Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth (Hannah and Noah) novel Chapter 271

Chapter 0271 

Hannah 

The weeks leading up to the Summer Hunt passed by faster than I expected–even faster than the days leading up to the charity gala, even though the length was actually longer. 

Noah and I worked side by side, true to our agreement to extend the divorce for another two months. But the tension between us was palpable, like a taut rubber band ready to snap at any moment. 

Every time our hands brushed as we passed documents back and forth, every stolen glance across the room, sent shivers down my spine. My wolf whined restlessly, yearning for his touch even more than before. 

The memory of our night together haunted me, making the urge stronger than it had been. It was as if that little taste of ecstasy had made me addicted, and I needed more. 

Each night, I was too restless to sleep. Each night, I kept thinking of him, of the sensation of him moving inside of me, and I would purse my lips and squeeze my eyes shut and try to push Noah out of my mind. But each night, it was an impossible feat. 

And each night, with my face red with shame, my hand would move under the blankets and I would whisper his name under my breath. 

Then, each morning, I would wake up and pretend that hadn’t done it. 

“Hannah?” 

I jerked my head up from my buttered toast, my eyes bleary, to see Noah looking at me from where he was standing by the coffee pot. He hadn’t approached me for sex since that night, and I didn’t approach him. But even as I looked at him, I was already imagining taking his clothes off, and- 

“Sorry,” I said, shaking my head slightly to dispel the thoughts. “What is it?” 

“What do you think about this layout for the banquet?” 

He handed me a slip of paper that had a crude map hand drawn on it; a seating chart for the banquet that would be held after the hunt, where we would–hopefully–roast and eat the deer we hunted down. 

“It’s good,” I said, my mouth full of toast as I studied the map. “But maybe we could move the dessert tables closer to the dance floor? Encourage more mingling.” 

Noah nodded and took the paper back. I watched as he scribbled something on it with a pencil, then stuffed both the pencil and paper into his pocket. “Always thinking about the social dynamics. This is why I need you here.” 

His words sent a pang through my chest. Need, not want.,That was for the best, no matter now painful. And that was what that night together had been: needing. Nothing more, nothing less. 

“We should also consider having more vegetarian options,” I said. “Some of the younger pack members have been asking for it.” 

Noah scoffed, but nodded. “It’s becoming more common these days, isn’t it?” 

I hesitated, then said, “That actually reminds me; maybe we should set up an activity for the children and 

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anyone who doesn’t want to–or who can’t–participate in the killing.” 

Noah considered this for a moment before sweeping over to the door. His cologne hit my nose as he walked past and I felt like I might pass out. “I’ll consider it,” he said, then left me alone with my toast and a squirming sensation in my thighs.