Reborn Omega: Avenge Herself Like an Alpha

Chapter 281 The Proposal

Third Person POV

18 Pearls

Aubrey was indeed hungry. She picked up her fork and began eating the breakfast Charles had prepared. The eggs were cooked to perfection, the bacon fragrant without being greasy. Before she knew it, she was cating a little too quickly.

A fleck of golden yolk clung to the corner of her lips.

Charles, now in a clean white T–shirt, sat across from her. His gaze, calm and gentle at first, caught on that

ente, he leaned forward and brushed his thumb softly across her

out–of–place crumb. Almost without 3.1

mouth.

“You got something there,” he murmured, the gesture so natural it felt rehearsed a thousand times.

it came, but Aubrey froze. When she lifted her eyes, she collided with his-

thick, heavy with silence, broken only by the faint sound of their

well,” Ella’s voice teased from within, dragging out the syllables with a

reached for her glass, taking a sip to cover her

was

just realizing what he had done, drew back his hand. His fingers curled slightly, still haunted by the memory of her warm, delicate skin. He cleared his throat and looked away,

evenly, though his throat bobbed

now,

it was a quiet, soothing thing

moment before finally returning the

of the day passed in simple calm. Neither of them left the apartment. Charles cooked all three meals, and Aubrey, her belly full, sat curled on the

long- haired cat emerged from hiding, its fluffy coat almost the same color as her hair. The plump creature sniffed

slept soundly for the

so she took the bedroom while Charles slept on the couch. When she rose at dawn, he was still asleep. She

door, the fat orange cat/mewed insistently, rubbing against

covered its mouth,