Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 474: Sharing the News

Ella

“Cora?” I gasp the minute I get the phone to my ear, still scrambling out of bed and tangled in the sheets.

“Hey, Ells,” she says, her voice somehow both tight and bored at once. “Sorry to wake you up – ”

“You didn’t wake me – ” I say quickly, reaching for Rafe in his crib and scooping him up in my arms. Behind me, I hear Sinclair climbing out of bed too, coming to my side.

“I didn’t?” Cora asks. “Why actually.” Her voice goes stony. “Don’t tell me. Knowing you and Dominic, I probably don’t want to know.”

A little laugh bursts from me as I shake my head, trying to get back on track with this conversation. “Cora,” I say, looking down at Rafe’s bright, wide -awake face, “what’s up? Why are you calling? Is the baby -”

“Yeah,” she says on a sigh. “Roger insisted I call. Baby’s on its way!”

“Oh my god!” I shriek, spinning to Sinclair and beaming at him for the second time this morning. “It’s time for the baby! We’ll come right away -”

“No, take your time,” she says on a sigh and I frown at her even though she can’t see me.

“Cora, what is going on? Why are you calling in the middle of the night for us to come but then also telling us not to hurry?”

“Because my stupid mate made me call you,” Cora says, her voice annoyed. She lowers her voice to a whisper. ” He’s completely freaking out, Ells, even though everything is progressing totally normally -”

“Awww,” I say, passing Rafe to Sinclair’s waiting hands and smiling up at him. “Go easy on him, Cora! He’s a first-time dad!”

laugh again, “if he’s this

looking up into Sinclair’s face, a silent question in my eyes. Can we go? Is there any pressing national business that means we need to stay back? Sinclair nods eagerly to me, letting me know we

mind? Honestly, Ella, I don’t think my body

and starts to walk away to the closet to get himself and Rafe dressed. “Honestly, Cora, if he’s freaking out this

out of it – anyway,” she sighs,

background, his voice thick with anxiety though I can’t hear what he’s saying. My heart swells a little for my

as soon as

sigh. “See

I practically skip into the closet

all right?” he asks, cupping my face in his

I say, nodding up at him. “Apparently she’s still

with a laugh. “Roger’s great under pressure except when it comes to things that are completely out of his control. It’s going to drive him crazy to have to watch

to his chest before flitting off to my side of the closet and selecting some clothes that I hastily pull on. When I’m ready, I turn to take the

down with him in our little arm chair so

the way he looks at me when I talk – god, it’s

spend a few quiet moments with my son, thinking about how he’s going to react when there’s a little baby

quite suddenly my eyes fill with tears when I realize that in my mind

has already

see that I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn’t

sniffing even as I laugh at my own ridiculousness. “I didn’t

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