Chapter 0459

Noah

It wasn’t long after dinner that Hannah was suddenly rising from her chair and gathering a half–asleep Melody into her arms. Noah looked up with surprise, instantly rising as well.

“I’ll help you-”

“No,” Hannah said, offering Noah a tiny smile. “It’s alright. I think I’m just going to put the little one to bed and go to bed myself.” She turned to Marcus and dipped her head politely, although there was tension in her movement. “It was nice seeing you, Marcus.”

“Going to bed so soon?” Marcus cocked his head. “It’s not even eight o’clock.”

Hannah stiffened, but managed another small smile. “Motherhood is exhausting,” was all she said before turning and slipping away.

As Hannah left, Noah called out to her through their Mindlink. “You sure you’re alright?” Her movements had seemed more sluggish than usual, dark circles ringing her eyes. She didn’t normally tire so easily.

“I think I just didn’t sleep well last night,” Hannah replied, and her mental voice was just as weak as her physical voice. “Don’t worry about me. Besides… You can catch up with your father.”

Noah sent an eye–roll through the bond, causing a small laugh to come back his way. But he cleared his throat and turned to his father, nodding his head toward the living room.

“Whiskey?”

twice,” Marcus replied, rising. His wine sat mostly untouched

like a ton of bricks. Seeing his father was a surefire way to set Noah on edge. He was just

the highest shelf, “you should know that I intend to marry Hannah again.

shot up. “Is that

one to him. Before releasing the glass, however, he held it fast–along with his father’s gaze. “Melody is our child, you know. And how dare you

only for a moment. “I’m only looking


on the glass, turning on his heel and plopping down into the nearby armchair. “Well, there’s no need for that,” he all but

himself bitterly. Trust… now that was something that he’d learned not to place in other people over the years. Not Scott,

Hannah. And himself.

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as strange as it still was for Noah

swirled the amber liquid around in his glass. “I just don’t understand,” he finally said, his voice softer than

eyebrow. “Don’t understand

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