Chapter 133
As Nicolas walked Noelle out she seemed to float on air. She radiated a soft, bubbly joy, her cheeks flushed like she’d had a few drinks, giving her an almost tipsy, dreamy aura
Eli was taken aback when he saw her like this. He quickly got out of the car and hurried over to Noelle, scrutinizing her face. “Noelle, are you okay? Did you drink something weird or what?”
“El…” Noelle looked up at her brother, her lips curling into a silly grin, her eyes crinkling with happiness.
Eli’s eye twitched. What in the world? Oh my god, How much alcohol did she drink? She looks completely out of it, he thought, utterly baffled by her dazed expression.
His gaze immediately shifted to Nicolas, the likely culprit, and he glared. “Nicolas, what did you do to Noelle? Why is she like this?“–
Nicolas looked genuinely innocent. All he’d done was give her a goodbye kiss before she left. And, well, maybe he’d let his hands wander a little to tease her, just to spice things up. But honestly, it wasn’t his fault she was so sensitive. She had zero experience in that department. A little spark was enough to set her on fire.
Thankfully. Eli hadn’t been around to see it. If he had, with his short fuse, he’d have exploded on the spot. And then there’d be no explaining anything
Eli, seeing Nicolas’s smug, satisfied expression and Noelle’s dazed reaction, didn’t need to be a relationship expert to figure out what had happened. You two are unbelievable…
He couldn’t even bring himself to scold them. After all, Nicolas and Noelle were technically engaged, so a little intimacy wasn’t exactly out of line. He had no right to stop them, even if he wanted to.
But then didn’t stop him from being furious,
seriously! Noelle had said the just t wanted to talk to Nicolas, and look what happened behind his back! He’d been waiting outside, and those two were inside doing who–knows–what
The more Eli thought about it, the angrier he got. It reminded him of that time he’d gone out with his buddies, and one of them had brought his girlfriend along. Eli had ended up being the third wheel, forced to watch them being all lovey–dovey while strangers gave him pitying looks.
It had left a lasting scar on his psyche, and now that scar was itching again.
To stop himself from cursing. Eli grabbed Noelle by the arm and pulled her toward the car.
grinning like an idiot! Let’s go!”
Noelle giggled like a little fool, letting her brother drag her along, still completely lost in her own world.
El rolled his eyes so hard they nearly got stuck in the back of his head. He shoved her into the passenger seat and was about to drive off when Noelle finally snapped out of it
Her eyes lit up, and she quickly turned to look at Nicolas, leaning out the window to wave at him “Nick, I’m heading home now! I’ll call you when I
get there!”
“Alright, be safe. And pull your head back in–it’s dangerous,” Nicolas said, waving back with a smile.
“Okay Noelle ducked back inside but kept waving at him through the window, her entire being radiating pink, lovey–dovey energy
Eli felt like his teeth were about to rot from how sweet and gross it all wa He slammed his foot on the gas and sped off
“Hey! Eli, why are you driving so fast?”
None of your busi
As the car disappeared down the road, Nicolas slowly turned away, the smile fading from his face. He pulled out his phone and nude a call, bus voice cold and durp From now on, have someone monitor Lela Anderson’s every move and all her communications. If she contacts anyone suijacious, report dimisiediately
After hanging up, Nicolas put his phone away his expression dark and brooding, a hint of menace in bus cyes
He wasn’t going to lei Noelle’s injury slide just because she healed qukly didn’t mean she hadn’t suffered. The memory of her writhing in pain l night was sull fresh in his mind. Whoever had caused her that pain, Nicolas would stop at nothing to had them.
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Lea was a suspect. Noelle had said it was unlikely, but even the smallest chance was enough for Nicolas to art. A single oversight could lead to a lifetime of regret, and Nicolas wasn’t about to let that happen. Not to him Not to Noelle.
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