Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0458

Chapter 0458

The glass of wine I had just sipped nearly went down the wrong way. This again?

I coughed, blinking in disbelief as I set the glass down, my fingers gripping the stem a little too tightly.” Marcus, you must be joking,” I said, forcing my tone to remain even. “She has your son’s eyes, for Goddess ‘sake.”

Marcus set down his fork with exaggerated precision, his eyes sharp as they fixed on me once more.

“Oh, I know. But it just seems rather… convenient, that’s all,” he said, his voice maddeningly calm. “A child appearing at just the right moment, securing your position as Luna and ensuring the future of Nightcrest. Why, if I didn’t know better, I’d wonder how it all happened so… perfectly.”

“Alpha,” Noah corrected, setting aside his steak knife. “And Silvercrest. And it wasn’t ‘perfect‘; we dealt with a whole mess of shit to get to this point.”

Marcus’s lips curled into a tiny smirk. “Right. My apologies.”

I went to tell him to stuff his ‘apologies‘, but Noah’s hand slid under the table to find mine, his fingers wrapping around mine with a silent warning.

say. He

bit my tongue

picked up his glass of wine. “For what it’s worth, I don’t genuinely think that she is not my granddaughter,” he said after taking a sip, “but you should expect that

you

But

born by surrogate, if that’s what you’re asking. Nor was she adopted,” I said. “I’d show you my stretch marks to prove it, but I don’t

no, I would never ask such a thing.” Marcus tilted his head slightly, his eyes gleaming with something

first time someone went to extreme lengths to secure their position, though,” he said, as though the

moment if maybe he simply didn’t know

was trying to keep her from having an heir. Although we’re not entirely sure why

something shift in Marcus’s eyes. Surprise? Fear? It flashed by so quickly, I couldn’t be

Chapter 0458

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his expression returned to its