Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0348

But even as my body shuddered with release and he slumped into a sweaty, panting heap on top of me, I could sense that Noah’s mind was elsewhere.

Once we had both stopped throbbing, he rolled off me and walked into the bathroom, leaving the door cracked. I lay there for a moment on my belly, catching my breath, the warm summer breeze blowing across my sweat–covered flesh, before I rolled onto my back and sat up.

“Are you alright?” I called out, my voice still husky.

There was a pause before Noah’s voice drifted back to me. “I’m worried,” he admitted softly. “About the baby. And you.”

I didn’t know how to respond to that.

When he came out of the bathroom, fully nude, his face was drawn with concern. My heart stuttered at the sight of him, vulnerable and open in a way he rarely allowed himself to be. The moonlight streaming through the window cast shadows across his muscled form, highlighting the tension in his shoulders.

Without thinking, I got up and went to him, cupping his face in my hands. His stubble rasped against my palms as I tugged his tall frame closer, causing him to hunch a bit to meet my gaze.

I promised, pressing a soft kiss to his

eyes closing as he pressed his forehead against mine. The heat of his body enveloped

He swallowed hard, seeming to struggle with something he wanted to

hadn’t forgotten it, nearly two months later. He had stopped by the door and had said those

asked softly, my

a couple of times. But then he shook his head and pulled back, brushing past me. The loss of his warmth left me feeling suddenly cold and bereft

he said, his voice suddenly

might open up to me, might let me in completely. But the walls were back up, and I

passed in

before the procedure, I found myself sitting at my vanity, brushing out my hair before bed. The repetitive motion

of his phone luminating his face. I could see his reflection in the mirror, his brow furrowed in

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