Love on the Fast Track (Derek and Norah)

Chapter 726:

Marlin had invited their friends to celebrate with drinks. His social circle recognized Norah — the beautiful woman Dolores had smeared at the charity event. Their minds raced with questions. Was this payback for Dolores’ lies?

Dolores’ friends, however, were unfamiliar with Norah. They simply found her beautiful. But judging by Dolores’ flustered state, they guessed she was perhaps a former flame of Marlin’s.

A laugh bubbled up from Norah’s chest. Marlin had orchestrated this whole thing through Gerry? All that pretense of not knowing her?

“Marlin,” she said, her voice laced with amusement, “why drop the act?”

Norah’s playful banter cast a complicated mood over the private room. It seemed Marlin and Norah were quite familiar with each other.

silhouette, backlit by the doorway. He examined her eyes carefully

found the woman he’d been searching

eyes narrowed with suspicion. Norah’s presence felt like a calculated move, an unwelcome intrusion. Marlin barely knew this woman, yet

her voice laced with feigned sweetness, “where’s your boyfriend? It’s my

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she said, her voice cutting through the sudden hush that had fallen over the room. “I’m

sound was the pulsing music thrumming

Marlin’s vision and obscuring Norah’s face. When it cleared, the glint in her eyes sent a jolt

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