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.

down

Because I love it.

And we wait…

the same time as we

Happy!

Roger snatches me

stares at me, thrilled. Laughing, elated, I take his face in my hands and

we just named the

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 and slept for hours

so we could eat something, and Roger went to get it while I curled further up in bed, deciding that I was never,

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

laugh, sending messages to the

it blurred in with everything else we did, a usual part of the day as we napped, and went

But after the second day, we knew we had to get

outside the little bungalow after we’ve

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

this place. Maybe the owner will let us

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

eyebrows raising. “And considering what the goddess said that night on the

a

eager. “And I’m going to

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

” Nah, I’m going to be a very involved dad. You’ll

standing on my toes to kiss his cheek as he opens my car door for me. “Or, we can just pass them all

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

I say, rolling my eyes and sitting down in the car, closing my door behind 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 to her to raise? She’d be

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