Chapter 0408

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“I intend to make up for it,” he whispered, his grip tightening on my hand ever so slightly. “For all of it.”

My heart fluttered at his touch, and I looked up to see those green eyes staring down at me, filled with the same intensity as when he had been holding our daughter. “Noah…”

“Let me take you on a date this weekend,” he said suddenly. “Just the two of us. I’ll take you out to a nice. restaurant, somewhere fan

We can talk, really talk, without any distractions.”

The idea both thrilled and terrified me. We hadn’t had that in so long–maybe never. That… chance to really talk. To date. To act like a real couple. And talking… I guess we needed that now more than ever.

“I… I think that would be nice,” I said finally, offering him a small smile.

Noah’s face lit up brighter than the sunset, and for a moment, I was transported back to our early days together as teenagers. The urge to kiss him was overwhelming, but I held myself back, settling instead for leaning up on my tiptoes and giving him a quick peck on the cheek.

the same for him, if the pinkish tinge on his cheeks was at all related and not

safely.” I murmured,

nodded, his eyes lingering on me for a moment longer before he got into his car.

through the motions of my nightly routine–feeding Melody, putting her

thoughts kept circling

WhiteRabbit.

at me for weeks. Now, with everything that had come to light


know for certain. I couldn’t sleep

unable to resist any longer, I pulled out my phone and sent a message to WhiteRabbit, hitting send before I could think better of it: 7 know it was

news?” I frowned, my fingers hovering over the keyboard. This wasn’t the reaction I had expected. “Yes, the woman from the news,” I typed out somewhat angrily. “Noah’s ex. She was behind the

was a long pause before WhiteRabbit replied: “I don’t know anything about a Zoe. Someone else was

then who? And why would they go to

then?” I asked. “Who was supplying

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