Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0298

Hannah

I found myself standing outside Noah’s office door. The sun had begun its nightly descent, the shadows. in the hall lengthening. I hadn’t seen Noah all day; he had abruptly canceled our daily bonding time that morning, and I wondered if my locking the bedroom door last night when I heard him standing outside had anything to do with it.

Good. Maybe he was finally getting the hint.

My heart raced as I raised my hand to knock, hesitating for a moment before finally rapping my knuckles against the wood. The sound echoed in the empty hallway, making me flinch slightly for no reason in particular.

“Come in,” Noah’s voice called from inside, muffled by the thick door.

I took a deep breath, steeling myself for the conversation ahead, before turning the handle and entering.

Noah looked up from his desk, surprise flickering across his face when he saw me standing there. The sunlight streaming through the window behind him cast a golden glow around his silhouette, outlining his sharp jaw.

Clearing my throat, I quickly looked away. No; now was not the time to be thinking about how damn handsome he looked.

said, setting down his pen. “Is

way that my fingers nervously played with the hem of my shirt like a frightened child. Quickly, I clasped them behind my back

wanted to know if

you want.

“Of course you can go, Hannah. You’re not my prisoner. You can go anywhere “Anywhere except home,” I

lump form

face, but it was gone just as quickly as it came and I forcefully shoved the notion away. Even if he was sad, which I doubted, I

nothing more

I said curtly,

leave, Noah called

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leaving anyway, but then forced

see me as anything but your jail