Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

#Chapter 478 – New Baby

Cora

“You’ve got this, Cora!” Ella cheers at my side while I squeeze Roger’s hand, panting and shouting as I give what the nurse has told me is one last, final push.

I put everything I have into this final moment, squeezing my eyes shut and pushing as hard as I can, wanting this done – wanting to feel my little baby in my arms

And suddenly the pressure lessens, and my eyes fly open as I gasp And there’s a little baby’s cry ringing out through the room.

“Here!” I gasp, leaning forward fervently, some motherly demand in me needing my little baby now even as I see him in the nurse’s hands. “Give him to me!”

The nurse hesitates, looking towards her colleagues. I moan a little, still reaching, wanting him now

“Do it,” Ella snaps suddenly up from my side. She stands and moves towards the nurse, putting a hang on her shoulder and gesturing towards me. ” He needs his mother – ”

Roger is completely still at my side, his eyes focused totally on the baby, who starts to cry his little heart out.

“Please,” I beg, reaching for him.

“All right,” the nurse says, nodding and bringing him forward. “We’ll clean him up in a minute – ”

And she takes two steps forward, and leans down, and places my little baby in my arms

And I burst immediately into tears.

Because the weight of him against my arm-his little head curled against my elbow-my heart just breaks to feel him close to me, so strange and new and yet so completely right.

take in every ounce of

my side, his arms wrapped around me, staring down

here,” I whisper in complete

so mad,” Roger replies, his

at least stopped my crying. “You know, Roger,” I say quietly, “most new parents say something nice about their kid when they meet him for the first

at the baby with an expression somewhere between shock and

I murmur to the baby, cuddling him close and pressing a kiss to his forehead. “Welcome to the world. You are very,

up with something that good.

me,” I sigh. “My whole

aching,

where it feels like Roger and the baby and I are the only three people in the world. I almost jump in

of joy when I look up at her. “What do you think, Cora?” she asks quietly. “Will you let the nurses clean him up and wrap in him in a blanket? And I’ll check you out, see if I

say, suddenly remembering that – yeah, the baby needs to be checked. And I laugh as the nurse comes close,

nurse says, grinning at me as she takes the baby from my arms. “You’re just an excited new mom and the birth went beautifully, no complications, so there’s no harm in wanting to hold him

she carries the baby across the room to be weighed and checked out by the doctor. But the nurse is right – everything went well,

out, palm up. “I basically bled out after my traumatic

Ells,” I sigh, placing my hands on top of hers and laughing a little. “I’m sure your

I turn my head to the side, not understanding her reaction. But then she just grins and shakes her head, dismissing it.

my head on Roger’s shoulder, starting to feel my exhaustion now more than I did

me, of course, but this is the most conscious I’ve been for it and

until I feel

Ella says, taking her hands away and opening her

laughing a little. ” Honestly, Ella, it’s still