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.

down his pen. “Is everything

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

trial. I wanted to know if I’m allowed to go…” I paused, and couldn’t help the way my upper

you want.

go, Hannah. You’re not my prisoner. You can go anywhere “Anywhere except home,” I replied bitterly, the words tasting like ash in my

feeling a lump form in my throat. “Not

face, but it was gone just as quickly as it came and I forcefully shoved the notion away.

he was nothing more than my captor

I said curtly, turning on

to leave, Noah

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paused, my hand on the doorknob. I debated leaving anyway, but then forced

anything but your jail warden?” he asked, his voice surprisingly soft and