Chapter Twenty Two

"I-I'm Princess Mia," I said meekly since anyway there was no use hiding anymore. There was a mixture of hurt, sadness, anger and resentment clearly visible on Noah's face. It wasn't really fair that he had told me everything about Kyle and Uncle John and I didn't reciprocate. Noah looked absolutely devastated since I had let him down.

"I'm s-so sorry, Noah. I didn't mean to --- "

He cut me off by shaking his head and stumbled back.

"I wish things were different between us, Noah," I said wistfully and he stared at me, his piercing blue eyes cold and glassy. I broke his trust, his belief, his love. I took his hand and lightly kissed his wrist, silently apologising him and surprisingly, he didn't pull away.

I took one last, longing look at him, dropped his hand and walked inside the house, leaving him in the backyard. It was my mistake for falling for a person with whom I could never be together. I should have stayed away from Noah right from the beginning, but I didn't. Now I deserved