Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0130

Hannah

Noah didn’t return all day and all night; not that | expected any different from him at this point. | could already

picture how he likely spent the night sleeping next to Zoe in the hospital, holding her hand through everything.

Something that he couldn't be bothered to do for me.

The next morning, | awoke with a new sense of purpose. My head was feeling a bit better, and spending the

night laying in bed had givenplenty of tto think about... well, everything. White Rabbit, our family

doctor, Noah and Zoe.

Most importantly, | had to get to the bottom of this diet pill matter-without Noah's help. From what it seemed to

me, someone didn’t wantgetting pregnant with Noah's baby.

And it seemed as though, one way or another, our family physician was related to the issue.

But it was just as | was stepping into the kitchen to prepare scoffee and toast that | ran into Noah. He was

sitting at the kitchen counter island, looking disheveled in the sclothes he had been wearing yesterday, with

a bowl of cereal in front of himself.

“Morning,” | said gruffly as | brushed past in my nightgown, not even bothering to make eye contact with him. |

quickly busied myself with preparing the coffee-admittedly taking care to swing my hips with every step. My

nightgown was sheer and lacey, and | knew that Noah still wanted my body if nothing else.

Yeah, well, let him want it. He wasn’t getting it.

Noah cleared his throat. “Morning. Making coffee?”

“What does it look like?”

“Hannah, do you really have to-” he began to huff, but then seemed to stop himself when | turned around and

shot him a dark glare. He raised his finger as if to speak, but then resorted to shaking his head and forcefully

scraping his spoon through his cereal bowl.

Satisfied, | turned and watched as the coffee began to brew. “So,” | said, gripping the edge of the counter so

hard my knuckles turned white, “how was your girlfriend?”

| heard a clatter as Noah dropped his spoon into his bowl. “Dammit, Hannah,” he growled. “It’s not like

that.”

| simply shrugged. “I was just asking a question.”

There was a tense silence, one that was punctuated only by the sound of the coffee maker. | watched as my cup

filled, followed by a pleasant little ding as the toaster popped up at the stime. This morning, | decided to

have creamer in my coffee-and jam on my toast.

As | busied myself with preparing my breakfast, | carefully ignored Noah's presence, avoiding his sharp gaze at

all costs. He remained silent, and it was only as | was brushing past him again with my toast and coffee in hand

that his hand shot out and grabbed my wrist.

“Don’t makebite you again,” | growled, wrenching my arm away.

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Just as | was about to reach the kitchen door, the sound of Noah's voice stopped me. “What is your problem,

Hannah?”

| almost laughed out loud. Turning slowly, | leveled him with a dagger-like stare. “Is that really a question?” |

huffed.

He shrugged. “Maybe we wouldn't have so many issues if you would just communicate your feelings once in a

while. That's all I'm saying.”

“Ha! That's rich,” | bit back. “Since when do you wantto express my feelings? Last t| checked, you'd

rather | just be quiet and keep my opinions to myself.”

Noah narrowed his eyes ever so slightly. “Just tellwhat it is, Hannah.”

“If I have to tell you, then you're an even bigger idiot than | thought.” With that, | tossed a lock of hair over my

shoulder and began striding out again. But, seeing as how history so often repeats itself, Noah cleared his throat

and the noise made my steps falter once more.

“If this is about Zoe...”

“Yes, it's about Zoe, you fool!” | whipped around, nearly spilling my coffee in the process. For several long

moments, my lips stayed apart, my chest heaving as | scrambled for a lecture to give him-but then | stopped

myself.

No. It wasn’t worth it; why even bother if | knew that my words would simply fall on deaf ears?

“You know what?” | drew in a deep breath and pulled my shoulders back, plastering that pleasant smile that |

had gotten so good at lately on my face. “Nevermind. I'm not going to explain anything to you,

because this is common sense.”

Noah let out a heavy sigh and pinched the bridge of his nose. “Look,” he said. “You bumped your head. Yes, | was

worried about you; but | went to every effort to ensure that you would be fine. Zoe, on the other hand, was in the

hospital with a burst appendix. People die from that.”

“People die from ‘bumped heads’, Noah,” | growled darkly. “And besides, a burst appendix is a very treatable

condition. You would think that simply knowing that she was in the hospital and being cared for would have been

enough for you to stay with your wife.

We both fell silent after that. | watched as Noah's jaw clenched and unclenched beneath his skin in that

characteristic way of his-something that | once found to be roguishly handsbut now just saw as

annoying.

Finally, he muttered, “I have our family doctor on speed dial. | knew that you were cared for, Hannah. |

wouldn't have left otherwise.”

| couldn’t contain my scoff. “Yeah,” | said. “Cared for. Sure.”

“What's that supposed to mean?”

I shrugged. “I just find it hard to feel cared for’ when I've just discovered that our ‘trusted’ doctor spent years

spreading misinformation about my body.”

Noah opened his mouth, likely to retort, but then shut it again and nodded stiffly. Even he couldn't seem to argue

that. “Well, the doctor is on vacation,” he said. “One of his nurses came. So you don’t have to

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worry.”

“Mm.” | narrowed my eyes, chewing the inside of my cheek for a moment as | thought. “Where did you find that

doctor, anyway?” | finally asked. “He seems like a bit of a hack if he doesn’t know how the female body works.”

“He was my family doctor,” Noah replied. “I've known him for years. My father insisted that we hire him as our

doctor once we bought this house.”

“I see.”

So Noah's father, Marcus, was the one who originally hired our sham of a doctor. Interesting, | thought to myself.

I would have to do smore research on that later.

With that, | nodded and turned on my heel, heading toward my bedroom. But, yet again, Noah's voice caused