Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0271

Hannah

The weeks leading up to the Summer Hunt passed by faster than I expected–even faster than the days leading up to the charity gala, even though the length was actually longer.

Noah and I worked side by side, true to our agreement to extend the divorce for another two months. But the tension between us was palpable, like a taut rubber band ready to snap at any moment.

Every time our hands brushed as we passed documents back and forth, every stolen glance across the room, sent shivers down my spine. My wolf whined restlessly, yearning for his touch even more than before.

The memory of our night together haunted me, making the urge stronger than it had been. It was as if that little taste of ecstasy had made me addicted, and I needed more.

Each night, I was too restless to sleep. Each night, I kept thinking of him, of the sensation of him moving inside of me, and I would purse my lips and squeeze my eyes shut and try to push Noah out of my mind. But each night, it was an impossible feat.

And each night, with my face red with shame, my hand would move under the blankets and I would whisper his name under my breath.

would wake up

“Hannah?”

jerked my head up from my buttered toast, my eyes bleary, to see Noah looking at me from where he was standing by the coffee pot. He hadn’t approached me for sex since that night, and I didn’t approach him. But

I said, shaking my head slightly to dispel

think about this layout

hand drawn on it; a seating chart for the banquet that would be held after the hunt, where we would–hopefully–roast and eat the

studied the map. “But maybe we could move the dessert tables closer to the

then stuffed both the pencil and paper into his pocket.

best, no matter now painful. And that was what that night

also consider having more vegetarian options,” I said. “Some of the younger pack members

scoffed, but nodded. “It’s becoming more common these days,

reminds me; maybe we should set up an

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