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I woke up to tiny hands on me. 

"Wake up your momma." I heard Mikko's voice in the background. 

I opened my eyes to see the triplets crawling towards my face. I waited until they were all in range, then I grabbed them all up into a big hug. 

I gave them all kisses and let them go when they started squirming. 

It wasn't until they were all trying to get away from me when I looked at Mikko. He was dressed nicely. He had on dark jeans that clung nicely to him and a dark plaid button up that clung to him just as well as his jeans. "What's the special occasion?"

It wasn't often that Mikko dressed up for anything. 

"We're going to dinner."

The idea of taking the kids somewhere wasn't how I really wanted to spend the evening. 

"Do we have to?" I groaned and pulled Ben by his leg towards me. He squealed and squirmed, trying to kick out of my grasp. It was pretty dang adorable. 

Mikko nodded. "Yes. You have to go to dinner with me."

I froze for a second as it all clicked. Mikko was taking me out to dinner? 

"You and me?" I asked dumbly. 

He smirked as he nodded. "Yes. We are going to dinner together. Just the two of us."

"What'd you do?" I asked suspiciously. 

He held his hands up in the air innocently. "I didn't do anything."

"Then what?" This wasn't like him. 

"I'm just taking the mother of my many children out to get some dinner." He put his hands down.

"Like a date."

"You have to ask me on a date if you're planning on taking me on one."

He pursed his lips, in a thinking gesture I had never noticed before. "I can see that."

He came around to the side of the bed, where i was still laying down, and sat so closed that our thighs were touching. I knew that even though it didn't appear that way, that he was keeping an eye on the triplets. 

He leaned over and put his arm on the other side of me, bracing himself as he leaned over me.

"That's not fair," I stated. 

I could feel the tingling that came from the bond. 

He smiled. "I'm just using my advantage."

"Unfair," I complained again. 

He shook his head. "I can make it unfair." I stayed still, not wanting to make the situation worse. He leaned over me. "Come to dinner with me."

"Why should I go to dinner with you?" I asked in compete seriousness. After everything that he had put me through, what he had put the babies through, I as having a hard time understanding why I should give him any chance.

"I want to fix this," he stated without missing a beat. It was like he has prepared for this conversation.

"With one date?"

He shook his head. "No. One date won't do it. It'll have to be a few dates."

I let out a laugh. "What makes you think we'll have more than one date?"

He gave me that smile that made me develop butterflies in my stomach. "I think you'll warm up to me."

I didn't say anything. I just stared at him for a moment.

I could see the babies making their ways around the bed. They were bound to get too close to the edge.

"Alright," I conceded. "One date. Just this one. I'm not agreeing to anything else right now."

A pleasure-filled sensation ran around my bond.

"You can't positive reinforce me, Mikko."

He smirked and got off of the bed, putting space between us. "Alright. No more advantages."

He picked up Ben by his leg and Cass by the back of her onesie.

"You better be careful," I warned absentmindedly as I sat up. I could see Angie coming towards me and I knew she was trying to sneak up on me. The problem was, that I hadn't been paying attention to Mikko.

Suddenly he was in front of me, crouched down and an inch from my face. I moved in a jolt away from him, startled. He smirked.

"I'm always careful, Em."

"You don't have to scare me to prove a point."

He moved his face towards mine, and in a stubborn act of defiance, I moved away from him.

"I'm very fast, Em. You don't really know how fast I can be."

"One day you're going to have to show me."

Then I was flat on my back, legs spread with Mikko in between them with my hands held over my head by one of Mikko's bear hands.

"That's really not fair."

He smirked. "It's only not fair if I seduce you."

I nodded. "That would be very unfair. Don't do that."

He nodded once and let me go. He didn't move away, but he sat up on his knees, still securely between my legs, and looked back at Angie. She beamed at him. He ran his hand down the side of her face in a loving gesture that wasn't shown around anyone but pack and family.

It would probably kill Mikko to let anyone know how much he loves his children. In that moment I completely forgot that I was in a pretty scandalous position with Mikko. Well, I had forgotten until I felt Mikko's hand on my bare upper thigh, rubbing small, comforting circles as he looked at his daughter.

It's not like Angie would notice the situation or know what was going on, but someday she would. Someday she'll ask questions. Someday she'll go telling stories about mommy and daddy.

