Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

#Chapter 482 – New Baby Cousin

Ella

I see a yawn stretch over Cora’s face and immediately start to get to my feet. “You’re exhausted,” I say, “we’ll let you get some rest – ”

“No,” Roger says, suddenly a little frantic again. “You guy can’t leave what if – what if the baby cries and Cora sleeps through it – I have no idea what to do ”

I laugh at my brother-in-law and shake my head at him. “We’re not going far, Roger,” I say, pressing myself to Sinclair’s side as he, too, stands up. “We’re going to sleep across the hall after we make sure Henry gets home safe. You’ll be able to shout if you need anything.”

“Oh, thank god,” Roger murmurs, slumping back against the pillows and putting a weary hand over his face.

“So dramatic,” Cora says, rolling her eyes but laughing anyway. I grin at my sister and then move to her side, pressing a kiss to her cheek and blowing one to the sleeping Jesse, my new perfect nephew.

“You guys sleep tight, all right?” I say. “And really – we’re here if you need us. Or even if you want us to take the baby in the rolling bassinet – he can sleep in our room – ”

“We’ll be fine, Ella,” Cora says, rolling her eyes at me now.

“They do this all the time in hospitals, take the baby to the nursery so the mom can get some sleep! I could

“Stop trying to steal my baby,” she laughs, flapping a hand at me, “just because you miss having a newborn.”

“I do,” I sigh, again clutching my hands beneath my chin. “They’re so cute and tiny then…”

“Come and take your meatball, Ella,” Sinclair says on a laugh, holding out my perfect little Rafe to me. And I laugh too, taking Rafe in my arms and holding him tight against my chest.

“You’re perfect too, Rafe,” I say, kissing his head, “no matter how big you get.”

as we pass out of the

alone in the hall, I fall back against

it this time,” Sinclair says, stopping and grinning at me as I hold Rafe close to my

I love the newborn stage! I love the first night, when you can’t sleep because you can’t bear to close your eyes and stop looking

hair. I grin up at

a little and covering one of

down the hall. “We

mate over my shoulder, pretending to be more bothered than I am as I open the door to the guest room. “Baby Rafe doesn’t need to hear all of your lewd innuendos about what

and pulling me to him, a little more roughly than

have competition now for

laughing his dark little

know, right?” I say, wrinkling my nose at him. And my mate kisses me swiftly before giving me a swat on the

make sure dad gets

him a quick thumbs up and a wink. Sinclair nods to me, smiling, and heads out the door, leaving me

laughing as I swing the baby up over my head, making him give a tiny shriek of joy. ” You got a new cousin today, and a

to the little changing table

as I change his diaper and start to put his pajamas on. “But if you like your new cousin more than your new little sister, just because you have some weird

me, babbling as

say, smiling as I pull him up into my arms. “And I’m holding you to it, even though

us warmly wrapped up as he plays with some of his soft

he says, starting to pull off his blazer as he

say, sitting up a little. ”

pulling off his shoes and slipping into the bed fully dressed so he can be with his little family sooner. I smile when I see his eagerness, knowing he feels precisely the way that I feel: that this is our happy place, when we’re all cozy together with no great pressures or

sleepy?”

we should wait until Rafe falls asleep to attend