Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 428: Names

Cora

Matthew? Roger tries, passing the name down the line to the baby and I grip his hand, and we both wait…

But nothing.

“The baby doesn’t like the name Matthew,” I whisper, laughing a little. “Well, it was just a starter,” Roger murmurs, grinning at me again. “You try one.”

“All right,” I say, leaning my head back and taking a deep breath. And then I pass a name down, trying… Oliver.

“Oliver!?” Roger bursts out in disgust and I gasp, glaring at him.

“You are biasing our son!” I accuse, sitting up to smack him. “I said nothing when you said stupid Matthew!”

“Matty is a cute name “he protests, laughing and blocking my blow. “Oliver is the name of a sickly Victorian child who wants more gruel -”

I growl and lay back, taking a deep breath and gathering myself. “Well, let’s see what the baby thinks,” I murmur, sending Roger another glare. And then I try again, whispering Oliver? down the bond. But nothing comes back.

“Good baby,” Roger murmurs, kissing my stomach again and making me laugh. “Don’t let her call you that. It’s terrible.”

“Okay okay,” I say, taking a deep breath. “Let’s try one more.”

“I’ll pick it?” Roger asks.

“Sure,” I reply, relaxing. “But this time, pick one you really, really like. One that you’d actually want him to be called – your favorite.”

“Okay,” he murmurs.

passes another name down the bond, and I

Because I love it.

And we wait…

I gasp at the same time as we feel the baby

Happy!

up as Roger snatches me to him, pulling me fast into

-” he stares at me, thrilled. Laughing, elated, I take his face in my hands and kiss him, and kiss him, and

just

we gathered up all of our sandy clothes and the blanket and trooped back to the house, where we closed the doors and slept for hours and ignored the whole

the door, bringing us a basket of food so we could eat something, and Roger went to get it while

meals in bed, instead insisting that I come and sit with him on the couch for the elaborate dinner he made. Well, elaborate for Roger, who never learned to cook. But the spread of sandwiches and warmed soup and crackers he made was delicious, and certainly hit

two more days like that, surviving on whatever the landlord brought us every day in baskets and otherwise laying in bed talking, making each other laugh, sending messages to the baby when he was

deal of that as well. But honestly, it blurred in with everything else we did, a usual part of the day as we napped, and went swim and laid out in the sun. The entire time

had to get back – because as much as we like each other,

pulling me close outside the little bungalow after

and let him kiss me, let it sweep through me. “Maybe not next

giving me another little peck, before looking around. “I really like this place. Maybe the owner will let us buy it,” Roger murmurs,

I sigh, but then I put a hand on my stomach. “But, considering that this little guy is coming along? We’re going to

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bunch more,” he nods, eager. “And I’m going to enjoy the process very much, Cora –

rolling my eyes, shoving him away a little bit. ” You just make

as we head for the car. ” Nah, I’m going to be a very involved dad. You’ll see. You’ll barely have

cheek as he opens my car door for me. “Or, we can just pass them all off on Ella,” I

luggage

me as Roger climbs into his seat. “Ella, loaded up with four of her own kids and as many nieces and nephews as we can pass over

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