Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0442

Hannah

I awoke to warmth: a warm arm around my waist, a warm body against my back, golden rays of sun warming my cheek, heat pooling in my belly.

It didn’t take long for consciousness to return, and with it came the memory of last night. My skin still felt flushed wherever Noah had touched me, my core pleasantly empty as if a great weight had been removed from my body when I’d peaked in Noah’s arms in the moonlight.

When I rolled over, I found Noah still fast asleep beside me, his dark hair falling into his eyes. I tried to rouse him with a few warm kisses to his neck and shoulder, but he hardly stirred beyond letting out a low groan and nuzzling closer against me.

I rolled my eyes and smiled, shaking my head. I guess I should let him sleep, I thought, figuring that he must have needed the rest. I, however, was wide awake, so I carefully extricated myself from his arms and slipped out of the room in my dressing gown.

Lily was already in the nursery when I made my way in. “Oh! You’re awake,” she said, bouncing Melody in her arms. “I figured you might want to rest, so I took care of Melody’s breakfast.”

Letting out a small sigh of relief, I kissed my sister’s temple, followed by Melody’s button nose. “Thank you, Lily. Breakfast?”

with Melody in her arms. “Noah’s

a bit. “I assume his staying over last night has been the talk of the

say that Mom and Dad couldn’t stop mentioning how glad they were

glad, too. But the mention of our parents just reminded me of last night’s…

discussion.

Dad means well. He’d never stand in the way of your happiness. He’s just… from

Noah and I have a lot of work to do if we’re going to be able to be together and

I know. But you know I’m here

That means a

sister shot me a wan smile before nodding her head toward the ingredients I’d gathered while we were talking. “Looks

and I were quietly pushing the tea cart into my bedroom, laden with cheesy mushroom omelets, crispy bacon, steaming cups of coffee, and a vibrant array of fruit. Noah was still passed out on the bed, his mouth comically hanging

took a particularly wiggly Melody

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