Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

Chapter 422- Bath Time

Ella

“Cora,” I scold, frowning, “you know I don’t’ feel that way – ”

“Well I know you’d never say it,” she protests, sighing. “But I do get that this union between a wolf and a human that, symbolically, it’s important. And even if you’re not disappointed that it could be…disappointing.”

“I want you to have the mating ceremony you want, Cora,” I reply, steady in my truth here. “Especially in the case of something as important as this.” I give her hand a little squeeze before pulling mine away. “But if you’d like to consider a middle path…maybe you could let me show you what I was thinking?”

She turns her head to look up at me, surprised. “You’ve been…planning?”

“Just a little,” I say, unable to keep the eagerness out of my voice. “Just late at night when Sinclair is asleep and I can’t sleep, or I get up to feed Rafe – ”

“You’ve been loosing sleep over this!?”

“No!” I protest, but then I hesitate. ” Well, not much.”

“Ella!”

“Just – can I show you what I was thinking!?” I plead, “sister to sister!? And then, if you hate it, you can say no.” A wide grin comes to my face then. “But I think you’re going to like it.”

Cora gives a big sigh, leaning back into her seat and closing her eyes. ” Fine, Ella,” she says. “But this is not a yes.”

“I didn’t think it was!” I say, newly excited. Because honestly…it’s gorgeous, and I can’t wait to show her my plans.

I come sighing into our rooms that evening, Sinclair immediately looks up at me from his casual position on the bed – looking down at his tablet, still doing

strapped sleeping to my chest. I put my hands on my hips. “What’s

up from the bed. Then he slips his hands into his pockets and smirks as he looks me up and down.

god,” I murmur, leaning in to get a

stand behind me. I groan when I see our contrast in the mirror – him the perfect Alpha King, clean-shaved and

god!” I exclaim

to unstrap

him take the baby from my arms. “Honestly, if this is what we

it,” he replies, holding the baby away from him a little as he carries him over to his little baby bath. “Hopefully all of the people will be

he’s away from the warmth of my body, starts to

out to him. I hesitate, wondering if I should just take him and let him sleep

in his bath. “Let him cry a little for once he’s the happiest baby in the world, it doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong.” Then, as I begin to

I sigh, watching the little pieces of baby clothing disappear into the basket, “he’ll probably be too big to wear those by the time

water and prepares to

heart breaks with how damn cute it is, seeing them together, before I turn and start the water in the shower for myself. I continue talking to Sinclair as I climb into the

I call over my shoulder, starting to shampoo my hair. “I don’t think she’s into it,

he replies. ” But yeah, Roger told

turning to see his reaction, and Sinclair shoots me a

not mad, Ella –

I know that you’d never be mad at them for wanting a different kind of mating ceremony. But…does

soft, warm noises to little Rafe as he does. Rafe, tired, lets his father know his protest, but my heart swells with the patience I see in my mate as he washes his baby, explaining softly to him that he’s sorry he has to take a bath