Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0316

As the words left my mouth, I was surprised to feel a pang of… disappointment.

Why did I feel this way when all I had wanted lately was to escape? My heart seemed to betray me, caught between the freedom I had sought and a longing for something I thought was lost.

Noah nodded solemnly, rising to his feet. “I don’t want you to spend your life feeling like a prisoner, Hannah. I won’t force you to stay and work on our marriage. So if you really want to stay here, then stay.”

He paused, as though weighing his next words carefully. “But I do have one request. Would you consider staying with me for the duration of the pregnancy? Just so I can take care of you and ensure your health and safety. For you and for the child.”

I remained silent, although not by choice; my mouth worked uselessly, opening and closing like a fish out

of water.

of custody or

Noah continued, “We also need to discuss custody. I’m willing to let you have the majority our child, but I’d still like to have some part in their life. And I’d like to leave Nightcrest to them someday.”

thought adding fuel to the flames. This was everything I had wanted, wasn’t it? Freedom, fair custody, a chance to start over

so… hollow? Like

half–eaten crackers. “You don’t have to decide now,”

a strange pang aching somewhere deep in my

that night, after a long, hot bath, I emerged from the bathroom feeling refreshed

the sofa in my room. A book lay open on his

he looked younger, more like the boy I had

at him, clutching the blanket in my hands as his chest rose and fell steadily. More than anything. I wished I knew what had happened between us, why things

the stars with me, the one whose palm was clammy against mine as

elated to discover that we were getting married, had he… treated me

and made my way back to bed, I thought back to his words earlier. He was willing to let me go, to give me the freedom I had

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