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!”

me laugh again, “if

up into Sinclair’s face, a silent question in my eyes. Can we go? Is there any pressing national business that means

don’t think my body is anywhere close to ready to push but Roger

the closet to get himself and Rafe dressed. “Honestly, Cora, if he’s freaking out this much how did you ever talk him into

talk me out of it – anyway,” she

hear Roger yelling something in the background, his voice thick with anxiety though I can’t hear what he’s saying. My heart swells a little for my secretly-sweet brother-in- law, who I know has his whole

be there as soon as we can. And we’ll let Henry

sigh. “See

call through the phone before hanging up and tossing it onto the bed. Then I practically skip into the closet in my excitement, going

asks, cupping my

up at him. “Apparently she’s still got

to things that are completely out of his control. It’s going to drive him crazy to have to watch Cora have to go through a great deal of labor and pain and not be able do anything

closet and selecting some clothes that I hastily pull on. When I’m ready, I turn to take the half-dressed baby from my

meet your little cousin, Rafe?” I coo to him, plucking a little squeeze pouch of baby food off its place on the shelf and sitting down with him in our

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

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

with tears when I realize that in my mind I’ve already stopped

has already passed

asks, and I whip my head up to see that I was so lost in my

not the baby anymore,” I say, sniffing even as I laugh at my own ridiculousness.

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