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.

buttery warm skin sent a jolt through me, and clearly did the same for him, if the pinkish tinge on his cheeks was at all related and

safely.” I murmured,

his eyes lingering on me for a moment longer before he got into his car. I watched as he drove away, the tail lights disappearing

I went through the motions of my nightly routine–feeding

my thoughts kept circling back

WhiteRabbit.

had been nagging at me for weeks. Now, with everything that had come to light about her


needed to know for certain. I couldn’t sleep

I pulled out my phone and sent a message to WhiteRabbit, hitting send before I could think

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.

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

This didn’t make sense. If it wasn’t Zoe, then who? And

I asked. “Who was

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