Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

Chapter 298 Home with Baby Ella

I hear Sinclair sigh heavily next to me, murmuring “Ella…”

But I ignore him, my eyes fasted on Hank, who blushes a deep red at the door and looks down at his shoes. I don’t say a word, though, or make this any easier on him. Instead, I wait patiently for an answer.

“Cora is,” he murmurs, awkward, “very special to me…

“I would imagine so,” I reply, my voice harder than I think I expected it to be. “She’s a very special person.”

Hank sighs and raises his eyes seriously to mine. I hold his gaze steadily.

“I’m very serious about Cora,” he says evenly. “I want to build a life with her. But we are moving…slowly. We both want to make sure that this is right.”

My heart warms when I hear him say that he wants to build a life with her, but still – what does that mean? I hold my baby closer to me and shift in my seat.

“And do you want to have childre-”

“Ella!” Sinclair bursts in, his voice angry, a hand on my arm.

“What!” I cry, turning to him with a frown. “It’s a legitimate question!”

“It’s none of your business!” He hisses back to me, his eyes wide and appalled.

–

my sister’s business is

My frown deepens as I open my mouth to object to my mate business, after all – but Hank clears his throat, bringing my attention back to him.

he says, his eyes flicking between Sinclair and I now, clearly

my questioning is at an end. I sigh, nodding,

free from my interrogation. “We’ll look

scowl as Hank leaves the room,

admonishing. I

She’s not with Roger because she thinks he wants children they can’t have. If Hank also isn’t

he processes this information. “And what’s Cora’s page about kids?” he asks. “Does

bristling that he didn’t let me get information that

considering it. “Actually, I don’t know…” He brings his eyes back to me, though. “Either way, that’s a conversation between Cora and

me,” I murmur, settling back onto the pillows. “If they’re all too stupid enough to not talk to each other

sighs, leaning back on the chair.

his little head. “Don’t worry, baby,”

laugh in his chair, but doesn’t bother to counter me. He knows it

the day. But Cora finally gave us the go–ahead when Rafe’s final set of tests came back clean and we happily headed

see the variety of gift baskets and flowers waiting for us. “Oh,” I say, fascinated, moving forward to look at them all.

look to be presents from friends and well–wishers. See?” He

it, my eyes suddenly filled with sharp tears. “Oh, I miss them…” I bite my lip against the sudden rush of feelings, overwhelmed by all the love in

Sinclair says quickly, taking me by the shoulders and moving the baby and I towards the stairs. “We’re way too tired

up the stairs, a steady hand on my back. “Rafe’s first teddy – we have to get

in the morning,”

we reach the door to our

between his fingers, exhausted but wanting to be there for me. “What is it this time?

and the baby. “Just…we’re bringing him home for the first time, Dominic. Putting him to sleep in his own little bed. It’s just…” I shrug, not really knowing how to put all of my emotions into

as much as mind as he confirms this. I know, he says, simply. And so I rest my body against

is all a dream to me. And that every moment of it