Like a Moth to a Flame(8)

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Matt laughed angrily. "How dare you admit it?"

He turned to Noah and said mockingly, "Noah, did you hear her? This b*tch is up to no good. Do you still want to marry her?"

My face went pale, and my lips had lost their color.

For a moment, I hoped I would immediately lose my senses and not hear Noah's answer.

But his voice came clear to my ears, serious, gentle, and even a little sad, "I know."

Matt wanted to say something, but Noah interrupted him. "Why?" he asked.

"What do you mean by 'why'?" Matt frowned as if surprised by Noah's reaction.

"Why would Karen want revenge on you?"

Noah turned and seemed to see my pale face, so he reached out to hold my hand.

He gently and carefully covered my fingertips with his warm hand.

"You've never stopped harassing her all this time. After looking into her family situation, you thought she was alone and helpless, so you got worse. You are such a conceited man. How can you allow someone to escape from your clutches?" Noah said with a