Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 457: Preparations

Ella

I jump almost out of my skin when Sinclair bangs through our bedroom door. I spin with the baby in my arms, my eyes wide. Sinclair’s clearly all worked up as he slams the door behind him, his eyes instantly fixed on me, looking me up and down.

“Why are you dressed like that?” he asks, his voice angry, though I can tell that he’s not mad at me he’s just worked up at what must have been a very stressful day.

“Like what?” I ask, looking down at myself. I’m wearing what I think is my most conservative dress – black, floor length with a little bit of a train behind me, with long sleeves and a crew neck that cuts across my collar bones, showing nothing beneath.

“Well, you look beautiful, Ella,” Sinclair bites out, glaring at me a little like it’s an accusation.

I blink at him for a moment, my eyebrows raising. “Is that a problem, Dominic?”

“Why are you all dressed up?” he growls, crossing to me.

“I just thought that I’d get ready, in case I am supposed to go to dinner – ”

“And you decided to wear that!?”

“Okay,” I say, keeping my voice calm and doing my very best to keep my own temper now, because my mate? He’s pushing it. I put one hand out, resting it against his chest. “All right, Dominic. I’m going to give you a minute now to rethink your words, and then we’ll start again.”

He narrows his eyes at me, not liking at all that I’m talking to him like a kindergartener. But I cock my head to the side, asking him to consider the irony that at this moment I need to talk to him like a kindergartener.

After a long moment he sighs and turns away from me, hanging his head and putting his hands on his hips. “I’m sorry,” he murmurs, pulling himself together. Then he drops his face in a hand. “It has been a long day, Ella.”

putting a hand on his back, stroking up and down, wanting to bring him comfort. “Tell me,” I say,

I say, looking up at

gorgeous green eyes. “It doesn’t matter what I tried

that he’s going to take the blame on himself no matter what logic presents

little, considering. “Does this mean

around. I do as his hands tell me to, spinning so that my back

I sigh in disappointment

then I

holds me still until he has the zipper all the way down

stead.” A shiver passes through me at the warmth of Sinclair’s palms against my

doing?” I ask, turning and frowning at him

Ella,” he says, gruff. “Don’t you have like, a dirty old sack you can wear? Or a saggy

take a step back from him, starting to pull my dress back on. ” Dominic! I’m not going to dinner with our enemy looking

I was hard the moment I walked in the door and saw you in that dress –

I say, waving a dismissive hand, “But

right it is,” he growls, stepping towards me again, the predator

it turns me on. Because Sinclair – I like him like this. Maybe we should keep this Atalaxian Prince

this,” I say, struggling to pull my dress back up over my shoulders while I hold the

little sigh, taking the baby from me. “But take it off anyway. Just for a few

as Sinclair kisses Rafe, murmuring a greeting to him as he carries him over to his little crib and placing him down inside. When

going to scent mark you,” he says as I start to walk

his arms as he shrugs off his suit jacket and starts to unbutton his shirt. “Dominic, you haven’t had to scent mark me in months – I’m

words falter a bit as Sinclair gets his shirt off, revealing his broad, muscled chest. My mouth goes a little dry as his hands move to his

Ella,” he commands, his

says, raising my hands to my shoulders and pushing at the dress, slipping it off my arms and letting it

bed,” he orders, nodding to it, his

dress and over to the bed. And then I slowly start to crawl across it, wearing nothing but my black

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