Sinful Mates 1-3 novel Chapter 79

　　Imogen’s POV

　　While I feed Thaddeus Tobias walks Theo to the car, I can feel through the bond that Theo and Tobias are discussing something serious, just slightly to far away for me to hear them as they talk in hushed voices. When Tobias walks in, I open up my mind letting me slip into his mind. Nothing, I know he is deliberately making sure he locks his thoughts up tight where I can’t reach them.

　　“What are you hiding?” I ask when I can’t read him.

　　“Nothing you need to worry about, stay out my head Imogen, you don’t like when Theo does it to you” He states.

　　“It doesn’t usually bother you” I tell him. He looks at me, before grabbing a frypan out placing it on the bench. He starts cooking but doesn’t say anything else. I can feel they are up to something and it angers me that they are trying to hide it from me.

　　“Calm yourself Imogen, remember who is in your arms,” he says eyeing me. I glance down and readjust him, letting myself focus on feeding him. I play with his hands, letting him calm me. When he finishes his bottle, I place him over my shoulder and start rubbing his back. Every day, I notice slight differences in him, slowly getting bigger and more alert to his surroundings. I feel like I am going to blink and wake up one day and he will be grown. I don’t want him to grow up. Tobias makes breakfast, placing a plate in front of me.

　　“Please tell me I didn’t just make that, for you not to be hungry now"?,” Tobias says while he eats his own. I pick up a piece of bacon and bite into it. Food has lost its taste now, I can still taste it, but it doesn’t have the same appeal anymore. I force myself to eat, knowing Tobias made it and I could feel him through the bond worried because I don’t eat as much anymore.

　　By the time I am done, Thaddeus is asleep again. I sigh. We really need to find a way for him to stay awake of a day so he sleeps of a night. Tobias cleans up the dishes before taking him from me. I go to take him back.

　　“Go shower, your hair is a mess, and you didn’t have one last night” He tells me.

　　“Is that your way of telling me I stink?” I tell him. His lips turn up into a smile.

　　“No, you could never smell. But it might make you feel better, and you have been wearing the same clothes for two days now,” he says watching me. Getting up, I walk upstairs. Grabbing some clothes, I place them on the bed and walk into the bathroom, turning the shower on. Tobias comes in a few minutes later, placing a towel on the sink basin before walking out again. I can feel he is nervous about something and I find it getting to me. Washing quickly, I hop out of the shower and find Thaddeus in his basinet asleep, Tobias sitting on the edge of the bed waiting for me.

　　“What is it?” I ask, drying myself. He doesn’t say anything, making me suspicious.

　　“I know you have something to say, so say it” I tell him before dropping the towel and putting some jeans on.

　　“Mum is going to take Thaddeus tonight,” he says.

　　“Are you asking or telling me? Because it sounded like you said she was taking him” I argue.

　　“I’m telling you she is taking him for the night,” he says, his eyes holding mine. I growl, annoyed by his tone.

　　“No, he stays here” I tell him.

　　“Imogen let her take him, it gives us a night off.”

　　“No, I don’t want him away from us what if Bianca,” Tobias cuts me off.

　　“Bianca is at the council under watch, I know you don’t like this but it’s happening whether you like it not. Mum is taking him, Imogen” He states standing up.

　　I close my eyes, frustrated before pinching the bridge of my nose, I can feel my nails digging into the palm of my other hand.

　　“Imogen, you will let her. I need sleep you need sleep.”