Chapter 0183

Hannah

Viona and I exchanged wary glances as Scott approached. Despite myself, I slid over to allow him to sit with us, even though my heart was pounding.

“Scott,” I said, trying to keep my tone even, “I haven’t seen you in a while. Where have you been?”

Scott sighed and ran a hand through his hair as he slid into the booth beside me. It was true; I hadn’t seen him in weeks.

“Noah sent me overseas, actually,” he replied, sipping his beer.

“Overseas?” I exchanged another glance with Viona, who was practically digging her fingernails through her glass, gripping it so tightly. “Why did he send you overseas?”

He raised an eyebrow. “You don’t know?”

I gaped at him. “No, Scott,” I said sarcastically. “I don’t know anything about my husband’s antics. I thought you would have gathered that by now.”

Scott cringed visibly and ruffled his hair again, taking a long drag of his beer. Beneath the table, Viona kicked my ankle—it was all I could do not to yelp in pain and surprise. But when I met her gaze, I saw the whites of her eyes and knew exactly what she was thinking.

How much had Scott heard? And how much trust could we place in him if he’d heard about the pregnancy?

When Scott finished his drink, he set his glass down and wiped his mouth with a napkin. “I probably shouldn’t tell you,” he said, causing me to narrow my eyes, “but I will.”

“Okay. Spill.”

Scott sighed. “Noah sent me abroad to look for your family doctor. Said he was missing and that he left under… mysterious circumstances.”

Mysterious circumstances… I furrowed my brow, thinking back to the day I’d discovered our family doctor’s sudden leave of absence and the incident involving WhiteRabbit. I’d all but forgotten about it, though it lingered in the back of my mind. But most importantly, what was Noah’s reason for wanting to find our family doctor? Whatever it was had to be a pretty big deal if he was sending his own Beta and half-brother overseas to hunt him down.

“Why did he send you?” Viona blurted out, asking my question for me. “I don’t mean that in a bad way, Scott. It just seems weird that he’d send his own Beta away to look for a doctor.”

Scott glanced at Viona and shrugged. “Beats me. He just told me I had to find him.”

“And? Did you?” I asked.

He shook his head. “No. I looked all over, followed every lead. Showed up at every hotel in the area, asked every local, tracked down every last scrap of CCTV footage. The guy just… disappeared.”

Disappeared. Just like WhiteRabbit.

I opened my mouth to ask Scott more questions, but it was obvious he’d told us all he knew. With a heavy sigh, I exchanged one last glance with Viona and took a sip of my drink.

“Well… welcome back,” I said, raising my glass.

“I’m glad to be back. Although, it’s a lot colder here,” Scott laughed. There was a pause as we all sipped our drinks, and then he continued. “I didn’t mean to eavesdrop earlier, by the way. I just heard you mention that you had to talk to Noah about something.”

Viona kicked my ankle again. This time I couldn’t contain my yelp, eliciting a curious glance from Scott.

“It’s nothing, Scott,” I said with a wave of my hand. “It’s… personal.”

“Oh.” His eyes flickered between me and Viona. “Well, if there’s anything I can do to help…”

I paused, ready to tell him thanks-but-no-thanks, but then thought better of it.