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”

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

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 as

resisted the urge to stick my tongue out at him. “Keeping respect as a female Alpha is enough to make anyone stressed,” I

Noah looked like he wanted to 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 an Alpha. And I just so happen to

mouth again and slid down a little further in my seat. “You’re right,” I admitted, shaking

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

That gesture alone was enough to set me on fire, and suddenly, the

to whine in protest in her car seat, but once we pulled up to

Noah… Where did you find this place?” I breathed as we climbed out of

and draped his arm across my shoulders. “It took a

a sweet little cottage nestled into the edge of a forest clearing, a little stone path up to the front door wending between a

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