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.

he said, setting down

with the hem of my shirt like a frightened child. Quickly, I clasped them

if I’m allowed to go…” I paused, and couldn’t help the way my upper lip curled

you want.

in his chair, “Of course you can go, Hannah. You’re not my prisoner. You can go anywhere “Anywhere except home,” I replied bitterly, the words tasting like ash in my mouth. Noah’s brow furrowed, his green eyes flashing first with annoyance and then with

my head, feeling a lump form in my

look of sadness flicker across Noah’s stony face, but it was gone just as quickly as it came and I forcefully shoved the notion away. Even

me, he was nothing more than

I said curtly, turning on

leave, Noah

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leaving anyway, but then forced myself to wait and hear him out–without turning to look

anything but your jail warden?”