This Alpha Is So Devoted to His Wife - Chapter 93

After Lu Xinghe returned, it was obvious that the quality of life for the whole family had improved.

Luo Yudan and Duan Yukui felt this most deeply. Specifically, Duan Yuluo finally stopped suddenly tearing up while sitting, and his appetite finally improved. It really seemed that a pregnancy couldn’t proceed without an Alpha by the side.

Half a month later, Luo Yudan returned to the army, and Duan Yukui went back to M Country to continue her studies.

Both returned fully satisfied.

Duan Yuluo’s most severe period of morning sickness in the first three months was finally over.

Perhaps because he hadn’t been able to eat a single good meal during the first trimester, once he entered the sixteenth week of pregnancy, he started craving everything. He wanted the most extreme flavors—sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy. And because his appetite had grown, he couldn’t help but want to eat all sorts of things, including some things he shouldn’t eat.

If he wasn’t allowed to eat them, he would try to sneak a bite.

…

Autumn came early this year, and by early October, sweaters were already necessary.

After entering the second trimester, both of their workloads had greatly decreased. They had much more time to spend with each other than in the early stage of pregnancy, with their focus shifting mainly to their family and the baby.

It was the weekend.

In the gym, the outdoor light streamed in, falling upon the Alpha’s muscular, sweaty physique. His black vest was soaked through, outlining every inch of his perfectly trained muscles—lines that were neither excessive nor displeasing. The sense of power and the scent of hormones, mixed with sweat, burst forth as his arms drove the equipment.

Lu Xinghe worked out his arms, sweating profusely. His peripheral vision tracked Duan Yuluo, who was completely ignoring him, just scrolling on his tablet and eating lemon slices. He tried to get his attention. ↘

So, he switched to a different machine, moving to the sit-up bench right next to Duan Yuluo.

During pregnancy, the detection of an Alpha’s pheromones would be more sensitive and intense than usual.

Duan Yuluo’s hand, holding the lemon slice, paused. In his peripheral vision, he caught sight of the sweat beads sliding down the Alpha’s strong abdomen and the heavy breathing from the cardio workout. This involuntarily reminded him of that same labored breathing during other “workouts.”

Lu Xinghe’s low, husky panting was very sexy; it always made his waist go soft.

His gaze couldn’t help but linger, fixed on those abdominal muscles, before he ate the lemon slice in his hand.

The corner of Lu Xinghe’s mouth lifted slightly. Finally, he got a glance. He quickly finished two hundred sit-ups, lowered his legs, and sat up, facing Duan Yuluo. He rested his arms on his thighs, steadying his breathing while gazing at him.

The two sit-up benches were not far apart. Lu Xinghe had long legs, and as he turned and sat, his sweaty thigh brushed against Duan Yuluo’s legs.

Even his heavy breathing could be clearly felt.

And the Alpha pheromones expelled with the sweat after the workout were more intense than ever.

“Baby.”

This breathless “Baby” rang out right next to him. Duan Yuluo’s Adam’s apple bobbed. He looked up, meeting Lu Xinghe’s eyes. The Alpha, after his workout, radiated a burning aura of hormones. Sweat traced the sharp contours of his face, especially the drop of sweat that dripped from his chin.

As his chest rose and fell with each breath, a drop of sweat fell from his chin.

“…What is it?”

“Why aren’t you looking at me?” Lu Xinghe slid forward a bit, his thigh resting right next to Duan Yuluo’s legs, practically caging him in: “You’ve been staring at your tablet and working all morning. Is work more charming than I am in your eyes?”

Duan Yuluo thought to himself that he was now completely distracted from work. He felt the Alpha’s presence closing in. Being pregnant, his body temperature was already high, and with the closeness, it was even hotter. He tried to lean back and away.

He failed to escape, as Lu Xinghe pulled him by the arm and hugged him, seating him directly on his sweaty thigh.

Every joint in the body after a workout was hot.

Duan Yuluo felt that what he was sitting on was even beyond scorching. He pursed his dry lips, put his hands on Lu Xinghe’s shoulders, and tried to escape the burning-hot thigh, but the arm around his waist held him tight.

“Why are you ignoring me?” Lu Xinghe didn’t let him go, keeping him in his lap while being careful not to press down on his visibly pregnant belly.

“…Nothing. You just finished working out; you’re really hot.” Duan Yuluo felt himself sweating after being held for just a moment. He raised a hand to wipe his neck, finding a layer of sweat, and tilted his head back to show him: “See? I’m really hot.”

As soon as he spoke, his neck was met with a kiss.

The dense kisses followed the trail of sweat, kissing away the moisture.

