NovelEnglishChapter 0203
Chapter 0203
The venom in her words gavepause. “I didn’t take you as the religious type,” | said, furrowing my brow.
Zoe simply shrugged. “I'm not, really. But rain wasn't in the forecast today, and now for it to start downpouring
like this out of nowhere...”
Her voice trailed off meaningfully. | opened and closed my mouth a few times, unsure of how to answer...
Whatever it was that she was implying.
But before | could respond, Noah suddenly appeared at my side.
“Hannah, there you are,” he said. His eyes widened as he took in my appearance. “Goddess, you're completely
covered in mud. What the hell happened to you?”
| pursed my lips and wiped a bit of water out of my eyes. “I fell.”
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Noah eyedup and down, his expression softening ever so slightly as he looked at me. Finally, he muttered,
“Con, let's get you cleaned up.”
Without waiting for a response, he took my arm and ledaway from Zoe, whose eyes | could feel boring holes
into my back. No doubt she was p***d that she, too, was soaked to the bone and Noah had hardly paid her any
mind. Honestly, | wasn’t even sure if he recognized her in her current state with everything else going on.
Noah guideddown the hall, up the stairs, and to my bedroom. Once we were inside, he turned and closed the
door behind us. The room was blissfully silent, the door effectively shutting out the chaos in the dance hall
below.
“We need to get you out of these wet clothes before you catch a cold,” he said brusquely and without preamble.
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| nodded, suddenly feeling oddly small under his intense gaze. Before | could protest, Noah stepped forward and
began tugging at my muddy robes, his movements quick and forceful. | winced as he pulled a bit too hard on a
tangled section of my sash, which had gotten utterly caked with mud when 1 fell.
“Noah, | can do it myself,” | protested weakly.
He ignoredand continued to undresswith an efficiency that felt more clinical than intimate. “Do you
have something else to wear?” he asked.
“Plenty,” | said stiffly.
Noah nodded and continued to work. His fingers brushed my collar bone as he tugged my robe aside, parting the
fabric to reveal my lace bra underneath. My face reddened, my fingers moving to quickly shut the robe, but this
only seemed to frustrate him.
“We don’t have tfor this, Hannah.”
“Then letdo it myself.”
“I'm trying to help-"
Suddenly, as he yanked at my outer robe with frustration, | felt something shift in my pocket.
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Too late, | remembered Noah's offering. The bundle slipped out, hitting the floor with a wet splat. The impact
caused the soaked piece of cloth to fall open, revealing something inside.
Noah froze, his eyes fixed on the object. “What’s-" he began, but his voice cut off sharply when he realized what
it was: his offering.
Before he could reach for it, | dove down and snatched it up. It was a folded piece of paper, miraculously dry
thanks to the protective cloth. With trembling fingers, | opened it.
My breath caught in my throat as | stared at the photograph in my hands. It was an old photo, a bit worn around
the edges but still clear. In it, two teenagers smiled at the camera, their arms wrapped around each other and
their cheeks pressed together.
One was unmistakably a younger Noah. And the girl beside him, her face radiant and filled with joy, was
Zoe.
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