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.

another name down the bond, and I

Because I love it.

And we wait…

then both Roger and I gasp at the same time as

Happy!

I say, laughing and sitting up as Roger snatches me to him, pulling me fast into his

elated, I take his face in my hands and kiss him, and

we just named

that beach almost until the sun came up, and then we gathered up all of our sandy clothes

so we could eat something, and Roger went

sit with him on the couch for 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 made was delicious, and certainly

spent two more days like that, surviving on whatever the landlord brought us every day in baskets and otherwise laying in bed talking, making each other laugh, sending messages to the baby when he was awake to see

well. But honestly, it blurred in with everything else we did, a usual part of the day as we napped, and went swim and laid out in the sun. The entire time it

had to get back – because as much as we like each other,

this again, yes?” Roger murmurs, pulling me close outside the little bungalow after we’ve packed and

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

around. “I really like this place. Maybe the owner will let us

my stomach. “But, considering that this

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

a grin.

I’m going to enjoy the process very much, Cora

little bit. ” You just make the babies, I’ll grow them, and carry them,

for the car. ” Nah, I’m going to be a very involved dad. You’ll see. You’ll barely have to lift

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

our tiny luggage

his seat. “Ella, loaded up with four of her own kids and as many nieces and nephews as we can pass over

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