Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

Chapter 314

#Chapter 314 – Sister Support

Ella

“Ella!” I hear my sister’s voice cry the same moment I hear the front door to the house open. I stand quickly from my seat in Sinclair’s office, Rafe awake and peaceful in my arms, and move to the open doorway.

“Cora!” I call. I see her spin away from the living room where she was looking for me and jog down the hall towards me, Roger closing the house’s main door behind him as he enters as well. Cora takes my shoulders in her hands as soon as she gets close.

–

“Are you

– are you all right?” she gasps, looking me over, and then looking down towards the baby. I can see a little relief come into her face the moment she sees us both before her, intact and safe.

“We’re okay,” I say, giving her a little smile. “For right now, we’re okay. Thank you for coming so late at night.”

My sister snaps her eyes up at me, frowning a little.

“What?” I ask.

“I just…” she says, confused, glancing back at Roger, “I didn’t expect you to be so calm.”

“Well, it happened like, eleven hours ago,” I say, raising my eyebrows at her. “We’ve had some time to process and plan

–

Suddenly she scowls, turning fully to glare at Roger coming down the hall towards us. “The way this one was pounding on my door, flying around like a bat out of hell –”

bat into hell,” he mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into your apartment, which smelled like wonton

I reach out and give him a little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly in

the investigators.

“why didn’t you text me earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all of a sudden Roger’s

arm with Cora’s at

brought in his team of investigators –

wanted to…clear you. Before

me?” Cora

say, my mouth pulling into a grimace.

her voice ringing out through the house. Rafe flinches and starts to

settle we baby, bobbing him in my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs to be thorough, and you

everything!” Cora says, her voice softer now, but no less angry.

honestly, it was more like

then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in two fists, a gesture I remember

hurt you, Ella,” Cora says, her voice as pleading as it

shaking my head at her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that

Cora,” Sinclair says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators

“Okay,” she says, nodding. “I get

he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of

her hair. “Of course – I’ll tell you everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused, “from the last time we talked?

to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms. “How do

drops along with her jaw. “Are you serious? Ether?”

to do hypnosis?”

face. “It just makes you remember!

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