Two nights were long enough for Phei's women to decide that returning him to ordinary civilization was an unacceptable waste of resources; and as such; dinner had barely ended before he began realizing just how thoroughly doomed he was.
Melissa still had not told anyone about the child. Phei wanted to celebrate until the entire penthouse knew, wanted to see Maddie's face explode, Sierra cry, Maya begin speaking for six uninterrupted minutes and probably watch half the room immediately start arguing over names, nurseries and who would be the baby's favorite aunt.
He kept quiet; it was Melissa's news too.
More importantly, their child was growing inside her... whenever she chose to share the good news, Phei would be beside her. Until then, he could carry the happiness privately without stealing the moment from her merely because his own excitement had the subtlety of a Dragon discovering treasure.
