Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 355 – Gone too Far

Ella

I find Cora, a little later, in the long room thoat we’ve turned into a hospital, working hard probably to distract herself. I grimace, a little, when I see that her bedside manner has certainly suffered in the wake of her frustration she’s snapping at patients, glaring at them when they take too long to answer, and stalking from bed to bed. As I come into the room the men look towards me with desperate eyes.

I hold up my free hand – Rafe bundled in my other arm – to the men, letting them know that I’ll handle it, and then I walk calmly over to my sister’s side.

“Hey Cora,” I say casually, looking down at the clipboard in her hand on which she’s writing in her messy doctor’s scrawl. Cora doesn’t respond, just glares at me and turns her attention back to the clipboard.

I scoff a little at her and bump my shoulder against hers, a little pissed off now. “Why don’t we try that again, Cora,” I say, through my teeth a little. ” Hello, Cora. How are you?”

“I’m not speaking to you, Ella,” Cora snaps, shaking her head and continuing to write. “Or my stupid mate, or yours. Or their dad.”

“What about Rafe,” I ask, adjusting the baby so that she can see him more clearly.

looks up at her with his big sweet eyes, and she hesitates a little. “Rafe is

But Cora scoffs and turns away, angry that

know I like Hank I like him a lot! I was very team Hank for a minute there, and I was the only one! But we have to be vigilant about this, and you know that Henry

she asks, folding her arms across her chest, holding the clipboard close against her. “Do you seriously think I have such a bad taste in men that I would honestly sleep with someone who was trying to kidnap

flinch, his eyes going wide with awkward surprise. But I do my best to ignore him and keep this between me and my

hand on her arm to assure her but also to keep her from running away from me again. “Seriously I don’t think that Hank did anything! I just think that Henry has a point – that we need to double-check everything before we trust people! I mean, they wouldn’t even let me call you when we first got the anonymous note that

away from me but clearly seeing my point. “Well,

checked anyway! Honestly, Cora,” I say, taking a deep breath and trying to bring all of our

says quietly, looking into my face for the first time. ” I already hurt Hank – and he did nothing wrong. And now he has people hurling these accusations at

closer to my sister now, my heart hurting to see her feeling this way, to hear her voice get all squeaky

and pulling her close. “I’m sorry, Cora. I won’t doubt you again. Okay?

just – just trying to protect your baby.” And

little levity to the situation. “Your simple existence has inspired a

her head, smiling now, and reaches for the baby, taking him from my