After One Night with the Alpha (Brad and Elle) novel Chapter 282

Chapter 282

Brad’s POV

They made us all wait outside. Every non-essential person was pushed from the operating room as Eleanor Blair and her team took over. I found myself in

the hallway with Raymond, Peter, Martin, and several other Blair family members all of us united in our helpless vigil.

The hours crawled by like centuries. I paced the length of the corridor so many times I could have worn a groove in the linoleum. Raymond tried to offer me coffee. Peter attempted conversation. I ignored them all, my entire focus trained in those closed doors and the faint sounds of medical equipment beyond them.

Dawn was breaking through the hospital windows when the doors finally opened

Dr. Chen emerged first, looking exhausted but no longer carrying that expression of barely controlled panic. Behind her came Eleanor Blair, moving slowly,

her usually perfect posture showing the strain of the long night.

Everyone surged forward at once – Raymond, Peter, Martin, the other Blair family members all talking over each other, desperate for news.

“How is she?”

“Is the baby-

“Are they both—”

I hung back, watching Dr. Chen’s face as she fielded the barrage of questions with professional patience. Only when the crowd had gotten their initial

reassurances did I approach Eleanor.

“Eleanor, I said quietly. “How are they really?”

She looked at me for a long moment, her sharp eyes studying my face. Then, unexpectedly, she smiled.

“Don’t tell me you spent all night worrying and didn’t even think of what you’re ping to name the baby.”

The relief hit me like a physical force. My knees nearly buckled as the meaning her words sank in, A name. She was asking about a name because there was going to be a baby to name.

“You mean- I couldn’t finish the sentence.

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