Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth (Hannah and Noah) novel Chapter 168

Chapter 0168
Hannah
I frowned at the spot where Zoe had been standing just a few minutes ago; her bag and her jacket were gone, too, with nothing but a half-eaten pretzel sitting on her chair. If she had left, then she had slipped out without anyone noticing. But why? Adam was still with his grandparents for a couple more days as far as I was aware, so she didn’t need to rush home to him.
Turning my attention back to Noah, I glanced up at the underside of his hard jaw, Seeming to notice me looking, he glanced back down at me as well. His eyes instantly flickered with something I couldn’t quite read, his fingers tightening around my waist.
I could feel it; the tension radiating off of him in waves. It made me smirk.
“What’s got you so affectionate all of a sudden?” I asked, leaning up on my tiptoes so he could hear me. My breath brushed across his ear as I spoke, and I could see his face redden slightly.
Good. If he was going to get sentimental on me, then I was going to tease him for it. I couldn’t help myself.
But to my chagrin, he merely shrugged and schooled his expression back into one of cool indifference. I watched as his green eyes scanned the crowd, landing in particular on a group of men across the way who were leaning over the edge of the railing, beers in hand, their eyes flickering over to me every so often.
Oh. So this was about jealousy, was it?
“You’re still my wife for the time being,” he growled. “I can’t have strange men ogling you.”
I curled my upper lip back in a slight sneer. “You’re jealous?” I asked. Maybe part of me hoped that he was.
“I just don’t need to be embarrassed by my wife getting stared at and hit on, at least not when I’m right here.”
Right, I thought to myself as I returned my attention to the ring-the fight was coming to an end, the man in red shorts now raining one last finishing move combo down on the other guy, who was too sweaty and exhausted to put up a fight any longer. So this was just about Noah’s ego after all, as usual.
But even then, as the bell rang and I went to push away Noah held me tighter. I frowned, shooting him one last glance. He didn’t look at me, of course, but I could see the way his throat bobbed as he swallowed.
Sighing, I leaned against him and rested my head on his chest. It was then that I could hear his heart racing, and a delighted current ran through me at the thought
Was he… nervous? Or was it just the fight?
Curely it was the fight. It couldn’t possibly be anything else.
“Where did Zoe go?” I asked suddenly, turning to Drake, She still hadn’t returned.
Drake paused, glancing around, then shrugged and sighed at the same time. “Sh
left,” he said. “Called an Uber.”
said she was tired and
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“Oh.” I glanced up at Noah, who did look somewhat surprised as well. Yeah, you miss your girlfriend, don’t you? I thought to myself as I glared up at him. Maybe she had slipped out because she saw him holding
me.
“Well…” Drake glanced at his watch; it was nearly midnight by now, and the fight was over. The crowd was beginning to file out of the arena, leaving behind messes of food wrappers and empty beer cans for the staff to clean up. I guess it’s time. That was fun, guys.”
I nodded, finally feeling Noah’s grip loosen enough around me to disentangle myself from him. “Yeah, it was. We should do this again.”
I
Drake quirked a curious eyebrow at me. I thought I saw him shoot Noah a curious glance, but the look. was gone just as quickly as it came. “Really? You’d wanna do this again?”
I nodded again, but before I could say anything. Noah let out a rumbling chuckle from behind me. “What’s got you so interested in fighting all of a sudden, Hannah?”
Frowning. I turned to glare at him with my arms folded across my chest. “I’ve always been interested.”
“No, you haven’t. Don’t lie.”
***it, I thought to myself. How very much like Noah, to always feel the need to correct me and point out my bluffs.
“It’s okay if you don’t want to, Hannah,” Drake said as he gathered his jacket. “It’s not for everybody.”
I sighed and dropped my arms to my side. “Alright, alright. It’s true; I never cared for this before. But..” I paused, momentarily feeling the need to touch my belly but ultimately stopping myself. “I don’t know. I guess I’ve changed.”
Drake grinned. Noah blinked at me in surprise.
“Actually,” I continued, “I might consider taking up sparring training again.”
Both men appeared dumbfounded at that, their mouths hanging open in unison. I threw up my hands in response, my eyes widening. “What? Is it that preposterous?”
Noah scoffed. “For you? Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because…” He shrugged, a ghost of a smirk tugging at the corners of his lips. “You’ve never shown any interest in any sort of physical activity, let alone
“That’s b***t, Noah. You know how much I like walking, pilates, cycling..
“Sure, sure. But sparring?” Noah scoffed. “Where did that come from?”
I opened my mouth to bite out a retort, but then closed it again. It wasn’t as if I could tell Noah the truth: that I wanted to prepare myself to be a single mom and a female Alpha. That I wanted to be able to protect both myself and my child if the need arose, without a man to do it for me.
“Hey, come on now.” Drake shrugged his leather jacket on and placed his hands on his hips. “If you want to start sparring, Hannah, then you should go for it. Don’t let anyone stop you.”
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I threw a satisfied smile in his direction. “Thanks, Drake,” But then I paused, worrying my between my teeth. “I’ll need a sparring partner, though,
“I’ll do it.”
Both Noah and Drake spoke at the same time, leading me to blink in surprise at the two of them. Even they looked over at each other with matching expressions of shock
“Sorry, Drake, but I’ll train my own wife,” Noah said with a dismissive wave of his hand before Drake could speak. “Thanks for the offer.”
“Suit yourself,” Drake replied, “but I’m a certified personal trainer. And besides, ultimately, it’s up to
Hannah.”
Noah grumbled something under his breath. Both men looked at me expectantly, and it was then that an evil little idea began to take root in the back of my mind. I grinned, placing my hands on my hips.
“Who said I would pick either of you?” I teased. “Maybe you’re the ones who need to prove worthy of training me.”
that you’re
Once again, Noah grumbled. Drake, picking up what I was putting down, smirked broadly and turned to Noah
“What do you say, Noah? Shall we each train Hannah for one session and see who she prefers?”
For a long moment, Noah glared down at Drake before shooting me a sidelong look. I held my ground, c**ng an eyebrow at him in a silent challenge. Finally, he let out a sigh that made his shoulders slump
“Very well.”