Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0152

Hannah

As Zoe thrust the hot pink unicom into my hands, my mouth fell open. I didn’t know what to say or do–all I could manage was to just stand there, blinking owlishly at her, and wonder whether I was imagining it or

not.

“Hannah,” Noah suddenly said, nudging me with his elbow, “that was nice of Zoe, wasn’t it?”

With my tongue working uselessly in my mouth, I slowly looked up at Noah to see a satisfied smirk tugging at the corners of his lips. My face instantly turned red and I looked back at Zoe, feeling utterly dumbfounded and embarrassed.

“Y–Yes,” I managed. “Thank you, Zoe. But why…?”

Zoe merely shrugged and stuffed her hands into her jacket pockets. “I have to admit, I admire how your gave that toy to that kid earlier even though you were the one who won it,” she said. “And I thought your

I

deserved a new one for your trouble.”

For several long moments, I stood in silence as my eyes flickered back and forth between Zoe and the stuffed unicorn. Drake stood behind Zoe, watching with a bemused expression on his face. Meanwhile, Noah continued to smirk at me, his arms folded across his chest.

“Well, um… Thank you,” I said, even though a part of me couldn’t help but wonder if this was some kind of trick to make me look bad and call me out for blatantly trying to hurt Zoe by giving her coveted plushie away. “I appreciate it, Zoe. But you didn’t have to.”

She simply shrugged again, already turning on her heel. “I wanted to.”

With that, Zoe began marching over to a nearby food stand. As she fished a few bills out of her wallet to buy herself an Italian ice, I dug my fingers a little deeper into the soft fur of the toy unicorn. Its beady eyes seemed to stare up at me, mocking me as Noah and Drake moved to follow Zoe.

a deeper

jerk for doing that with the stuffed animal; Zoe clearly wanted it, and I practically stole it from her. It wasn’t

tried to deny it, I had really only given the stuffed

off.

bought me another stuffed animal, presumably with her own money, and had given it to me without expecting anything in return. Sure, maybe she was just trying to make me feel bad, but maybe I also

“Hannah? Hannah!”

to

want an

looked as red as a tomato when all of their eyes turned toward me–Noah and Zoe

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too stunned to even

uh… Sure,” I called out, my voice cracking beneath their

the distant fairgrounds shutting down and our shoes clicking on the pavement. Noah’s car was one of a few left, the lot cast almost eerily in the amber glow of

since left; Drake had insisted on driving her home, and I had agreed to leave with

glance and another one of his infuriating smirks as we walked up to his car. He had

on,” I groaned, pursing my lips without meeting

of satisfaction. “On a scale of one to ten, how ashamed are you

“Ter.”

at me down the bridge of his nose. “It’s not becoming to try

beneath his gaze, and I quickly looked away with a clenched jaw. We stood in silence for several long moments, my mind whirling to come

there was nothing I could say to make either of us feel better, I sighed and felt my