Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 483 – Growing Family Ella

“What do you mean I made it snow?” Cora frowns at me as she bustles around the kitchen, making mimosas. ” That’s ridiculous – you must have imagined it.”

“It totally snowed!” I protest, laughing and shaking my head at her, turning to Sinclair at the table for support.

“It did,” he says, raising his eyebrows at Cora even as he hands Rafe another slice of apple. “”The news is completely baffled by the sudden cold-snap that immediately disappeared by morning. They’re calling it the duke’s miracle.”

“What!?” Cora gasps, spinning to stare at Sinclair wide-eyed.

“That’s so cool,” Roger says, grinning at baby Jesse in his arms, who peers up at his dad with sleepy eyes.” Mom’s magic, Jesse,” he whispers. ” It’s very cool.”

“You guys are just teasing me,” Cora sighs, leaning against the counter as I turn the knob on the stove, cutting off the fire beneath the pan of eggs, sausage, and bacon that I’ve finished frying up.

“Dominic is dead serious,” I say, nodding to Cora eagerly with raised eyebrows. “Seriously, word got to the media that the nation’s beloved duchess had her baby and that night it snowed unseasonably early – people are freaking out.” I laugh a little as I starting to portion our breakfast out onto plates.

“Oh my god,” Cora says, covering her face with her hands. “I didn’t even mean to do that – do you really think it was me?”

“You tend to affect the weather when you’re emotional,” Roger says, grinning at his magical mate with a happy shrug. “I think it makes a lot of sense.”

“Oh, that’s so weird,” Cora says with a sigh, shaking her head at Roger and then at me. “People are going to start figuring out what we can do, Ella,” she says. “We’re going to need to have some sort of story.”

“I think my secrets kind of already out,” I say, giving a little grimace. ”

And why do we have to tell anyone anything? Just let the rumors fly – it’s not anyone’s business but ours.”

“Yeah,” Cora says, rolling her eyes at me before turning back to her previous task of adding the world’s tiniest amount of orange juice to nearly-full glasses of champagne. “Until they burn us at the stake for being witches or something.”

a little as he

Roger says, shrugging at Cora as if it’s inconsequential, “it’s not like

this

murmur their thanks. “I guess you’re right and it doesn’t really matter

for herself, raising it to all of us

they drink deeply. I fake mine, just letting the bubbles of the champagne press against my lips before putting the

love to toast my

for not drinking are so much better. Still, it’s Cora’s day, and I don’t want to steal her thunder just yet. Not that I think she’d mind, just…one happy

I ask, raising

says, crossing her arms and frowning over

her a little. “He’ll find his

she says, giving me a little smile. “I kept waking up every time

in the early days of a

already and glancing over at Roger, “are already used to

Roger says, looking at her completely unashamed of

baby to care for now,” she throws at him, though she smiles. I grin, truly appreciating their teasing relationship. “You need to

Roger says, gesturing to the baby cradled in his arm. “At night, he’s your

do his share of childcare

all day,” Sinclair asks, turning mischievous

the military

with me,” Roger says, grinning down at Jesse like it’s obvious. “Never too early to get the boy used to

mind it as

in the picture. Would Roger have said the

two big Alpha boys who are barely a year older than her, and I’m damn well going to have a word with them if they try to cut her out

into my mind but keeping the breakfast plates that I forgot about