"Let me up so I can get ready if you want to go to dinner," I said once I collected myself and realized what was happening.

I would have attempted to get up on my own, but that would've involved moving around on Mikko, which was something I wasn't willing to risk.

Mikko nodded absentmindedly for a moment before looking down at me. For a second, I could swear that I saw that hardened, guarded, stubborn exterior melt away. And just as fast, it was gone.

He looked down at his hand and smiled. "If only I didn't have a young, impressionable mind looking at me right now."

He lovingly looked at his daughter and reached over, picking her up. She giggled.

He kissed her cheek before holding the toddler out to kiss me. She could only manage giggles, so I kissed under her chin, making the giggle fit worse. I couldn't help but laugh a little at her. I felt a hardening where Mikko's body connected with mine and felt a familiar sensation start to build up.

I looked at him for a second before turning my attention back to Angie. "Okay baby. You need to go with Daddy and your brother and sister."

I saw Mikko nod his head in agreement.

It had been too long since I had any sexual contact, but if we took this any farther, it would be a mistake and would make everything much more complicated.

"Your mother's right." Mikko pulled his little girl away from me.

He started to move away from me and the bed, so I moved to get up. This, as my luck would have it, made me move against his little excited part.

I thought he was going to move. I really did.

If I knew that he was going to be super slow with moving, I would've given it a minute. I mean, I knew that his little guy was starting to stand at attention, but I didn't think he would be needing to calm it down before having to take our daughter into the other room.

His eyes lightened on mine as he took a deep breath.

"You need to go with your siblings, child," Mikko said as he stood up and started walking away with Angie.

I thought I was home clear. But I was wrong. I had just stood up when I was suddenly on my back with my rump barely on the side of the bed. Mikko had resumed his position between my legs.

Oh no, I thought.

I only had enough time to process that Mikko was there before he crashed his lips down onto mine. My mind clouded. I couldn't think.

There was a second where I didn't respond. I just froze. I hadn't expected this from him.

Mikko was propping himself up by one arm while the other hand was on the side of my face. The kisses were wild and hungry.

In the back of my mind I knew this always happened. Always.

But that didn't mean that I wanted it to stop.

It didn't take more than a couple of seconds before my hormones kicked in and had me responding eagerly to Mikko's kiss.

Mikko's hand, which had been on my face, made its way across my shoulder, down my side and rested on my ass before he grabbed a handful and did something I didn't expect.

He flipped us around so that I was on top of him. It was slightly jarring at first, but I quickly adjusted.

I knew there was no way, with this belly, that I would be able to bend to kiss him, so I grabbed him by the front of his shirt and pulled him up to me. I felt Mikko move underneath me, rubbing our cores together. He gave a deep growl when i gasped.

"Mikko," I breathed.

He growled again, his mouth busy kissing and suckling at the side of my neck.

I didn't want it to stop, but it had to.

"Mikko." My voice was coming back, a little.

He went right for the spot he knew really affected me.

"That's not fair," I whined.

I could feel his smile against my neck. "Isn't that the point right now?"

I shook my head slightly. "It's not fair."

"I can show you unfair." His gravelly voice sounded like a threat. And I believed it.

"Mikko," his voice came out as a long whine, "we need to stop."

He sighed against my neck. "I don't want to." But he stopped assaulting my neck.

I nodded. "I don't either, but we have to."

He growled and laid back and reached to the other side of the bed. He gripped the side of the bed and moved us more onto the bed, causing me to hold onto him.

"I still don't want to." His eyes were golden, but I knew Mikko was still there.

"We can't just jump into bed when we're feeling like this. This isn't going to work in the long run."

He nodded and ran his hands over his face. "You're right." He locked his fingers behind his head and looked up at the ceiling. "It's just been too long."

I scoffed. "Please."

He smirked and looked up at me. "It's been just as long for me as it has been for you."

I gave him the best I-don't-believe-you face I could manage.

He nodded. "You're the last person I was with. Honest to God."

"I'll believe it when I have proof."

He nodded. "When you complete the bond with me, you'll have all the proof you can handle."

He moved underneath me and inhaled deeply. "You've got time to change your mind."

I shook my head. "How do I know you weren't influencing me through the bond?"