But the sweat only started flowing more.

Duan Yuluo felt the slightly rough stubble of Lu Xinghe’s chin brush against his skin, and his heart began to race. Even his five-month-old pregnant belly sensed the mood of the pregnant father and started to move. He pressed down on Lu Xinghe’s shoulders, his voice slightly changed:

“Wait… he’s kicking me.”

Lu Xinghe immediately stopped, looked up at Duan Yuluo, whose expression was a mix of discomfort and pleasure, and instinctively touched his belly after hearing the words.

It was then that the round pregnant belly under his palm stirred, giving his palm a kick.

It even seemed a little angry.

But mostly, it was a sense of wonder, the feeling of a tiny life interacting with him.

“Sun must be angry,” Duan Yuluo said, seeing Lu Xinghe’s surprised face: “He’s kicking you.”

Lu Xinghe helped Duan Yuluo off the seat, making him stand between his legs. Then he cupped his pregnant belly and lowered his head to kiss it through the clothes, the cheap smile on his lips widening: “Sun, I wasn’t bullying your Papa; your Papa was ignoring me.”

Perhaps the baby in the belly sensed a different touch from Papa’s, and it moved again.

The path of the fetal movement could be seen even through the clothes.

The lower the body fat percentage of the pregnant father, the more obvious the fetal movement track, because the skin of the belly is thinner.

Duan Yuluo instantly took a deep breath, and with a bit of pain, he tugged Lu Xinghe’s hair: “Okay, stop provoking him. If he kicks me again, I’m going to hit you.”

Lu Xinghe naturally didn’t dare to disobey his wife. He smiled, raised his arms in surrender, and stopped provoking him.

In the afternoon.

In the bedroom, the pregnant husband was forced to take a nap again.

“If you sleep now, you won’t be nodding off after dinner tonight. Otherwise, you’ll be up again in the middle of the night.”

“But I’m really not sleepy.”

“Just a half hour nap.”

“I really can’t fall asleep. Please respect me a little.”

“Then tonight’s hot pot will have to be canceled.”

Duan Yuluo hugged the blanket and resignedly closed his eyes. He wanted to eat hot pot; he absolutely had to eat that hot pot. He had to eat it, so he would just sleep for a while.

Lu Xinghe sat on the edge of the bed and saw that he finally closed his eyes: “Then you sleep for half an hour. I’ll go to the study for a meeting, and when I finish, I’ll come and wake you. Then we can go prepare the hot pot ingredients. How about that?”

Duan Yuluo didn’t speak, keeping his eyes closed, but gave a thumbs-up.

He indicated it was perfectly fine.

Lu Xinghe chuckled at his thumbs-up, took hold of it, and lowered his head to kiss it. He then sat for another five minutes before going to the study.

The bedroom door slowly closed, very lightly.

Ten minutes later.

The pregnant husband, who was supposed to be napping, sat up.

Duan Yuluo first sat on the edge of the bed and thought for a moment. He picked up his phone and checked the time: two o’clock. What should he do if he was hungry now and wanted to eat hot pot? After thinking, he went to the walk-in closet to change his clothes.

He stood in front of the wardrobe and seriously picked for a while, finally choosing to wear a short-sleeved shirt inside and a white denim jacket, thinking he would surely be very hungry when he ate the hot pot later.

After changing, he walked out of the bedroom and listened closely as he passed the study.

Lu Xinghe was speaking in a foreign language, his speed was fast, and he sounded very serious. He was probably criticizing his subordinates again.

A little fierce.

Hmm, looks like he’s very busy.

He turned and walked toward the elevator, deciding not to disturb the meeting, and decided to go out and eat hot pot by himself.

One meal now, and another meal tonight. He could handle it, and Sun could handle it too.

No big problem.

Lu Xinghe was conducting an online meeting when his peripheral vision caught movement on the bedroom monitor. He saw that the pregnant husband, who had promised to sleep ten minutes ago, had gotten up. He thought he was going to the restroom, but he walked out of the room, changed clothes, and dared to wear short sleeves in October?!

After changing, he even went to the study door to eavesdrop.

After eavesdropping, he actually went downstairs.

He frowned, watching what Duan Yuluo was going to do, and saw that the pregnant husband took the car keys and headed for the garage. Although he had never stopped Duan Yuluo from going out alone, he was, after all, pregnant. He would usually tell him or the driver before leaving, but this time, he didn’t even say a word before going out.

Didn’t he know Lu Xinghe would worry?

His temple throbbed.

“Meeting paused.”

He said this and stood up to catch his wife and bring him home.

