Chapter 699:

Almost instinctively, he murmured, “Myrtlewood Estate.”

The words slipped out before he could stop them. A beat of silence followed.

The driver blinked, confused.

“I’m sorry, sir… there’s no Myrtlewood Estate in Jazmah.”

Noah caught himself. He exhaled slowly, pressing two fingers to his temple. “Take me to the suburban villa,” he said at last, his voice low, laced with fatigue.

The driver didn’t say anything else. The engine hummed to life, and the car rolled forward.

Noah leaned back, eyes closing, though his mind refused to quiet.

Last night haunted him like smoke—clinging to everything.

Sadie.

to

toward her like a tide he couldn’t resist. He

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want to face it. But the truth clawed its way up anyway. What he felt for Sadie wasn’t just disdain. There

Desire.

his chest tighten with

squeezed his eyes shut, as if darkness could drive her out

her image remained—etched into the backs of

breath, the way her body

memory flared like a match strike in the

exhaled sharply, forcing himself

was nothing, he told himself. Just the

And nothing ever

future

villa in the

waiting for Noah’s return. The moment she heard the door open, her

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