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.

evening, Sinclair immediately looks up at me from his casual position on the bed – looking down at his tablet, still doing work, as usual –

strapped sleeping to my chest. I put my hands on my

gigantic self and standing up from the bed. Then he slips his hands into his pockets and smirks as he looks me up and down. “I just didn’t realize I was mated to someone who spends their

towards the bathroom. Both irritated and interested at once, I hurry in and gasp when I see myself in the mirror. “Oh my god,” 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,

my god!” I exclaim

Sinclair chuckles, reaching out to unstrap

from my arms. “Honestly, if this is what we look

attention to it,” he replies, holding the baby away from him a little as he carries him over to his little baby bath. “Hopefully

warmth of my

I should just take him and let him sleep dirty honestly, I

and laying the baby down in his bath. “Let him cry a little for once he’s the happiest baby in the world, it doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong.” Then, as I begin

basket, “he’ll probably be too big to wear those by the time

Rafe’s naked belly, proud, as he turns on the warm water and prepares to

together, before I turn and start the water in the shower for myself. I continue talking to Sinclair as I climb into the hot stream, relishing the feel of it

call over my shoulder, starting to shampoo my hair. “I don’t think she’s into it,

replies. ” But yeah, Roger told me pretty much

you mad?” I ask, turning to see his reaction, and Sinclair shoots me a little

I’m not

head and turning 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 a different

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