Chapter 482
Chapter 482 – New Baby Cousin
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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 ”
Iugh at my brother-inw and shake my head at him. “We’re not going far, Roger,” I say, pressing
myself to Sinir’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 butughing 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 bass – he can sleep in our room – ”
“We’ll be fine, E,” 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,” sheughs, pping 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, E,” Sinir says on augh, holding out my perfect little Rafe to me.
And Iugh 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.”
And then Sinir and I call our soft goodnights over our shoulder and close the door behind us as we
pass out of the room, letting my sister and her mate have a peaceful night alone with their new baby.
As soon as we’re alone in the hall, I fall back against the wall with an excited little sigh.
“What is it this time,” Sinir says, stopping and grinning at me as I hold Rafe close to my chest.
“I’m just so excited,” I say, smiling up at him. “I get to do that again in what, six months!? 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 at them! I’m so excited. I’m not going to be able to sleep.”
“You really were born to be a mom, trouble,” my sweetheart mate says, stepping forward and running
his hand over my hair. I grin up at him, nodding fervently. “Luckily,” he says, raising an eyebrow at me.
“I do not at all mind the process of knocking you up. Not one bit.”
“Dominic!” I gasp, swatting at him a little and covering one of Rafe’s ear with my spare hand. “Not in
front of the baby!”
“E,” Sinir says,ughing at me as I start down the hall. “We have sex in front of the baby all the
time – ”
“Yes, but that’s natural,” I say,ughing and throwing a haughty look at my 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 it is you enjoy.”
“It wasn’t even an inuendo,” Sinir murmurs, stepping close to me in the dark of the room and pulling
me to him, a little more roughly than he needs to, just the way I like it.
“Well, mind your manners,” I murmur, my voice low and throaty. ” Because we havepetition now
for best Sinir parents. And I am not losing to those two idiots in there.”
“Not a chance,” my mate says,ughing his dark littleugh. “We’ve got them beat hands down.”
“I know, right?” I say, wrinkling my nose at him. And my mate kisses me swiftly before giving me a swat
on the rump.
“You get the baby ready for bed, I’ll make sure dad gets home?” He asks, heading for the door.
“You got it,” I say, giving him a quick thumbs up and a wink. Sinir nods to me, smiling, and heads out
the door, leaving me in the dark with the baby.
“Well, Rafey,” I say,ughing as I swing the baby up over my head, making him give a a new cousin
today, and a new bond! What do you think?”
Rafe burbles happily as if in reply and I smile at him as I carry him over to the little changing table I set
up a few hours ago, starting to get him ready for bed.
“I’m very happy for you, Rafe,” I say sternly 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 kind of
bond?” I look at him for a long moment, shaking my head. “If that happens, we’re going to have big
problems. Okay?”
Rafe just grins at me, babbling as I pull up his tiny zipper.
“I’ll take that as a yes,” I say, smiling as I pull him up into my arms. “And I’m holding you to it, even
though you don’t even really speak English yet.”
When Sinires back into the room about half an hourter, Rafe and I are cozily settled on the
bed, each of us warmly wrapped up as he ys with some of his soft blocks and Iy quietly by his
side, talking to him and giving him a cuddle whenever he looks for it. But I grin when my mate shuts the
door behind him, smiling at us.
“Don’t let me interrupt,” he says, starting to pull off his zer as hees to the bed.
“Please do,” I say, sitting up a little. ” We missed you.”
My matees immediately to bed, 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 ce, when we’re all cozy together with no great pressures or
problems weighing on us.
“Are you sleepy?” he asks. “Hungry?”
“Both,” I say, giving a little shrug. ” But, we should wait until Rafe falls asleep to attend to either.”
Sinir nods, ncing at his son before opening his arm to me, inviting me in. I ept immediately,
scooting over so that I’m curled up by my mate’s side, a thrill running through me at the warmth and
closeness of him.
“I’d love you anyway,” I say quietly, ” but I have to say, I really love that you’re basically a furnace of
body heat that always keeps me warm.”
Sinirughs with both pleasure and surprise when I say this. “d I can be of service,” he murmurs,
dropping a kiss to my cheek and pressing closer. ” What made you think of that?”
“Don’t you feel it?” I ask, turning to look at him. “It got so cold suddenly. I don’t know what happened.”
“I guess I didn’t,” he murmurs, “but, apparently I’m a furnace, so maybe it makes sense that I -”
But suddenly he stops, his jaw falling open a bit as his gaze falls on the window.
“What?” I ask, but I don’t tense because the feeling he passes down the bond is joy and wonder. Eager,
I turn, trying to see what he sees
And suddenly, my eyes light on the window to. “Oh my god,” I say, my voice a little breathless. “It’s – it’s
snowing
Huge, gorgeous kes of pure white snow drift slowly down from the sky, dancing gracefully across the
window pane.
I watch them for a long, fascinated moment before I frown a little. “Isn’t it …isn’t it way too early for
snow?” I ask, confused.
“Well,” Sinir says,ughing a little. “When your mom is a demigoddess who controls the weather,
probably not.”
“Ohhh,” I say, finally getting it. “Oh, that is so special,” I murmur, pressing a hand to my heart, “what a
wonderful way to wee your baby to the world
“Wee, baby Jesse,” Sinir sighs, pulling me close against him and smiling at me as we watch the
snow. Rafe crawls over to us and puts up his arms so that I will pull him into myp, a request which I
happily oblige.
“And wee Princess Babygirl,” I murmur, smiling andughing a little at the ridiculous ceholder of
a name. Sinirughs along with me. “Cora doesn’t know it yet, but this is for you too. We love you so
much already.”N?velDrama.Org content.
I sigh, feeling the warmth of my mate behind me, and my sweet baby in myp, and the new bond with
my little girl growing within me -And I close my eyes, feeling totally,pletely blessed.