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CRAVING ISABELLA 201.
ISABELLA“So, you argued with Noah over something that petty?” Chloe asks, her mouth full with a large bowl of popcorn she has just made.I glare at her from across the couch. “Wow. Thank you. I feel so supported right now.”She shrugs, completely unbothered, popping another handful into her mouth. “I’m just saying… it sounds petty.”“It is not petty,” I insist, sitting up straighter. “He was acting like I needed permission to invite you over.”Chloe raises a brow. “Did he say permission?”“He said consideration,” I mimic, rolling my eyes. “Same difference.”“It’s really not,” she says, chewing thoughtfully.I scoff. “Whose side are you on?”“Yours,” she replies immediately. “Always yours. But I’m also not blind.”I fold my arms, already annoyed again. “Oh, here we go.”“No, listen.” She points a piece of popcorn at me like she’s about to give a lecture. “You live with the guy. You share a space. You inviting someone to stay... even me, your amazing, glowing, pregnant best friend... k
CRAVING ISABELLA 200.
ISABELLAThis is upsetting. It's genuinely upsetting when Noah acts like this. When he starts this... authoritative stuff and tries to go all macho on me. “Noah, I genuinely don’t understand why you’re upset.” I say, crossing my arms and leaning against the kitchen counter, watching him pace the floor.He stops abruptly, turning to me. “Because you didn’t think to tell me first.”Not this again. There's no big deal. At least that's what I think. “Tell you what?” I throw my hands up. “That I invited my best friend over? Wow, Isabella, what a crime.”“That’s not what I’m saying and you know it.”“Then what are you saying? Because from where I’m standing, you’re acting like I just did something completely out of line.”Noah exhales. “Chloe just got married, Isabella. She’s literally on her honeymoon.”“And?” I blink at him. “She’ll be back. I didn’t drag her out of it. I said after.”“She should be with her husband,” he insists.I let out a disbelieving laugh. “Oh my God. She is with he
CRAVING ISABELLA 199.
ISABELLAI tilt my head, studying him, a slow smirk creeping onto my lips. “Watch me.”Chase lets out a low whistle. “Damn. Someone grew a backbone.”“I’ve always had one,” I shoot back. “You just weren’t around to see it.”That lands. I see it in the way his expression shifts... just for a second.“Yeah,” he murmurs. “Guess I missed a lot.”I clear my throat, suddenly aware of how close we’re standing. “So… dinner. Are you in or are you going to keep acting like I need permission from Noah? Someone would think you're scared."He huffs out a laugh, shaking his head. “I’m in. Obviously. Free food is free food.”“You’re paying,” I remind him.“Right. Worst deal ever.”Before I can respond, my phone vibrates in my hand. Right. Noah. Of course. I almost forgot. Chase’s eyes flick down to the screen, then back up to me, one brow raised. “Speak of the devil.”I roll my eyes, but my stomach does this annoying flip. “Relax.”“Am I?” he says lightly. “Or are you?”I ignore that and answer the
CRAVING ISABELLA 198.
ISABELLA "Relax, it's just me." My heart is pounding hard as I hear the familiar voice and the face appears in front of me. I squint my eyes at Chase who's laughing, his two palms placed on his both knees to emphasize how funny he thinks this is."What the hell was that for?" I narrow my eyes at him.He's still laughing. "I just thought it would be good to scare you. You know? It's been... a while." He shakes his head, his laughter finally dying down."You thought that was funny?" "Come on, I know it was." He tells me."Chase stop. I almost had a panic attack. You don't just go around scaring people." "I'm sorry. It was...""Not funny." I counter."Jeez. Can't you take a joke? What's up with the uptightness?""Nothing. You could have just come to me and said hello like every normal human being but no. You had to go and make me annoyed. Noah's almost here so..." My voice trails off."I'm sorry, okay? I saw you enter the hospital and I wanted to come say hi." He tries to explain."Y
CRAVING ISABELLA 197.
ISABELLA "Your mother would be so proud of you." Dad tells me as we're walking side by side, almost at Greta's hospital room door. He thinks? I never knew the woman. It's been Greta. It has always been Greta. If he had not said those words, I wouldn't be thinking about them. Because in my head, I'm going to see my mom. I could even call it a muscle memory."I'm just doing it because Noah wants me to." I mutter."It doesn't matter why you're doing it. What matters is the fact that you are willing to go see her."I glance down at the batch of cookies I made this morning. "Do you think she'll want to eat cookies?" I ask. "She will if she knows you made them." He stops at the hospital door and pushes it open. Greta is still so still and silent. She's asleep. I gently drop the cookies and stand upright to take her all in. It's a good thing she looks good. Her skin is better than the last time I saw her. In fact, Greta looks healthier than the last time I saw her. "She looks happy." I
CRAVING ISABELLA 196.
ISABELLA"I have an idea. I was thinking about your mom."The moment he says that, I can't stop the frown that finds it's way to my face. I'm sure he notices it. "Hey, you heard what I said right?""No, I did not."“Minnie, look at me.”“I don’t want to.” My fingers curl tighter in my lap. “If I look at you, you’re going to say something that makes sense and I don’t want anything to make sense right now.”There’s a pause. I can feel his eyes on me anyway.“Okay,” he says finally. “Then don’t look at me. Just… listen.”I let out a shaky breath. That’s the best he’s going to get.“She told you the truth,” he starts carefully. “A messy, horrible, ugly truth… but still the truth.”“But that doesn’t erase everything else.”I laugh under my breath. “It kind of does, Noah.”“No, it doesn’t. It changes things. It complicates things. But it doesn’t erase them.”“It erases her being my mother.”“It doesn’t erase her being the one who raised you.”“That doesn’t count!” I snap, turning to him n
CRAVING ISABELLA 131.
NOAHIsabella steps into view, her smile already forming when she sees me. Then she sees Madelyn. It seems she didn't hear her remark a second ago.The car door shuts. The smile doesn’t drop. Not immediately. Isabella’s too polite for that. She walks up beside me, sliding her hand into mine, her sm
CRAVING ISABELLA 130.
NOAHHer words make me step into her space slowly, forcing her to look up at me. Fuck her heels. She still has to look up at me. "You don't get to talk about her."Madelyn doesn't flinch. Of course, she doesn't. Instead, her lips curve like she’s been waiting for me to show my teeth."There you are
CRAVING ISABELLA 129.
NOAHI'm not supposed to be this nervous. I mean, I'm Noah. The name itself used to conjure images of control. Of a man who dictated terms to people, not reacted to them.When have I ever felt this way? When have I ever been this cautious, this entirely thrown off balance? I do things my way, and I
CRAVING ISABELLA 128.
NOAHHardin, of course he knows all about Madelyn. But Giovanni? He knows nothing. Hardin lets out a low whistle. "Madelyn as in that Madelyn?" He says after that. Giovanni’s eyebrows shoot up, his eyes darting between Hardin and me. “Oh, she’s ex-ex," he concludes, a glint in his eyes.What the
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