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She winces. “How did he take it?”
“Like a gentleman,” I answer, shaking my head. “He didn’t even yell at me or get upset.”
“Wait, he wasn’t upset?”
The memory of the look on his face pops into my mind and I sigh as I shake my head. “I mean, he was upset but he didn’t get upset, if that makes sense. He said that he knew it was inevitable once Noah came back to town.”
“Poor guy.”
“Yeah,” I sigh, nodding. The puppy in her lap finishes his bottle and she sets it on the table before picking him up and holding him against her chest.
“I mean, don’t feel too bad for him. Mason Barrow is still one of the most eligible bachelors in town. He won’t be lonely long, babe.”
I nod. “Good.”
“You’re not jealous?” she asks with a raised brow and I shake my head as I scowl at her.
“Why would I be?”
She shrugs, a hint of a smile on her face. “No reason. Just making sure that there are no regrets.”
I roll my eyes and go back to my food.
“Are you going to leave me hanging? How did it go with Noah?”
I glance around the back room before scowling at her. “I’m not giving you details.”
“Um, yes you are, bitch, but those can wait till later. Just tell me that it was everything you remember and so much more.”
Remembering last night, I shift in my seat and smile. “Yeah.”
“Oh my God, you little hussy,” she hisses, glaring at me. “I got all the information I need from that look on your face. Makes me want to rush home and fantasize about a man that will come sweep me off my feet.”
“In what world does that describe Noah?” I ask with a laugh. Sweep me off my feet… no. Steal me away in the dark of night and hold me hostage until I agree to be his… yeah, maybe. My mind flashes back to our conversation this morning and I suck in a breath as the smile falls from my face. “I told him about Oliver, too.”
She turns to me with a raised brow. “Everything?”
“Well, no… not everything but enough for now.”
“And how did he take it?”
“Not well,” I admit, remembering our lengthy shower this morning where he held me and promised to exact his revenge on Oliver. It was the safest I’ve felt since the last moment he held me in his arms seven years ago and it has me considering the options for our future when only forty-eight hours ago, I was dead against it.
“Does that mean the two of you are official again?”
I shake my head. “No… I don’t know… Maybe…”
“Well, that’s helpful. Thanks.”
“I don’t know what to tell you, Han. Do I love him? Yes, but being with him terrifies me. Oliver is a fucking lunatic and I can’t go back to the apartment. I can’t go back to being a prisoner.”
She stares at me for a second before wrapping her arm around my shoulder and pulling me close. “Noah’s not going anywhere this time. Have faith, babe.”
Easier said than done.
Chapter Twelve
Noah
