Chapter 0445

Hannah

I couldn’t help but feel guilty as I stared out the car window.

The tall trees passing by were a dense green blur, the scent of pine and fresh air filling my nostrils even from inside the car. The sky was the clearest blue, perfect for an outing in the countryside. Melody was cooing happily in the backseat without a care in the world.

Noah was taking us on a weekend trip, just the three of us, and I should have been elated beyond

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But instead I just felt… tired. Panicky. A little confused.

“Quit picking at your lip,” Noah suddenly said, the sound of his voice ripping me out of my reverie. “I swear, Hannah, if you’re thinking about work right now”

the dry skin on

precisely why I didn’t tell you.” Noah glanced at me from the driver’s seat, a look of mild disappointment crossing his features. “You’ll work yourself to the bone, you know. I don’t even have a Beta and I’m not half as stressed

female Alpha is enough to make anyone stressed,” I quipped. “One weekend

roll his–I’d brought up my issues with being a female Alpha on more than one occasion–but instead sighed and said, “I know. But you’re still Hannah, beyond being

in my seat. “You’re right,” I admitted, shaking my head. “I


And I’d appreciate it if I could still see my girlfriend

no arguing that–especially not when he reached over and placed his hand on my thigh, giving it a squeeze. That gesture alone was enough to set me on fire, and suddenly, the

up a narrow dirt road riddled with potholes, causing Melody to whine in protest in

this place?” I breathed

arm across my shoulders. “It took

a sweet little cottage nestled into the edge of a forest clearing, a little stone

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