[ In all honesty - Alpha or not, especially right in front of his mate like this he is just a man - his immediate reaction might not actually help anything. Or at least, might not help that wave in her. Because as he stepped into the room, smiling still at his far flung idea and happy to let the more serious topics drop as they embrace their reunion, at least for three or four rounds before he then makes a game out of hearing the house gossip from her... she made him face her and she says that.
His expression first drops the smile and his brows knit together, as if running through a set of math to determine if it's possible it's his. When that's excluded his expression shifts to a half-open mouth as he tries to process who else it could be, until that's squashed just as quickly because it's obvious. She'd been ripped from one mate for a month because of his own bravado, it's only natural she would have the comfort of the other one, and no doubt...
That would run a pregnancy risk. The doubt comes to certainty, and while he doesn't look quite angry, he does keep that same expression like he's on the cusp of saying something and then redacting immediately what he might've said. And finally, he pushes out, ]
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His expression first drops the smile and his brows knit together, as if running through a set of math to determine if it's possible it's his. When that's excluded his expression shifts to a half-open mouth as he tries to process who else it could be, until that's squashed just as quickly because it's obvious. She'd been ripped from one mate for a month because of his own bravado, it's only natural she would have the comfort of the other one, and no doubt...
That would run a pregnancy risk. The doubt comes to certainty, and while he doesn't look quite angry, he does keep that same expression like he's on the cusp of saying something and then redacting immediately what he might've said. And finally, he pushes out, ]
Oh.