Heavyweight Daddy: An Mpreg Romance by Austin Bates

Author:Austin Bates [Bates, Austin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

"How many times do I have to tell you people? No fucking comment." Van pounded the nurse call button, glaring at the reporter who was shoving a recorder in his face.

"But certainly, Sgt. Harris, you'll want to make some kind of statement about your relationship with Eli Thompson? There's all sorts of misinformation out there, and you'll no doubt want to set the record straight."

"No comment," he growled, tempted to chuck the remote control at her head.

"Do you have anything to say about the picture of the two of you kissing that's been all over the newspapers?" she asked, shoving an 8x10" glossy in his face.

It was a good picture, he had to admit. Eli was very photogenic and the two-day stubble on Van's cheeks masked the worst of the bruising and made him look less sickly.

Taking advantage of how the woman was juggling too many things in one hand, he snatched the paper away from her, tucking it carefully under his pillow. "No. Comment," he said through gritted teeth, baring his teeth in a smile as two security guards appeared in the doorway.

"Sorry, Sgt. Harris," the first one said as he caught the reporter by the arm. "There's forty or fifty of them downstairs, and this one got through while the PD was still setting up their barriers."

"Our readers have a right to hear this story," the reporter snapped as they pulled her out of the room, rolling their eyes.

"You're going home today, right?" the second guard asked, leaning in the doorway as the reporter's voice echoed down the hallway.

"Eli said he'd come pick me up," Van said, pulling himself more upright. "Maybe I should have let Miller take me to the casino." Or, God forbid, let Papa come and fuss him to death.

He'd been fully prepared to have to talk his parents down from camping at his bedside, but they were both in a creative phase right now. They'd been glad he was okay and promised to visit him as soon as the paint was dry on Papa's latest masterpiece. Jesse had offered to come, but Amy and Ben both had classes, and Lion would be more trouble than he was worth. He was completely confident that, if he'd needed them, they would have dropped everything, even Solomon. As it was, it was minor enough that he'd rather they save their visits for when he could show them a good time.

Besides, the last thing he needed was to set his entire family on Eli without any preparation.

The guard snorted. "Your Captain called earlier, there's reporters waiting at your house and the casino. With that picture out there, they were going to make a fuss no matter how you did it." He flashed a wry grin as Van cursed eloquently, then straightened. "Speak of the devil."

Van sat up, trying to see down the hallway and straining his stitches in the process. "Shit."

"Stop that," Eli said, hurrying into the room and catching his shoulder as he tipped in the bed.

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