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.

passes another name down the

Because I love it.

And we wait…

and I gasp at the same time as

Happy!

and sitting up as Roger snatches me to him, pulling me fast

did we just -” he stares at me, thrilled. Laughing, elated, I take his face in my hands and kiss him,

we just named

sandy clothes and the blanket and trooped back to the house, where we closed the doors and slept for hours and

the bungalow tapping on the door, bringing us a basket of food so we could eat something, and Roger went to

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 hit the

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 what he’d do. And honestly, the baby never did much, but

that as 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

the second day, we knew we had to get

outside the little bungalow after

let it sweep through me. “Maybe not next week.

me another little peck, before looking around. “I really like this place. Maybe the owner will let us buy it,” Roger murmurs, looking fondly at the

a hand on my stomach. “But, considering that this little guy

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

into a

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

a little bit. ” You just make the babies,

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

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

Roger asks, loading our tiny luggage into the trunk before crossing to the driver’s

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

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