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I pull my earlobe and play with the lock on my earring. “I was on my way home when she stopped me and asked me why I was driving your truck. Then she said you were engaged before but she skipped town. She’s back now, and she knew you were using me to make her jealous. She ordered me to tell you that it worked and I could leave you alone.”
The clock ticking behind him is too loud, and I peer up at Noah. He has one hand scrubbing across his face and settling on his mouth. For a moment, I think he’ll confess and say it’s true.
But he takes his hand down and blinks rapidly, eyes gleaming with…amusement? What the hell?
“Are you laughing at me?” I grit out, unable to believe what I’m seeing.
“I’m not.” He attempts to stifle it, but his shoulders start to shake.
“Noah…”
“Nora…”
“Why are you laughing?”
“Because you look adorable when you’re jealous.”
“I wasn’t!”
“Okay.”
“I really wasn’t.”
“I said okay.”
“Noah!”
This time, he laughs and yanks me to him, wrapping his arms around me and resting his chin on top of my head. “And for the record, she’s the girl who left her panties in my locker in high school. If you don’t believe me, ask Keith. She was obsessed with me, baby. My only obsession is you.”
5
NOAH
“Ishould take down the string lights,” I tell Nora as we sit on the couch.
“I kind of like it.”
“But it’s almost New Year.”
“It makes everything cozier, though.”
“It does.”
“So…you’re keeping it?”
“If you want it, then yes.”
She gets up and straddles my lap. The night I met her, I didn’t get a good, long look at her, but I came to realize her eyes were pretty ocean blue. It did turn icy when she told me about Allison.
I cup one side of her face and brush her cheek with my thumb. Nora leans into my touch and closes her eyes.
“Thank you,” I say.
“For what?”
“For telling me upfront what was bothering you. For not believing someone else and walking away without talking to me.”
She sighs and blinks slowly. “I almost did, you know. I thought she was telling the truth and you were using me. I almost walked away.”
