Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 482 – New Baby Cousin

Ella

I see a yawn stretch over Cora’s face and immediately start to get to my feet. “You’re exhausted,” I say, “we’ll let you get some rest – ”

“No,” Roger says, suddenly a little frantic again. “You guy can’t leave what if – what if the baby cries and Cora sleeps through it – I have no idea what to do ”

I laugh at my brother-in-law and shake my head at him. “We’re not going far, Roger,” I say, pressing myself to Sinclair’s side as he, too, stands up. “We’re going to sleep across the hall after we make sure Henry gets home safe. You’ll be able to shout if you need anything.”

“Oh, thank god,” Roger murmurs, slumping back against the pillows and putting a weary hand over his face.

“So dramatic,” Cora says, rolling her eyes but laughing anyway. I grin at my sister and then move to her side, pressing a kiss to her cheek and blowing one to the sleeping Jesse, my new perfect nephew.

“You guys sleep tight, all right?” I say. “And really – we’re here if you need us. Or even if you want us to take the baby in the rolling bassinet – he can sleep in our room – ”

“We’ll be fine, Ella,” Cora says, rolling her eyes at me now.

“They do this all the time in hospitals, take the baby to the nursery so the mom can get some sleep! I could

“Stop trying to steal my baby,” she laughs, flapping a hand at me, “just because you miss having a newborn.”

“I do,” I sigh, again clutching my hands beneath my chin. “They’re so cute and tiny then…”

“Come and take your meatball, Ella,” Sinclair says on a laugh, holding out my perfect little Rafe to me. And I laugh too, taking Rafe in my arms and holding him tight against my chest.

“You’re perfect too, Rafe,” I say, kissing his head, “no matter how big you get.”

call our soft goodnights over our shoulder and close the door behind us as we pass out

we’re alone in the hall, I fall back against

and grinning at me as I hold Rafe close

I love the first night, when you can’t sleep because you can’t bear to close your

a mom, trouble,” my sweetheart mate says, stepping forward and running his hand over my hair. I grin up at him, nodding fervently. “Luckily,” he says, raising an

covering one of Rafe’s ear with my spare hand. “Not in front of

Sinclair says, laughing at me as I start down the hall. “We have sex in front of the baby all

say, laughing and throwing a haughty look at my mate over my shoulder, pretending to be more bothered than I am as I open the door to the guest room. “Baby

room and pulling me to him, a little more roughly than he needs

Because we have competition now for best Sinclair parents. And I am not

chance,” my mate says, laughing his dark little laugh. “We’ve got

I say, wrinkling my nose at him. And my mate kisses me swiftly before giving me a swat on the

I’ll make sure dad gets home?” He asks, heading

a wink. Sinclair nods to me, smiling, and heads

I swing the baby up over my head, making him give a a new cousin today, and a new bond! What do you

and I smile at him as I carry him over to the little changing table I set up a few hours ago, starting to

new cousin more than your new little sister, just because you have some weird kind of bond?” I look at him

at me, babbling as I

say, smiling as I pull him up into my arms. “And I’m holding you to it,

plays with some of his soft blocks and I lay quietly by his side, talking to him and giving him a cuddle whenever he looks for it.

says, starting to pull off his blazer as he comes to the

say, sitting up a

immediately to bed, pulling off his shoes and slipping into the bed fully dressed so he can be with his little family sooner. I smile when I see his eagerness, knowing he feels precisely the way that I feel: that this is our happy place, when we’re all cozy together with no great pressures

sleepy?” he