Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder by Alice Knightsky
Chapter 40 – Craving For Bacon
After I had made my peace with my expected departure after the baby was born, I decided to focus on the bright side. After all, I would always have a place to look back to, people whom it warmed my heart to think of.
“Rosalie, it isn’t that bad!” Georgia laughed as I stared at the green goop that had been given for me to eat.
“Do I have to eat that?” I replied, wide-eyed, as I let it drop from the spoon back into the bowl. I looked up at Vicky and Georgia, bewildered at the amusement they found in the situation.
“Estrella said it’s a protein pudding, and filled with nutrients—”
“But so is real food,” I protested in a voice only I could hear. I put the bowl down and picked up the orange juice sitting on the tray. “Am I not allowed to have real food? Bacon, eggs- something.”
Georgia burst into laughter again, shaking her head. “You’d better listen, Vicky. Rosalie is the pregnant one, and she knows what her body wants.”
It had been a few days since I had been locked down in my room, and I was going absolutely stir-crazy. I wasn’t confined to my bed anymore, at least, but I struggled with the healthy menu that Estrella had put me on.
“Georgia, don’t encourage her. You know what Estrella said-” Vicky replied, giving Georgia a serious look, before I cut her off.
“Then could you please talk to Estrella?” I pleaded. “I don’t know why, I just want bacon.”
Knocking drew my attention away from the food matter towards the door to the main quarters.
I turned to see Ethan standing there with one hand in his pocket. As I watched, his cold look turned to one of confusion.
“Anything wrong?” He seemed curious about the tension in the room due to the bacon situation.
Ethan had been a man of his word. He came and saw me when he could. A lot of the time, there wasn’t a tremendous amount of conversation that happened- but he always made a point to visit.
Though the visits were short, they were always the highlight of my day.
“Estrella is making Rosalie eat green goop, and she is pissed and wants bacon.” Georgia burst into laughter as she made her explanation. “It’s funny.”
“Georgia…” I muttered. Oh gosh, the last thing I wanted Ethan to worry about was my diet.
Ethan’s eyebrows shot up, and a surprised look crossed his face.
Then he quickly pulled out his phone from his pocket and made a call, walking away from us as he did.
I looked toward Vicky and Georgia in confusion. Both women shrugged their shoulders, having no idea what he was doing.
Ethan walked back and turned to me. “It’s been handled. Now, how are you feeling?”
My hand instinctively went down to my stomach, and I smiled, looking at him. “I feel great, actually. No more nausea. I seem to be back to normal.”
“Except for your food cravings,” Georgia mumbled, causing Vicky to snicker in amusement. My eyes turned to them both, narrowing into a glare. “I do not have cravings.”
“Oh, really?” Georgia exclaimed with a smile. “One word… bacon.”
“Oh, not just bacon,” Vicky interjected. “Don’t forget steak and roasted potatoes with extra gravy and bacon pieces. Oh, and strawberries, as well as yogurt- and, of course, the chocolate cake, but not just any chocolate cake… only the one our chef makes back home.”
“But he makes the best one…” I mumbled quietly, looking at them in shock.
This time, it was Ethan who chuckled softly. All three of us turned to look at him in surprise.
Quickly, he cleared his throat and turned to his sister. “Georgia, go check the kitchen.”
Georgia was beyond puzzled. “Why me…?” Then she realized. “Hey, if you don’t want us around, you can just say it! Hahaha…”
He shot a glare at her, and her laughter immediately quieted down, though she kept snickering. Vicky jumped up, grabbed Georgia’s arms, and pulled her towards the door. As she exited the room, I heard her murmur, “Of course, Alpha, we’ll go check the kitchen right now!”
Suddenly, the formerly-busy room quieted down. I realized Ethan’s eyes were back on me.
Since I’d decided to cherish every day I spent with the Drogomor pack… with Ethan… I gave him a bright smile. “Thanks for checking on me.”
He moved towards me without saying a word, leaning down and scooping me up.
“Ethan!” I gasped.
“Good, you’ve gained some weight,” he commented as he walked toward the bedroom. “I-I did?” I was caught off guard.
To make sure I didn’t fall, in a panic, looped my arms around his neck, and I thought I saw his lips lifted up slightly.
As the door closed, I immediately found my back gently pressed against it, with Ethan’s hands upon my hips. It took me by surprise, scaring me for a moment before I had the courage to look up at him.
“E… Ethan…?”
“Don’t move,” he ordered.
The moment his sentence ended, his lips captured mine in a frenzy, and I found myself lost in his kisses. His tongue pressed against my mouth, demanding my lips part ways so that he could enter and taste me once again.
I didn’t refuse him. How could I ever refuse him?
The deeper the kiss got, the more frantic his movements were. His hands were wandering my body and caressing every inch of me.
“Ethan…” I whispered softly as he kissed my chin towards my neck. “We can’t…”
“Why can’t we?” he growled softly, placing a nip at my shoulder that sent a shiver of pleasure straight to my core. “Georgia and Vicky could come back any minute…”
I moaned again, and he picked me up and gently laid me down on the bed. “And?”
His fingers made quick work at pulling my leggings down, and before I could protest, he dropped to his knees beside the bed and pressed his face into my core, inhaling my scent.
“I can smell my child growing inside you,” he groaned.
His tongue flicked out and captured the sensitive bud of my core, causing me to moan again in pleasure. “Oh-” I panted. “Ethan, oh my goddess…”
It didn’t take long before he was tipping me over the edge of reason and I was coming undone in his mouth as his tongue licked up every drop I had to spill.
As I watched him rise to his knees, I expected him to thrust into me. But instead, he picked up my panties and leggings and helped put them back on.
He wasn’t going further with me… I felt ashamed, but I was a little disappointed.
He gritted his teeth. “Estrella says that you can’t have s*x right now…” Somehow, I felt I needed to pray for Estrella.
Then he chuckled softly.
The more time we spent together, the less I felt like I understood him. Before, he was so distant and cold to me, and now he was acting sweet and affectionate. I had conflicted feelings, considering the contrast from his usual state of mind.
With my pants back on, he helped me stand and smoothed a part of my hair out before leaning down to capture my lips once more. The taste of my arousal was still on his tongue.
“Will you come back again later?” I asked him, hoping he would say “yes.”
However, my question was met with a sigh. “I have meetings, and I’m not sure what time I’ll be out of them.” That meant he wouldn’t be back tonight.
“Don’t worry about it!” I exclaimed. “And thank you.”
“For what?”
“Actually having a conversation with me,” I said with a smile.
Then I saw his face turn stern.
As he opened the bedroom door, I walked out to find a large, covered silver platter on a side table, and Vicky and Georgia looking at both Ethan and me with amusement.
My face could not have burned hotter.
“Well, you both reek of s*x,” Georgia said, causing Vicky to choke on her drink and me to dry cough due to embarra*s*sment.
“Oh, my goddess!” Vicky exclaimed. “Just because you’re Alpha’s sister doesn’t mean you can act like that.” Georgia wasn’t the least bit deterred, though. Instead, she found it all hilarious.
“I’m just glad that Ethan has finally figured out the woman he wants to be with.”
Ethan’s whole bearing changed at Georgia’s words.
“I have to go,” he rushed out, and then he stormed out of our room.
I tried not to read too much into Ethan’s reaction, and changed the subject instead, exclaiming, “Something smells great!”
“BACON!” Vicky, and Georgia yelled at the same time in a fit of laughter.
Sure enough, as I walked toward the tray and lifted the lid, I saw a ma*s*sive mound of freshly-cooked bacon. When Ethan said he handled it, he hadn’t been joking. He was making sure to get me everything I wanted.