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.

stilled. He lifted his gaze to meet Norah’s silhouette, backlit by the doorway. He examined her eyes carefully and found that they were indeed somewhat similar to the ones in his memory. But he quickly dismissed the

found the woman

a calculated move, an unwelcome intrusion. Marlin barely knew this woman, yet here she was, shamelessly

“where’s your boyfriend? It’s my

entirely, Norah fixed her gaze on the man

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sudden hush that had

was the

Norah’s face. When it cleared, the

voice defensive. “I have no clue what