Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate by Caroline Above Story

Chapter 476- Labor

Cora

I narrow my eyes at Roger when he comes upstairs about forty-five minutes later. “Are you going to behave better now?” I ask, my voice tense.

“Yup,” he says, leaning in the doorway with a lazy smile.

I start to laugh as I look over his too – loose stature. “Is it because you’re all drunk?” My eyes shift to Sinclair as he appears in the doorway behind his brother. “Seriously, did you get him all drunk?”

Sinclair, Rafe sitting up in his arms, just gives a little shrug, his mouth pulled up at the corner in a secret smile.

“I am only,” Roger says, smiling as he steps into the room and holding up a hand with his thumb and pointer finger pressed very close together, “a very tiny bit drunk. Just something to steady the nerves.”

Ella laughs next to me before she scoots off the bed.

“All right, then,” she says, gesturing to me as she moves around the bed and reaches to take Rafe from Sinclair. ” Take your spot, Roger. And stop freaking her out, okay?”

“I promise,” Roger mumbles, giving Ella a sloppy little salute before climbing onto the bed and taking her place.

“We’ll be downstairs,” Ella says when I turn my eyes to her. “You just call, and we’ll be right up. Okay?”

I nod to her, smiling a little, grateful that she’s here. Beyond having the power to heal me instantly should anything go wrong, it’s just…really nice to have my sister close by.

Roger sighs as he pulls himself into the spot close on my right and tucks his legs in under the blankets. Then he turns to me, his face serious. “I’m sorry, Cora,” he says quietly.

“Thank you,” I say, my anger fading as I see that he means it. I lift a hand to his cheek, wanting to touch him, wanting him close.

“I just love you so much

“I get it,” I say, nodding.

He nods too, capturing my hand and pressing a kiss to it. “But I didn’t listen to you. And Sinclair made me sit down and listen – which he shouldn’t have to do, so I’m sorry about that. But he explained that you need to be the one freaking out today. So, I have to just… be steady. Is that right?”

“It’s closer,” I say quietly, studying him. “I mean, Roger, it’s not that you can’t feel afraid too – I get that it’s a big day-”

Cora – you’re right, we had a plan,

coming to my lips now as he

looking down at my belly and stroking

my voice quiet. “Or, maybe a little faster now?

a calmness that I know he doesn’t feel. ” That is all

I start to

Roger asks, turning to grin

my hands and leaning forward to press a

to try, don’t I,” he murmurs against my lips, kissing me back. “I’m going to be a dad in a

leaning back and smiling down at my belly. And I bite my lip, feeling significantly calmer

to mine and takes a deep breath of my scent, “like an old man.”

do you think his eyes will be?”

me click my tongue and

would that

says, grinning

I say, rolling my eyes, “would have shown up on an

holding up a

second, before the

quiet, his eyes on me throughout the whole contraction. He keeps his arms around me too until the pain

right?” he says quietly

now. And then I smile a little, returning my hand to his cheek. “I hope the baby’s eyes are

brown ones, like his mom. That would

see,” I reply, dropping my hand from his cheek and wrapping my fingers in

we can get the baby to hurry up,” Roger murmurs, turning is attention to the

the bond as well. “Nah, don’t rush

and comfort and reassurance to the

tell him we’ve got a nice big crib for him out here,” I say, laughing a bit. “Whenever he’s ready to

Roger murmurs. ” Any time you want,

time? I agree. I’m finally ready – completely ready to bring our baby into the world with a nice, calm, maybe slightly

start to heat up. By then, the house is busy with

ready to push. But I smile when I see him

at me