Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 354

Chapter 354 – The Problem

Ella

Cora blinks rapidly in disbelief and my own mouth falls open. I see Roger go tense in his chair and feel Sinclair do the same beside me.

“Wha- what?” Cora asks, aghast, leaning forward to stare more closely at Henry. “The problem that is HankJ; FJA

Hank? What the hell kind of problem is Hank?”

I grimace a little when I see her get defensive and dart my eyes to Roger, seeing him rankle at it, just a little bit. Roger, I know, is jealous of Hank – not very jealous, not in a bad way. Just…as much as he doesn’t blame Cora for her previous hesitations, or hold them against her…

…well, he’s not going to be thrilled about Cora’s ex’s continued presence in our lives, is he? Especially when he sees Cora defend Hank like that..

“Please, Cora,” Henry says, putting a peaceful hand out towards her. “Just… hear me out.”

“What is wrong with Hank,” she insists, continuing to be angry, which just upsets Roger more. I glance at Sinclair, worried. His face is a mirror of my own.

“Please “Henry says again, leaning forward and staring at Cora only at Cora intensely. “I mean no insult. I just want to…discuss.”

chair and crosses her arms over

concerned,” Henry continues, “about this

his face turned down towards the table. Cora shoots Roger a dirty look he pretends he doesn’t

“He’s he’s our doctor – he did such a good job caring for

a very good job taking care of Rafe. He was at your beck and call. He was very conveniently

staring at me, letting me figure it out. “No,” Cora says, breaking

hand going to my mouth. “Do you seriously

but Henry

they tend to place their people in high-powered positions – lawyers, bankers, doctors. We also know that Xander, if he is behind this, is very content to play

again covering his face

up now. “Hank is not part of this – he – he’s

working hard to keep his temper even. “At a clinic that we pay for.

for this family. I know him. I know that he only has good things in his heart,

know that the Cult has a history of deploying

Instead, they just quietly look away from Cora, not saying the words that echo in the back

not want to believe bad things about Hank because she got so close to him. That if he tricked all of us, then he tricked her the most. And that would be a horrible thing to

I look up at her I see that she intuits what we’re all thinking. Without another word Cora seals her mouth shut and strides from the room, slamming the door shut behind

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