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.”

leans back against her chair and crosses her arms over her chest again, not happy about it but willing

“about this man’s continued

the table. Cora shoots Roger a dirty

– he did such a good job caring for Rafe

turning to me and holding my eyes. “He did a very good job taking care of Rafe. He was at your beck and call. He was very conveniently available when

it out. “No,” Cora says,

whisper, a frightened hand going to my

Cora cries, but Henry speaks as if he didn’t hear

also know that they tend to place their people in high-powered positions – lawyers, bankers, doctors. We also know

see him again covering his face with his hand. “How did

Cora cries, standing up now. “Hank is not part of this – he – he’s

Cora,” Roger points out, clearly working hard to keep his temper even. “At a clinic that we pay for. This man

done wonderful 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,

sorry because Cora has a point. Henry does too we need to be careful, especially because we know that the Cult has a history of deploying sleeper

quietly look away from Cora, not saying the words that echo in

bad things about Hank because she got so close to him. That if he tricked all of us, then he tricked her the most. And that

when I look up at her I see that she intuits what we’re all thinking. Without another word Cora seals her mouth shut and strides from the room, slamming

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

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