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?”

me out of the nursery with Melody

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

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

of our parents

discussion.

a hand on my arm and said gently, “You know Dad means well. He’d never stand in the way of your happiness. He’s just… from a different era, that’s

so different from his day. Noah and I have a lot of work to do if we’re going to be able to be together and both

know. But you know I’m here for you,

That

ingredients I’d gathered while we were talking. “Looks like someone is getting breakfast

tea cart into my bedroom, laden with cheesy mushroom omelets, crispy bacon, steaming cups of coffee, and

amused smirks with my sister, I took a particularly wiggly Melody and gently placed

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