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Chapter Twenty Six

Author: Marvea
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-26 14:43:25

Noah’s POV:

“How could she fucking say that to me?! And because of him !? He just showed up out of nowhere! Fuck!” I hit the steering wheel once again with full force.

Stacey’s voice still flooded my head: “Whatever it is we have is not supposed to happen.”

So basically I was just dumb. Why on earth would I think she could possibly love me? I knew she wouldn’t see past the whole older-than-me thing, but to be honest, I didn’t care about all of that! I loved her despite… no, I loved her regardless, but it seems like I was just fooling myself.

I finally parked in our driveway, stepping out. I slammed the car door behind me, the cool night air doing nothing to ease the pain in my chest.

Every part of me felt like I was walking through a maze. My head was spinning, and Stacey’s words replayed over and over, like a fucking broken record.

“Whatever it is we have is not supposed to happen…”

Those words. I couldn’t shake them. Couldn’t escape how they had carved through everything I’d been
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