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

Noah didn't say anything, just looked at it with a faint smile, his hand sliding over Melody's stroller handle. I could tell that he liked it. A lot.

"That's beautiful," I said, glancing at the price tag. "If you want it, you should buy it." I gestured to my own bags sitting in the back of the stroller. I'd done plenty of shopping for myself and Melody today; one little thing for himself wouldn't kill him, and we had the budget to afford a shopping day every now and then.

He blinked, seeming to snap out of his thoughts. "Oh. Yeah, it's nice," he admitted, turning away, "but it's... it's a little much. Silly thing, really. I don't need it."

I opened my mouth to argue, but he had already turned away. "Come on," he said. "Let's head back."

But as we made our way to the car, a little plan began to form in my mind.This belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

When we reached the car, I slipped the bag with Amber's bracelet into the trunk, then patted my pockets, frowning. "Oh! I think the cashier forgot to put the receipt in the bag. I'll be right back."

Noah raised an eyebrow. "Do you really need it? I doubt Amber's going to return her gift."

I shrugged, trying to play it off. "Just in case. I'll only be a minute."

He gave me a dubious look but leaned back against the car, folding his arms. "Alright. We'll wait here."

I turned and hurried back inside, weaving my way through the crowd until I reached the store where the pocket watch had been.

The clerk was surprised to see me again, but she quickly retrieved the pocket watch from the display and/ wrapped it in soft tissue paper. I paid using some extra cash I'd been holding onto lately, figuring that this was the perfect thing to spend it on-and Noah wouldn't see the charge on our credit card statements if decided to wait to give him the gift.

After I paid for it, I slipped it into the inner pocket of my coat before making my way back to the car. I held my empty hands up as I approached, causing Noah to lift his eyebrows in confusion.

"Cashier threw the receipt away before I got there," I sighed. "Oh well. You're right. Amber won't return it anyway."

Noah just blinked at me for a moment before climbing into the driver's seat.

When we got home, I excused myself to 'put Amber's gift away' and headed upstairs. I went straight to my closet, reaching up to the highest shelf where I knew Noah would never look. Just as I was tucking the box containing the pocket watch behind a stack of old sweaters, I heard a familiar voice behind me.

"Whatcha doing?"

I jumped, whirling around to see Noah leaning against the doorframe, arms crossed, a smirk tugging at his lips. He raised an eyebrow, his gaze flicking to the closet shelf.

"Oh, nothing!" I said quickly, trying to keep the smile off my face. "Just... a little reorganizing."

He narrowed his eyes, taking a step closer. "Reorganizing, huh? You've been pretty sneaky today, you know that?"

I grinned, clutching the closet door a little tighter. "I don't know what you're talking about"

He laughed, reaching out to pull me close, his arms slipping around my waist as he leaned down to grow almost huskily in my ear.

"Alright, I'll let it slide this time," he murmured. "But if you're hiding something from me.

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