NovelEnglishChapter 0063
My nostrils flared with a burst of fresh anger. “Are you implying you want to volunteer with me?” | asked
incredulously. “I would have asked if you wanted to join me, but you're hardly ever home. And Goddess knows
you don’t answer your phone when I'm the one calling.”
Before he could answer, | allowed a mocking little laugh to escape my lips. | raked my eyes over his pristine suit
and silk tie and gestured to him. “But let's be real, Noah. You would never deign to sully your shoes and get your
hands dirty volunteering down at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter. We both know that you're only interested
in doing it now because you don’t want to be upstaged by me.”
In the blink of an eye, Noah was on his feet, his broad frtowering overas he closed the distance
between us with a few long strides. My heart stuttered in my chest as the familiar earthy, masculine scent of him
enveloped me, his shadow practically blotting out the setting sun.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“What makes you think that?” he asked. His voice was a low growl, barely more than a whisper, but deep enough
to rumble through my chest and makewaver ever so slightly. “Just because you've only just started getting
involved because you want to look good for the divorce doesn’t mean you have smoral high ground over
me, Hannah.”
| swallowed hard, fighting to keep my voice from wavering as | met his icy green-eyed gaze.
“You've never done anything like that, though. Not since we were married, at least. And everyone knows you like
keeping up that perfect Alpha image-can’t have the Alpha of Nightcrest getting dirty or disheveled, right?”
As | spoke, | tugged absentmindedly at the silky lapels of his suit jacket-a gesture that, | was just learning, made
him shudder. He tried to hide it, but | could see the goosebumps beginning to raise his neck.
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“No,” | said, tugging him a little closer. “You're too concerned with your perfect image. You always have been.”
Finally, | released my grip on him and took a step back, and felt the hot air between us go cool. ” Behind closed
doors, though...
| let my words trail off, but was satisfied to see them strike home. A muscle in Noah's jaw ticked with
close they really had struck.
barely restrained frustration, revealing ho
“So because I've simply lived up to a certain standard,” he growled, “that must mean that | think I’m too good to
help the less fortunate?”
“I didn’t say that, exactly,” | replied, hating the way my pulse raced beneath his searingly intense scrutiny.” But |
also can’t seem to recall the last tanyone even asked you to volunteer for that sort of thing. Or the last time
you offered.”
His nostrils flared as he sucked in a sharp breath. “Maybe not,” he hissed through gritted teeth. “But that doesn’t
give you the right to makefeel like skind of selfish, lazy a***le, either.”
| shrugged one shoulder, striving for nonchalance even as that ssmug look from earlier ghosted across
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmNoah's rugged features and made my heart flip “Whatever you say. What tshould | be ready
tomorrow?”
Noah held my gaze for a few more moments before finally givinga reluctant nod. He turned on his heel,
turning his back to me, and began shuffling papers on his desk.
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“Be ready by nine a.m, sharp,” he said without so much as looking at me. “Or I'm leaving without you.”
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