Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 422

Chapter 422- Bath Time

Ella

“Cora,” I scold, frowning, “you know I don’t’ feel that way – ”

“Well I know you’d never say it,” she protests, sighing. “But I do get that this union between a wolf and a human that, symbolically, it’s important. And even if you’re not disappointed that it could be…disappointing.”

“I want you to have the mating ceremony you want, Cora,” I reply, steady in my truth here. “Especially in the case of something as important as this.” I give her hand a little squeeze before pulling mine away. “But if you’d like to consider a middle path…maybe you could let me show you what I was thinking?”

She turns her head to look up at me, surprised. “You’ve been…planning?”

“Just a little,” I say, unable to keep the eagerness out of my voice. “Just late at night when Sinclair is asleep and I can’t sleep, or I get up to feed Rafe – ”

“You’ve been loosing sleep over this!?”

“No!” I protest, but then I hesitate. ” Well, not much.”

“Ella!”

“Just – can I show you what I was thinking!?” I plead, “sister to sister!? And then, if you hate it, you can say no.” A wide grin comes to my face then. “But I think you’re going to like it.”

Cora gives a big sigh, leaning back into her seat and closing her eyes. ” Fine, Ella,” she says. “But this is not a yes.”

“I didn’t think it was!” I say, newly excited. Because honestly…it’s gorgeous, and I can’t wait to show her my plans.

that evening, Sinclair immediately looks up at me from his casual position on the bed – looking down at his

my baby strapped sleeping to my chest. I put my

smirks as he looks me up and down. “I just didn’t realize

I murmur, leaning in to get a good look at the very real

our contrast in the mirror – him the perfect Alpha King, clean-shaved and pressed – and me, a messy ball of dirt with crazy

I gasp when my eyes light on little Rafe, who is likewise covered in a light layer of brown dust. “Oh my god!” I exclaim again, immediately beginning to ruffle his hair

little dirt won’t hurt him,” Sinclair chuckles, reaching out to unstrap

if this

of attention to it,” he replies, holding the baby away from him a little as he carries him over to his little baby bath. “Hopefully all of the people will be out of those terrible camps and in better situation in

the warmth of my body, starts to cry

I should just take him and let him sleep dirty honestly, I can’t stand to hear

baby down in his bath. “Let him cry a little for once he’s the happiest baby in the world, it

pieces of baby clothing disappear into the basket, “he’ll probably be too big

straight he does,” Sinclair says, tickling Rafe’s naked belly, proud, as he turns on the warm water and prepares to start

heart breaks with how damn cute it is, seeing them together, before I turn and start the water in the shower for myself. I continue talking

over my shoulder, starting to shampoo my hair. “I don’t

” But yeah, Roger told

a little look

course I’m not mad,

away to rinse the shampoo from my hair. “That’s not what I mean I know that you’d never be mad at them for wanting

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