Annoyance took over his features. "When have I needed to do that with you? I've never made you share your bed with me. You've been just as willing as I have."

He rolled his eyes and looked at the ceiling.

"It's a good thing you stopped this before you thought I made you sleep with me." I could hear resentment in his words. He was mad. "You want to feel the damn influence?" He slid his hand inside of my shirt and touched bare skin. "I don't even need the bite to influence you. I just need to be touching your skin."

Then it rolled through me. It was like he flipped a switch and my hormones were going in overdrive, as if I was completely riled up.

My jaw dropped in shock and I gasped. There was nothing more than annoyance and anger in his eyes.

"Did that feel like what I was doing to you?" He sat up and got in my face. "Don't you ever say that I made you sleep with me. I'm serious."

I wasn't able to respond. I was overwhelmed. The sensations Mikko had forced on me were too much. I knew I was actually trembling.

Mikko sighed and grabbed my hands, putting them between us. "I'm sorry." He contact brought down the sensations slowly, making the tremor go away completely. "I shouldn't have cut you off. I didn't know it would be too much, but it makes sense since you're pregnant." He sighed again, this time in frustration. "This wasn't how I thought tonight was going to go."

"Me neither," I admitted with a laugh in my tone. I don't know what just happened, but we needed to get a better hold on it.

He leaned back slightly. "Go ahead and get up. Slowly please."

I twisted, to look over at the mattress beside us. The kid could have left toys there. With a quick intake of breath, he put his hands on my hips and stopped me from moving.

"Quit with the tease, Em," He groaned.

"I'm not teasing you. I could if I really wanted to."

"And I'm trying to have full control right now." He closed his amber eyes and leaned his head back. "Just give me a minute."

"That's all you need, huh?" I tried injecting humor into our situation.

The sides of his mouth perked up in a small smile. "It wouldn't surprise me."

He slowly let go of me and laid his hands out to the side. "Get up. Don't rub around this time."

"I didn't do it on purpose. I could've been dressed by now."

He kept his eyes closed and his breathing even as I climbed off of him and onto the bed. I laid down. I, too, needed a minute to collect myself.

Then the thought hit that I was a terrible mother. "Where are the kids?" I asked as my head jerked over to look at him.

"They're in their cribs with a couple toys a piece. They're fine. I've been keeping an ear open for them." He said evenly.

"Good."

He looked over at me, but didn't say anything for a moment.

"Are we still going to dinner?" I asked gently.

He nodded his head once and sat up. He tugged at his pants once to give himself some space in his...area.

"Get whatever you need out. I'm going to take a shower, very quickly." Mikko didn't wait for a response. He just got up and walked into the bathroom.

I couldn't say I wasn't amused with the whole situation. It was confusing, but from the rest of our experiences, this one wasn't a bad one.

I had enough time to check on the babies and grab a robe before Mikko stopped in the doorway in nothing but a towel.

I tilted my head to the side. "Really? That's how you're coming out of the bathroom right now?"

He looked down and smirked. "If i flexed would it make your hormones spike again?"

My eyes narrowed into a glare. "Let's not and say we did."

Then he smirked, flexed his flat stomach, and laughed when he proved himself right.

"Alright, alright. You've had your fun. Let me take my shower now."

When I walked over to him, he wrapped his hand around my baby bump. "You could have it if you want it."

"Stop it." I smacked his hand away from me. I didn't need the temptation. "Move it."

He smirked and stood to the side. If I wanted to get through the doorway, our bodies would be touching. I just had to make sure that he was the only one who was suffering because of it.

"Fine."

I turned to the side, and went my back to his chest. Face to face would've been asking for it.

I heard his growl behind me as scooted past him.

"Now that's not playing fair."

I laughed. "I can show you not fair."

He dropped his towel with a smirk. "Show me."

I pursed my lips for a second. I couldn't show him without starting something I wasn't ready for.

With a sigh, I stepped into the bathroom.

I could feel the disappointment coming from him without even having to look at him.

"Alright, I'll tend to the children."

I nodded and looked back; figuring Mikko had already gotten his towel. But no. He was standing there in all his naked glory, giving me an eye full.

"Put some clothes on!" I quickly turned away.

With a laugh, Mikko shut the door and walked away.

Something was up with Mikko. He had been different these past couple of days. Whatever was happening, I was going to figure it out.