Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

Chapter 355

#Chapter 355 – The Problem

Ella

Cora blinks rapidly in disbelief and my own mouth falls open. I see Roger go tense in his chair and feel Sinclair do the same beside me.

“Wha- what?” Cora asks, aghast, leaning forward to stare more closely at Henry. “The problem that is HankJ; FJA

Hank? What the hell kind of problem is Hank?”

I grimace a little when I see her get defensive and dart my eyes to Roger, seeing him rankle at it, just a little bit. Roger, I know, is jealous of Hank – not very jealous, not in a bad way. Just…as much as he doesn’t blame Cora for her previous hesitations, or hold them against her…

…well, he’s not going to be thrilled about Cora’s ex’s continued presence in our lives, is he? Especially when he sees Cora defend Hank like that..

“Please, Cora,” Henry says, putting a peaceful hand out towards her. “Just… hear me out.”

“What is wrong with Hank,” she insists, continuing to be angry, which just upsets Roger more. I glance at Sinclair, worried. His face is a mirror of my own.

“Please “Henry says again, leaning forward and staring at Cora only at Cora intensely. “I mean no insult. I just want to…discuss.”

against her chair and crosses her arms over her chest again, not happy about it

am just concerned,” Henry continues, “about

down towards the table. Cora

“He’s he’s our doctor – he did such a

was very conveniently available when you were hurt after the temple and worked incredibly hard to keep you and Rafe

letting me figure it out. “No,” Cora says,

hand going to my mouth.

but Henry speaks as if

also know that they tend to place their people in high-powered positions – lawyers, bankers, doctors. We also know that Xander, if he is behind this, is very content to play the

and I turn to see him again covering his face with his hand. “How did we

now. “Hank is not part of this – he – he’s my colleague!

keep his temper even. “At a clinic that we pay for. This man is…very suddenly

things for this family. I know him. I know that he only has good things in his heart, and wants to help, and to bring wolf and human culture together.” She pauses, furious,

we know that the

nod along with me. Instead, they just quietly look away from Cora, not saying the words that echo in the back of

to him. That if he tricked all of us, then he tricked her the most. And that would be

her mouth shut and strides from the room, slamming the door shut behind her. Roger

let her cool off. It’s…harder for her to hear than

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