All Chapters of The Contract Omega( MXM Romance): Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Caelen POVThe press release sat on Aldric's laptop screen, polished and professional and absolutely terrifying to think about sending into the world.Fenmore Group is pleased to announce that CEO Aldric Fenmore and his husband, Marketing Strategist Caelen Ryn-Fenmore, are expecting their first child in July. The couple requests privacy during this special time as they prepare for their growing family.Attached was one of the ultrasound photos, edited to show just the silhouette of the baby without too many identifying medical details. Simple, direct, impossible to misinterpret."We don't have to do this yet," Aldric said from where he sat beside me on the bed. I was still on bed rest for another three days, and he had been working from the bedroom to stay close. "We could wait a few more weeks.""No. We need to control the narrative before someone else does." I had been thinking about this constantly since the hospital scare two days ago. "The business crisis is making everything mor

Caelen POVThe gossip column appeared in my social media feed on a Tuesday morning while I was still on modified bed rest, propped up against pillows with my laptop, reviewing campaign materials I had promised not to stress over.Dion DuPont Returns to London: Sources Say Ex of Fenmore CEO "Ready to Reclaim What's His"My stomach dropped before I even clicked on the article. The photos loaded slowly, Dion at some upscale restaurant, looking effortlessly beautiful in designer clothes, his smile confident and practiced. And beside it, an older photo I recognized from years ago: Aldric and Dion at some charity gala, both in tuxedos, looking like they belonged together in a way that made my chest ache.They looked perfect together. Polished and sophisticated, and exactly like the kind of couple that appeared in society pages. Nothing like me, currently wearing sweatpants with an elastic waistband and one of Aldric's oversized shirts to accommodate my growing bump.I knew I should close th

Caelen POVMy phone started buzzing at six in the morning, pulling me from restless sleep. One notification, then another, then a flood of them coming so fast the vibrations became continuous. Beside me, Aldric stirred but did not wake, exhausted from another late night coordinating security protocols.I reached for my phone, squinting at the screen in the pre-dawn darkness. The first headline made my blood run cold.EXCLUSIVE: Fenmore Marriage Contract Leaked - CEO "Bought" Omega Husband for Mother's Medical BillsMy hands started shaking so badly I nearly dropped the phone. I sat up carefully, trying not to wake Aldric, and scrolled through the notifications with growing horror.The contract was everywhere. Photos of the actual document, our signatures clearly visible. Every financial detail exposed, the exact amount paid for Eleanor's surgery, the two-year term, the conditions we had agreed to before ever knowing each other.The Truth Behind Aldric Fenmore's Sudden Wedding: Financi

Caelen POVThe press conference had been a week ago, but the internet refused to move on. Every morning I woke up to find our marriage still trending, still being dissected by strangers who had never met us but felt entitled to judge every choice we had made.I told myself I would not look at social media. I promised Aldric I would stay away from the comment sections and think pieces analyzing our relationship. But at two in the morning when I could not sleep because the baby was using my bladder as a punching bag, I found myself scrolling through Twitter with a morbid fascination I could not explain.The reactions had settled into distinct camps. On one side, surprising support from people I had never expected to understand.@OmegaRights: Caelen Ryn-Fenmore did what he had to do to save his mother. That's love, not manipulation. #WeStandWithCaelen@MarriageEquality: Marriage contracts have existed for centuries. Why is this different? Because they were honest about it? #SupportCaelen

Dion POVThe apartment was dark except for the glow of the laptop screen, casting shadows across walls that had become a shrine to everything I had lost. Photos covered every surface, printed from social media, pulled from news articles, captured through telephoto lenses during my surveillance. Aldric at board meetings. Aldric is leaving the office. Aldric and Caelen together, always together, that pregnant omega clinging to what should have been mine.I pressed play on the press conference video for the seventh time tonight, watching Aldric defend their contract marriage with that earnest expression I knew so well. The expression he used to give me before everything fell apart."I love my husband more than anything in this world."The words made something twist violently in my chest. He was lying. He had to be lying. Aldric Fenmore did not believe in love, had told me repeatedly during our three years together that bonding was archaic biological coercion. Yet there he stood, claiming