Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

#Chapter 479 – Meeting the Family

Cora

“He’s amazing,” Roger says, beaming as he raises his head look at me in wonder. “I didn’t – damn it, Cora, I didn’t know I could love someone this much -”

“What about me!?”

“Someone besides you,” Roger says, rolling his eyes. “You’re my mate, Cora, obviously that’s different.”

“Damn well better be,” I murmur, bending over the baby and stroking the skin of his perfect, tiny face with the tip of my finger. Roger leans close, giving me a kiss on the cheek.

“Thank you,” he says, his voice so quiet I barely hear him. “You’re amazing Cora. I’m so grateful for you, and for him, and everything you did to bring him into this world.”

I smile as I raise my eyes to my mate’s and then I kiss him for real, passing all of those sentiments back down the bond. Because this little baby – he really is both of ours, equal parts of both of us, the perfect embodiment of everything we mean to each other.

And quite suddenly, he’s our entire world.

“So, what do you think,” I say a moment later when I break the kiss, looking back down at the baby. “Does the name still fit?”

“Yeah, I think the name still fits,” Roger says, his lips turning up in a smile as he looks the baby over. “I think it’s perfect.”

“All right,” I say, beaming down at our kid. “Then welcome, to the world, little J-”

But then, the door opens, and I see Ella peeking in.

squeaks. “But I don’t

reaching out a hand towards her.

to set their eyes on the baby. Only Rafe isn’t excited,

peer at the little

say, laughing and giving him a

big smile. “But I’m afraid to move. I don’t want

reaching to take the baby from Roger and then turning to place him in Ella’s waiting arms, which are practically vibrating with their eagerness to

going to her mouth as she looks down at our perfect little baby boy. “Oh, he’s so

against the pillows and crossing his arms over his chest.

head and not bothering to look at my mate. “No, not like that, Roger, don’t be ridiculous – I just – I expected him to be dark, like Rafe – like you and Dominic -” she grins, studying her nephew. “But

beam as I watch my sister fall in love with her nephew, as I watch Sinclair look over her shoulder at him

sudden surprise and looking between Roger

Dominic, Henry – Roger and I are very pleased to introduce you

to her mouth. “Oh my god,” she murmurs, pressing her eyes shut against her sudden tears, ” it’s so perfect – oh, I can’t handle it,

Jesse, taking my tiny baby into the crook of his

a little tiger,” Sinclair murmurs, grinning at Jesse and running a broad palm over the baby’s

smiles, waiting patiently as Ella darts over to lift

little grandson,” Henry says, smiling softly at the little baby who fusses in his arms once Sinclair passes him over. “Don’t worry, I’ll send you back to your mother soon I know she’s the one you want. I just want to get a good look at

how much we’re going to love him. Somehow, inevitably, he ends up

starts to

little after that and the room is busy, though I admit I don’t catch much of it, too distracted by the sight of my sleeping baby and my own exhaustion. Roger gets up from the bed to