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Chapter 163. Intimacy.
Noah opened his mouth to argue, then closed it. His jaw was working, the muscle jumping in his cheek, and he forced himself to breathe. She was alive. She was standing in front of him, battered and bandaged and leaning on a crutch, but she was alive. That was what mattered.Chantel hadn't moved from her spot near the hallway. Her face had gone pale, her lips pressed into a thin bloodless line, and her eyes were fixed on the bandage wrapped around Rebecca's leg……… She didn't speak.She couldn't seem to find the words she wanted to use.The strange woman had settled back onto the couch, pulling her legs up beneath her and draping her arm over the back cushion. She watched the scene unfold with an expression that could only be described as amused detachment, like she was observing a particularly melodramatic soap opera and couldn't quite believe people got this worked up over a mere leg wound. Her moss-colored eyes flicked from Noah to Chantel to Rebecca and back again, and her lip
Chapter 162. Priorities.
Noah's expression shuttered, his jaw tightening until the muscle jumped in his cheek. The insults themselves were nothing he hadn't heard before.Honestly he had been called worse in his lifetime….but the way she said it got under his skin faster than anything had in a while.He could feel that dark feeling that seeped into his heart from time to time sink its claws in and spread. He tilted his head, studying her with a coldness that had become second nature over the past few months. "Get out of my way."She smiled, slow and deliberate. "Fucking make me."The words hung in the air between them like a thrown gauntlet and Noah didn't move and neither did she. The cartoon continued to chatter in the background, oblivious to the tension crackling through the room. They stood locked in a silent battle of wills, the air between them thickening with every passing second. The woman was smiling the whole time, a thin and knowing smirk that suggested she was enjoying herself immensely, that
Chapter 161. The Stranger.
He used the card again at her door, the lock disengaging with a soft click. The apartment opened up before him, a simple and uncluttered space that looked exactly like he remembered. A small kitchen to the left, a living room straight ahead, a short hallway that led to the bedroom. The furniture was minimal. A couch, a coffee table, a bookshelf filled with titles he couldn't quite make out from here and the blinds were half-drawn, letting in the golden evening light.He opened his mouth to call out her name, but the word died on his lips.There was a woman on the couch. It wasn't Rebecca.The stranger, because he had never seen this person in his life, was sprawled out like she owned the place, her legs spread wide and her arms draped over the back of the couch, her head tilted back against the cushions. The remote was perched on her stomach, rising and falling with each lazy breath she took, and her bare feet were propped up on the coffee table like she'd been living there for ye
Chapter 160. Bane
Truly, the other man was the bane of his existence.He'd spent the entire day avoiding the man, ducking into side corridors and pretending to be on his phone whenever he spotted that familiar curly head of hair in the distance. It wasn't that he found Lucien's company totally revolting anymore. The younger Vicker had grown on him in a strange and unexpected way, exactly like a persistent rash that refused to go away and would become an unfortunate part of his skin. But Noah couldn't stand that rash today. He didn't have the energy for the sharp grins and the knowing eyes and the constant sense that every conversation was a chess match he hadn't agreed to play. Today, he just wanted to see Rebecca and make sure she was alright.He stepped out of his office and into the corridor, his footsteps echoing against the polished marble. The executive floor was quieter now, most of the staff having already gone home for the evening, their offices dark and their doors closed. A few cleani
Chapter 159. Far Off.
Noah felt his eyes widen in surprise, "What?W-what are you- what are you talking about?" He stuttered, hands tightening around his chair.But Chantel didn't even deign him with a response, she just leaned back in her chair, studying him with knowing eyes. "Did you really think you could hide this from me?" She said stiffly .Noah gaped at her and his stomach dropped straight through the floor. She knew! She had to know. She'd probably been watching him all morning, noticing the way he'd crossed his legs and flushed and stared off into the middle distance like some sexual deviant!She'd put two and two together, and now she was going to call him out for being a lecherous ass while she'd been working her heart out on the quarterly projections."Chantel, I can explain," he started, his voice coming out rushed and slightly strangled. He crossed his legs again reflexively, then immediately uncrossed them. "It's not what you think. I wasn't-I mean, I was just-""It's because of Rebecca,
Chapter 158. The Conference.
The weekend had ended, and the week had begun with all the subtlety of a door slamming shut. Noah hadn't managed to get in contact with Victoria unfortunately.He tried to get in contact with Victoria about scheduling a meeting, but she was apparently too busy to take his calls. Her secretary had been polite but firm, informing him that Mrs. Lansing had "things going on" and would reach out when her schedule cleared. Three calls. Three identical responses. By Tuesday morning, Noah had gotten the message. She wasn't avoiding him, exactly, but she wasn't making herself available either. He'd try again next week.Currently, he was sitting in a conference room on the executive floor, his chair positioned slightly to the left of the head of the table where Chantel stood addressing the assembled department heads. The room was filled with the usual suspects. Senior managers. Financial analysts. A few representatives from the legal team who always looked like they'd rather be somewhere els
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