All Chapters of Non~Contracted: The Heart Doesn't Need a Contract to Break: Chapter 101 - Chapter 104

ϖϖϖϖϖThe ride back was silent.Not the awkward kind... no fidgeting, no forced words. Just silence, weighed down by everything that had been said … and everything that hadn’t.Noah drove with one hand on the wheel, the other resting loosely on the gearshift. His eyes stayed on the road, but every so often, they drifted to Nora.Her head was leaning against the window, the city lights sliding across her face in fleeting reflections. She looked calm. Too calm. And he knew better than to believe that.He broke the silence first. “Are you okay?”She didn’t turn. “Define ‘okay.”A faint smile tugged at his mouth. “You were quiet back there. I half expected you to tear her apart.”“I wanted to,” she admitted softly. “But I couldn’t.”That made him glance at her again.“No matter how much I want to be with you,” she continued. “I didn’t want it to come at the cost of your mother.”Noah exhaled, tightening his grip on the wheel. “It wasn’t your fault. She made her choice.”“I know.” Her voic

Dear Readers,If you made it to this point… thank you. Truly. I don’t take your time, your patience, or your heart for granted. Every comment, every moment you spent following Nora and Noah through their heartbreak, their healing, and their stubborn fight for a second chance ... all of it means the world to me.This story was never just about romance. It was about two people learning to breathe again after being torn apart. It was about forgiveness, the kind that feels impossible, the kind that feels unfair, the kind that still somehow finds its way back home.Writing this book was a joy. There were scenes that tore me open, scenes that healed something in me,. Nora and Noah have lived in my head for so long that letting them go, even a little, feels like saying goodbye to two friends I’ve grown up with.But the beauty of stories is that they never truly end. They leave doors open if you look closely.And that brings me to what comes next. This is not our final goodbye. Not yet.F