Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0257

Chapter 0257

Hannah

The car ride home was tense, the silence broken only by the soft hum of the engine as Noah drove down the sunlit streets. I couldn’t shake the irritation that had been building since Leonard’s parting words.

“Don’t forget to pick up Zoe tonight!”

Bastard. So he had gotten my skin after all; and to make matters worse, he wasn’t bluffing when he said

that.

“Hannah,” Noah said, sounding exasperated, “come on. You’ve been staring out the window with your eyes practically bugging out for ten minutes straight.”

enough to cut diamonds. “I just still don’t understand why you have

the steering wheel a little tighter. “I already explained it

“She can’t call

be unbecoming for someone of her status to order a cab to an event like this,” Noah replied in a clipped tone of voice. “Plus, she’s scared after what happened with your kidnapping. She won’t call cabs or

his words. “Scared? She’s scared? You’ve got

to be

I growled. “I’m the one who was kidnapped, Noah. I’m the one who almost died. And I’ve! been dealing with it without causing a

chill run down my spine. Just last night, I had awoken in a cold sweat because I thought that I had seen Jake’s rotting corpse, dripping with water, standing in the corner of my bedroom. It was just a nightmare, of course. But

beneath his skin. “It’s not a competition, Hannah. Zoe’s feelings are valid too. Everyone is

you don’t see Amber or Viona or Emma whining about it,” I muttered, turning away again. “And Amber is the one

him to. When chanced a glance over at him, his face was stony and his gaze

I blurted out before I could stop myself. “I bet he set this whole thing up

“Okay, now y