The Mystical Attraction of Alpha

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.

Roger passes another name down the

Because I love it.

And we wait…

then both Roger and I gasp at the same time as we

Happy!

god,” I say, laughing and sitting up as Roger

we just -” he stares at me, thrilled. Laughing, elated, I take his face

we just named

came up, and then we gathered up all of our sandy clothes and the blanket and trooped back to the house, where we closed the doors

we could eat something, and Roger went to get it

with him on the couch for the elaborate dinner he

sending messages to the baby when he was awake to see what he’d do. And honestly, the baby never did much, but it made us laugh to

of the day as we napped, and went swim and laid out in the sun. The entire

we had to get back –

Roger murmurs, pulling me close outside the little

let him kiss me, let it sweep through

around. “I really like this place. Maybe the

hand on my stomach. “But, considering that this little guy is coming along? We’re going to want more

eyebrows raising. “And considering what

a

he nods, eager. “And I’m going to enjoy the process

say, laughing and rolling my eyes, shoving him away a little bit. ”

we head for the car. ” Nah, I’m going to be a very involved dad.

as he opens my car door for me. “Or, we can

be into that?” Roger asks, loading our tiny luggage into

his seat. “Ella, loaded up with four of her own kids and

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