Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0427

Chapter 0427

Hannah

The late afternoon sun filtered through the large windows of my office, casting a warm glow across the mahogany and leather. The pile of papers on my desk was finally dwindling, and it was good timing, too- it was nearly five o’clock and I was itching to take my daughter on a walk through the gardens before the sun went down.

But as my pen scratched across the paper, I could feel my Beta’s eyes on me.

I glanced up to see Viona sitting across from me with that knowing smirk of hers plastered onto her face. I knew that look all too well, and I sighed, setting down my pen.

“Go ahead. I know you want to ask.”

Viona’s smirk turned into an impish grin. “So… You made out with Noah last night, huh?”

I knew this was coming, I felt heat rush to my cheeks at the mention of last night. Noah’s lips on mine, the sensation of his cool hands slipping up

were inches away from hooking up right there against the tree, but the desire aching in my low belly still lingered today. I looked away.

you walk off together after you almost snogged right there on the

absently traced the edge of a file on my desk as

how was it?”

voice softening. “When we kissed, it felt like… like some invisible thread was reforming between us. Like

“A mate bond?”

nodded. “I think it was… reforming somehow.” I paused, shaking my head wistfully. “You know, all my life, I thought I was just one of those people who would never meet their fated mate. It’s

“But now?” Viona prompted.

to have your soul truly bound to another–beyond love, beyond the simple bond that’s formed through marriage. A real fated

suddenly makes sense,” Viona

seem to stay apart, even when we were at our worst… it wasn’t just stubbornness or habit, like I