Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth

I put my hands on my hips.

The fact that I rejected you on our intimacy day says it all."

"You clearly enjoyed yourself before," Noah sneered.

my hair, to that his words did not even

Seventy percent of all women fake their orams, I countered with a dismissive wave of my hand. "I just happen to be one of them."

I smirked at the incredulous expression that crossed Noah's face. It was his own fault for continuing this conversation. f he only agreed to my divorce application, then this cringeworthy conversation would be

over.

Noah opened his mouth to speak, then closed it again. He raised his finger, as though to reprimand me for my language, only to lower it once more. The flustered look on his face provided me with a degree of amusement, if also a bit of annoyance as I waited for him to settle on a response. rry that Noah would just storm

Several minutes passed without Noah saying anything. I was starting to off, like he did any other time that we had a disagreement. Instead, he stayed staring at me, prodding the Inside of his cheek with his tongue.

"What's the matter, Noah?" I taunted. "Cat got your tongue?"

Noah snort-chuckled and said, "Hannah, you don't sound like a Luna right now."

Good.

I was

of playing the role of the perfect lady every day. I wasn't anybody's trophy wife now; my eyes were set on being an Alpha. like the way I'm acting, then I'm happy to give you a divorce."

"If you I don't like

tired Noah's eyes narrowed at me as he placed his hands on his hips.

"You I think you're cute, don't you?"

"No," I said, stepping closer to him, "I think I'm determined."

Noah r ran his hand over his face. I could tell that he was suffering internal turmoil over how to handle this. He couldn't agree to my request with the upcoming review from the Alpha Council, but with me having already submitted the application, I had put him into a tight That gave me slight satisfaction.

spot.

"Look," he finally said, "if you want more of your emotional needs met, then we can have an open marriage."

This time, I huffed

"An open marriage? Really?"

"Yes. We can see other people under certain conditions while still staying married."

He crossed his arms over his chest.

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a divorce is out of the question."

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I

so.

I could feel the anger building up in me. I breathed slowly in and out through my nostrils, trying to keep myself level-headed in the face of Noah's absurd "concessions"-If they could even be called that. I could not afford to lose my temper now, but I was damn close to doing "Is that the best offer you have?" I asked. Noah shook his head.

"We have to do what's best for the Pack, no matter what our personal hang-ups are. We have an image to hold up, a reputation. We have to maintain our dignity and avoid scandal, including that of divorce." I snorted. What about Zoo

getting a divorce and returning to you with a child? Isn't that a scandal?" I asked. "She divorced an Alpha, too, you know."

Noah fell silent.

Precious

Of course, he would have nothing to say about that. He didn't care about scandal when it came to his Zoe. She could do nothing wrong in his eyes, even when it was the exact same thing that he was warning me against.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

n't imagine the field day that the reporters would have with that. As Alpha, he really should know better. The media would eat us alive.

I knew firsthand what they made of it only seeming as though Noah were seeing another woman behind my

I felt my arm muscles tighten as my nails dug into my hip bones. Noah really thought that us seeing other people would be less of a scandal than us just getting a divorce? It was almost laughable. He cou couldn't back. It would only be worse if they actually caught us with other people. This was without taking into account that people could discover our arrangement and blackmail us or leak the information for revenge over any imagined slight. Noah was clearly not thinking when he decided to propose this "arrangement"-or he was thinking with the wrong member of his ber of his body. "And seeing other people?" I continued. "Don't you see how that could possibly go wrong? If you want to avoid scandal, then start by not setting us up to get caught cheating by reporters." "Obviously, one of the conditions would be that we not have any dates in public," Noah argued. I rolled my eyes.

"You honestly think that they would never catch us? The most high-profile couple in the Nightcrest Pack? And that that scandal would be any less than if we just got a divorce?" He had to think that I was incredibly stupid if he thought that I would fall for that, or his double standards were even more hypocritical than I had originally estimated. No, he was not providing me with the option of an open marriage to avoid the scandal of divorce, not really. "That's just your excuse to cheat on me with Zoe. Admit it."

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He did not respond.

"That's what I thought. Scandal is okay, so long as it benefits you and your paramour-"

"Don't be dragging her name through the mud like that, Noah snapped.

"Why? Because she's yours to defend?"

I

Noah dragged his hand through his hair and growled.

"I am not having this conversation with you right now.

lifted my chin at him.

"Then give me what I want."

Noah

looked away for a moment, seemingly lost in thought. Then he turned his head back to me, his eyes meeting mine with an intensity that took my breath away. We need to to provide a united front, for the sake of the Pack."

"I cannot.

"Well, I am not withdrawing my divorce application. I

I at me for a moment, silent once more. I waited patiently for him to respond.

Noah stared a Then

his eyes

softened, and his expression seemed to be pleading with me. My heart almost went out to him, almost.

"Please, Hannah, withdraw your divorce application," he finally managed to say. "At least continue to play as my wife for three more months, until the dust settles on the Lunar Festival." He took my hand and held it in both of mine, and for a moment I thought I might crumble. He hadn't touched me like this since... I couldn't even remember. Our wedding night, maybe? If only it wasn't just a tactic to get on my good side. "Whatever you want, I will do o it. Just wait for that divorce."

I had to remind myself of everything that he had done to me, both in this life and in the previous one, to ensure that I did not fall for his charm and his "pitiful me" act. I needed to stay strong in my position if I was going to get what I wanted. "No," I said firmly, pulling my hand out of Noah's. "I want a direct divorce."

After I gave my own answer a moment's thought, my hand subconsciously fell onto my stomach. There was something that I had not considered, something that could change my entire plans if I didn't put up safety guards to prevent it. "Wait," said. Noah's face perked up. "There might be one thing that you can do."