Chapter 120
se first time Damon had ever touched Noelle head. Her eyes lit up instantly, and she grinned. Damon, this is the first time you’ve touched
second, staring at her bright expression. Then, as if realizing what he’d done, he quickly pulled his hand hack and shifted away. distance between them. His expression turned a little awkward.
it reaction?” he asked, trying to
e grinned and scooted closer. “Didn’t you say you wanted to keep your distance from me? And now you’re patting my head? Does this mean tre firends.
Dandwitched. She really doesn’t forget things, does sher
- Damson was just as preot
the pushed her forehead back with two fingers. “Don’t overthink it. It was nothing Stop acting like it’s a big deal.”
need to act cool” Noelle teased
ou talking abo
about?” he said curtly.
wing ear to e
ear to ear. T m not making things up. I knew it–Damon, you just can’t ignore me!”
woded. Just stop dreaming”
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lutely refused to go to the hospital. Damon had no choice but to drive her home
Noelle suddenly turned to him with a smile. “Oh, by the way, don’t tell the family about what happened today”
from the lab, and whoever was behand them definitely was, too. Noelle didn’t want her family digging into things, so she figured best to keep quiet…
Cramon glanced at her. He had always known she had secrets.
dibe tubond a lot, but when it came to certain things, she kept her mouth shut. No matter what, there were some things she just refused to share.
nosy or anything. The only reason he ever asked about her past was because he wanted to understand her
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Lelle clearly wasn’t planting to explain anything she even gave him a look that warned him not to ask
Bearing
better than to push. If she didn’t want to talk, she wouldn’t. So, he just nodded and said, “Alright. won’t tell anyone.”
cür grinned and leaned her head against his arm, her eyes twinkling. “That means we have a secret now just the two of us. No one
Who would have thought, a few hours ago, he was telling her to stay away, acting like he wanted nothing to do with her. And now, they shared smurthing whether he liked it or no
ven weirder, he didn’t actually ha
If anything, in frit, oddly erasuring However, that also made guilt creep up on him. He had promised himself he’d stand by Leia’s side, but here be was leting Noelle in
The thought
made his mood drop fast
ferring Noelle still leaning on hits, his expression darkened. He midged her off with his elbow, has tone sharper than necessary. “Hey. Don’t lean
Before he even finasheed speaking. Noelle suddenly yelped. “Ow!”
Domen froze. He turned to see her lurching her shoulder, her face scruched up in pain.
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In heart skipped a beat dropped Shit
He had completely forgotten, she’d been shot in the left shoulder. And he had just showed her withour thinking.
Damon immediately pulled the car over. Leaning toward her, he asked anxiously. “Did your wound open up! Damn it, I told you not to lean overt How had is it? Do you need to go to the hospital?”
For the first time in a long time, he was actually pameking,
His mind flashed back to her injury, to the sight of blood soaking thensigh her clothes. Thi realization that he might have made it worse made his chest tighten.
From the way he looked at her, anyone would think he was the one who had been shot
Just as Damon was about to call 911, Noelle suddenly lifted her head and stuck her tongue out at him
She grinned like a little kid that had just pulled off the perfect trick. “Hat You totally panicked! I knew w you cared about me!
Don’t even try to deny
Damson just stared at her, completely dumbfounded. Then it clicked. She had played him.
The embarrassment hit first, then frustration. His face darkened as he snapped. “Noeller
J
But she unly laughed harder. “Aww, now you’re shy!”
“Noelle, I’m so…” Damon gritted his teeth. He had a short temper, a bad attitude, and normally, he had no problem letting people know exctly ho passed of he was
But with Noelle, somehow, he just couldn’t bring himself to yell at her. She was infuriating, yet at the same time he felt relieved. And that only annoyed him more.
In the end, he could only sigh in defeat, watching her bask in her little victory.
He swore to himself, next time, even if she actually collapsed in pain, he wouldn’t give a damn
When they got back to the Anderson family’s house, the whole family was huddled together in the living room, deep in conversation.
They were talking about the new song by “The Legend” that had just shattered records.
Stanley’s voice was already icons, and with Noelle’s composition, it was pure gold. The song had dominated the charts in just a week, climbing straight to number unr.
Meanwhile, Radiance Media had been going all–in on promoting Noelle. She hadn’t even made a public appearance yet, and she was already being hyped as the next big thing
Naturally, the Anderson family was over the moon. They turned to Charlie, their go–to for entertainment industry insight, and bombarded him with question…
Charlie didn’t sugarcoat it. He flat–out said Noelle’s commercial value was already approaching top–tier status. That sent the whole family into celebration mode
56, when Noelle and Damon walked through the door, they were met with a room full of expectant, eager faces.
Noelle Blinked. “Uh… why is everyone lurking at me like that?”
they hated her.
d to this kind of attention. A month ago, the only one who ever got this much enthusiasm from the family was Leia. And back thent.
Noelle let out a
Karma sure works fast
Eli practically bounced over to her, his excitement through the roof. He clapped a hand on her left shoulder, grinning. “Noelle, you’re a celebrity
Being too excited, he didn’t hold back. Not even a little. The slap landed hand
Noelle’s fare twisted in pain. Her body healed faster than most, but she was still human.
Her wound hd only) just stopped bleeding, and the seals was still fresh, way too fragile in take that
No matter how tough Noelle was, the slap was too much for her to handle.
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Eh trally noticed something was off. “Noelle
I’s wrong?” His excitement dimmed as he frowned at he
Before she could say a word. Damon was already there. He shoved Eh back, glaring “Hey, are you out of your damn mind! Who told you to hit
without wasting a second, he turned to Noelle his voice tight
Noelle, are you okay!‘
