NovelEnglish“This casserole is delicious,” Zoe said around a mouthful of pasta, waving her fork around. “You made this,
Hannah?”
| nodded, although | hadn't done much more than poke at my own food. “I did.”
“Ah. Well, you're a good cook.”
Noah snorted. “It still shocks-" he began, but suddenly stopped, noticing my withering glare, and busied himself
with shoving another forkful of pasta into his mouth. | narrowed my eyes and looked away.
Seeing Zoe eating so heartily madelose what little appetite | had left. This whole ordeal with Noah being
with her in the hospital had destroyed my appetite, but now it was even worse. Soon, | gave up trying to eat
entirely, pushing my plate away. In order to avoid scrutiny, | rose from my chair and busied myself with making
tea in the kitchen.
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Although, | doubted that Noah or Zoe noticed. Noah had shota strange look when | got up but was ultimately
too fixated on her, asking if she needed anything every five seconds like a doting husband, to ask why | wasn’t
eating.
Of course he hadn't askedthe squestions when | had hit my head. My skull still throbbed and ached
from my fall, a scab forming beneath my hair, but he didn’t ask about it even once.
Maybe he even forgot already.
Finally, Zoe pushed her empty plate away and leaned back in her chair. “I feel so much better,” she said, resting
her hand on her stomach. “Although, I think all this moving around is makingsore...”
“Here.” | was already crossing to her with her pain meds and a glass of water in hand. “You should stay ahead of
the pain.”
“Thank you.” Zoe took two pills and downed them with half of the glass of water. When she was finished, she
stood slowly, gripping the edge of the table to keep herself steady. “I should probably lie down.”
“Ill take you to bed,” Noah said quickly, grabbing her elbow. He didn’t notice how | quickly turned away to hide
my grimace.
“Actually,” Zoe said, “I wanted to ask... would you two mind staying tonight? I'm afraid of falling and hurting
myself if | need to use the bathroom in the middle of the night.”
Before Noah could answer, | was biting out, “Of course” But all the while, | was thinking. Noah will likely be more
comfortable here. Since he’s so used to sleeping here.
| didn’t say that, of course.
“You two can stay in my guest room,” Zoe said as Noah led her away. “There are towels in the linen closet
As they disappeared, their voices fading, | knew there was no way | would sleep next to Noah. Sighing. | glanced
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here.
But, ultimately, my feet were too tired to move. As soon as | sank down onto the couch, | felt like | might not be
able to get back up.
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And in fact, with Zoe and Noah gone, my eyes fluttered closed. The scent of the vanilla candle began to lull me
to sleep, and | began to think that maybe I could just sleep comfortably on the couch tonight...
But just before | was able to drift off, | was abruptly awoken by a hand on my shoulder. | snapped my eyes open
and jerked my head up to see a fresh plate of casserole hovering in front of me. Noah's green eyes started
sternly down atas he thrust the plate a little closer.
Eat.”
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