Duan Yuluo turned the steering wheel and drove away from the manor. Inside the car, he played the upbeat, popular songs that Sun loved to listen to. After all, Sun would quiet down whenever these songs were played, so he must love them. He drove toward the city center commercial street.

He drove around several times before finding a hot pot restaurant that was still open at two o’clock in the afternoon.

“Welcome!”

Duan Yuluo walked into the store and finally stopped shivering; it really was a bit cold. He saw the waiter greeting him and nodded back: “One person.”

The waiter saw the Omega youth walk in, with a fair and beautiful complexion, and then looked down, noticing the slightly bulging pregnant belly under his clothes. He immediately recognized him as a pregnant man. When he heard “one person,” he asked, “Is no one accompanying you to eat?”

The pregnant belly looked quite large; why was he eating alone?

Duan Yuluo didn’t think anything of it: “No, just me.”

He was completely unaware that the waiter was already mentally creating a story about a single Omega father.

The hot pot restaurant was quiet and not very busy at two o’clock in the afternoon.

Duan Yuluo ordered a large table full of dishes.

Since he was eating alone, the quantity of food made the waiters nearby feel inexplicably sorry for him.

“This Omega is so pretty, and he’s pregnant, so why isn’t his family with him?”

“Oh, well, there are all kinds of families nowadays. Don’t gossip.”

Duan Yuluo picked up a cooked shrimp paste slice. The spicy broth made the flavor intense. His eyes watered from the spice, and his lips were slightly red, yet he felt the food was incredibly delicious. He never used to eat spicy food and couldn’t handle it, and of course, he still couldn’t handle much spice now.

But he just craved it so much.

At home, Lu Xinghe would never let him eat anything this spicy; at most, it would be mildly spicy.

Eating a bite like this now was just too satisfying.

The second trimester, which followed the first trimester, was definitely the most comfortable period. Coupled with the fact that his cousin, Jiang Nianqiao, was temporarily helping with management, there was less stress. Usually, he only had to sign documents, make decisions, or hold emergency meetings.

His family insisted that he focus on resting and avoid being overly anxious.

So, he was no longer anxious at all.

He was enjoying his meal when his phone vibrated. He quickly picked it up and saw a message from Lu Xinghe.

【Butler Lu: What are you doing?】

He hissed from the spice and unthinkingly replied: 【I’m sleeping.】

But after sending it, his expression froze. Wait, wasn’t he just proving himself guilty?

Who replies to a message while sleeping to say they are sleeping?

He completely missed the tall figure walking up behind him.

Duan Yuluo was just thinking about recalling the message when he felt the back of his neck being pinched. This familiar pinch made his shoulders jump. He looked up in surprise, meeting Lu Xinghe’s half-smile.

Wasn’t this person in a meeting?! ★

“Sleeping at a hot pot restaurant?”

Duan Yuluo: “…” He also thought this was a poor excuse, so he gave an awkward yet polite smile. Since he was caught, he could only lower his head submissively.

Lu Xinghe sat across from him, placing the sweater he was holding on the side. Seeing that Duan Yuluo was eating spicy food until his eyes were moist, looking like he could cry at any moment, he felt helpless but also amused: “I told you not to eat anything so spicy.”

“It’s not very spicy, hiss…” Duan Yuluo tried to explain but was still caught by the surge of heat from the spice, making him gasp. Meeting Lu Xinghe’s smiling face, he could only return an awkward smile: “Okay, it’s a little spicy.”

Then he remembered something.

He held his chopsticks with both hands and looked carefully at Lu Xinghe: “Um, I’m sorry, I didn’t tell you I was coming out. Please don’t be angry.”

The Omega across from him was made to have wet eyes by the spice. Because of the pregnancy, his face was a little rounder than before, and his complexion was rosy, making him look a bit more childish than before. Especially without his glasses, he looked at Lu Xinghe with expectant eyes, being obedient and beautiful.

Lu Xinghe chuckled, raised his hand, and wiped the chili oil from his lips: “Tell me next time. When would I ever refuse to take you out? I just worry that driving is a bit inconvenient for you now; soon your belly will be hitting the steering wheel.”

“I know. I was just afraid of interrupting your meeting just now. So, are you angry now?” Duan Yuluo gently asked, resting the top of his chopsticks against his chin.

Hearing Duan Yuluo say this so meekly, Lu Xinghe knew that his unintentional acts of vulnerability and slight pouting were something he could never resist. He could be angry with anyone, but never with Duan Yuluo.

He smiled, took the chopsticks away from Duan Yuluo’s chin: “I’m not angry. Eat whatever you want, just don’t overeat.”

When his wife acted so sweetly, how could he possibly stay angry?