I started making a list of all the things I needed to pick up at the grocery store. Merrick would have one amazing drinks fridge when I was finished, whether he liked it or not.
Sighing, I picked up a bottle of water and made my way back into the house, heading up the stairs to the room that Merrick had designated as the nest room.
Coincidentally, or not, it was right next to his bedroom.
“I'm glad we got you a new bed,” Merrick said as he looked around the space. “Your old one would have looked tiny in here.”
It really would have. He had spent far too much getting next day delivery on a larger bed for me, and as much as I felt bad about it, I adored it.
The room was easily five times the size of my old nest room. My apartment was cheap and worked with my budget, but it was hardly ideal.
Merrick’s house was large, sprawling, and designed for a family. I had seen the exterior once when I had dropped off a basket from a charity drive for Melody, but I hadn’t gotten a close look.
With everything going on now, though, it felt like fate.
Plenty of space for me…and Baby.
Chapter 23
Merrick
“Hey, boss.” I smiled as I walked into Walker’s office.
Hailey had been fast asleep, taking an afternoon nap, so I thought I would take the opportunity to quickly run to the firehouse. It was as good a time as any, and I wouldn’t have to bother her. She had drastically cut back on work, citing sickness, even though we knew that it was the separation and the baby taking it out of her.
Sunny was sitting on the edge of the desk, chattering away as she cradled their daughter in her arms.
“Hey, you're back. Are you okay?” Walker asked, his brows knitting together.
When Hailey and I had bonded, I’d simply texted him that I wasn't feeling very well, and I would give him an update when I could. Thankfully, Walker was an understanding boss and abundantly chill.
“I’m completely okay, better than okay, actually. How are you guys?”
“We areamazing.” Sunny beamed, sliding off the desk and padding over to me with baby Abigail in her arms. “Want a cuddle?”
Normally, I would have said no and attempted to maintain some sort of professionalism, but the knowledge that, pretty soon, Hailey would be having a baby made me all the more eager.
“Gimme,” I said, holding out my hands. A second later, the newborn baby was popped into my arms, and I was cradling her in that specific way that supported her head.
“You're a natural,” Sunny commented, taking a step back and grinning.
Their baby girl was the sweetest thing. She was still so little that she didn't have many distinguishable facial features, other than chubby cheeks and very wide eyes.
Still, she was adorable.
What would Hailey's baby look like? Would they look like her or this mysterious Preston I'd never met? Personally, I was hoping they would look like her.
A delicate blonde baby with green blue eyes would be absolutely to die for.
I could picture having a mini Hailey running around too.
There was no doubt they would have us wrapped around their finger. Considering her mother was one of the spiciest omegas I'd ever met, with a spine of steel while also being one of the sweetest people on the planet, it meant that her child was probably going to be a force to be reckoned with.
“How are you feeling?” I asked Sunny.
“Good.” She smiled serenely. “It’s been a dream, honestly. I've been getting so much sleep. And, of course, Luka loves having a baby sister.”
Sunny had been a single mother to a little boy when she was in a house fire and came to our station to stay for a few days, which ultimately turned into our captain and his pack falling madly in love with her.