Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

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”

on my hand to keep myself from nervously picking at the dry skin on my lower lip. “If I had a couple weeks‘ notice,

seat, a look of mild disappointment crossing his features. “You’ll work yourself to the bone, you know. I

my tongue out at him. “Keeping respect as a female Alpha is enough to make anyone stressed,” I quipped. “One weekend vacation could be enough to paint

a female Alpha on more than one occasion–but instead sighed and said, “I know. But you’re still Hannah, beyond

again and slid down a little further in my seat. “You’re right,” I admitted, shaking my head. “I guess I have been a workaholic lately,

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

not when he reached over and placed his hand on my thigh, giving it a squeeze. That gesture alone was enough to set me

Melody to whine in protest in her car seat, but once we pulled up to the front of the house, even she seemed to

place?” I breathed as we climbed out

across my shoulders. “It

have the words to describe how beautiful it was; it was a sweet little cottage nestled into the edge of a forest clearing, a little stone path up to the front door

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