Chapter 0462

Hannah

“Noah, look at this.”

I climbed into the passenger seat and pulled the ticket out of my pocket. Noah’s eyes widened as he took it, studying the details.

“Where did you get this?” he asked.

“I swiped it off of Doctor Patel’s desk,” I said, admittedly a little proud of myself.

Noah dropped the hand holding the ticket to his leg. “Hannah, you didn’t… Tell me you didn’t steal from our doctor?”

“What?” I asked, splaying my hands wide. “I couldn’t help myself. I mean, why did your father buy a plane ticket to the tropics for the family doctor? Who, might add, was in said tropics for, like, three months straight last year.”

Noah was silent for several long moments. His green eyes flicked to the ticket, then to me, then to the ticket once more. I couldn’t decide if he was annoyed or impressed that I had noticed that little detail. He couldn’t seem to decide, either.

said, “It looks like it was purchased around Christmas time. I guess my father was

frowned and folded my arms across my chest. “Your father isn’t the gift–giving

it over in his hands. “Doctor Patel has been our family doctor for decades, though.

dad ever gotten a gift for

went pale. He quickly looked away, and I instantly felt my heart sink. “I’m sorry, I

head. “You’re right. My dad only ever gave my mother one gift that I can recall, and it was only because that was when he’d gotten caught cheating with

It really was strange; Marcus was not the type of man who gave gifts, let alone to employees–which was

the tropics?” I mused. “Why

fixed on the ticket in his hands, but I could sense his mind

the foyer, I felt like my arms might give

whined, lounging back on the stairs. “When you told me you wanted me to be your Beta, you

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smirked as I stared down at my friend. Despite the offers to hire a moving company, I’d insisted on doing it myself–partially out of the fear that something might happen to my valuables during transit but mainly just because

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