been naked for at least sixteen hours while he remains fully clothed.
"It’s not fair" I mutter while playing with the water.
"Get clean and get some rest, baby" he says.
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