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”

the dry skin on my lower lip. “If I had a couple weeks‘ notice, I

Noah glanced at me from the driver’s seat, a look of mild disappointment crossing his features. “You’ll work yourself to

urge to stick 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

Alpha on more than one occasion–but instead sighed and said, “I know. But you’re still Hannah, beyond being an Alpha. And I just so happen to know Hannah well enough to know that

slid down a little further in my seat. “You’re right,” I admitted, shaking my head. “I guess I

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

to set me on fire, and suddenly, the idea of a weekend getaway in the countryside, away from work and my rather nosy

made it to the rental Noah had picked out. The GPS took us up a narrow dirt road riddled with potholes, causing Melody to whine in protest in her car seat, but once we pulled up to the front of the house, even she seemed to realize that the

Where did you find this place?” I breathed as we climbed

across my shoulders. “It took a lot of rental–hunting,

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

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