Semua Bab The Girl He Never Knew : Bab 1 - Bab 6

NOAH’S POV I shouldn’t have come. That thought sat in my head the second she opened the door and slid into my car, dripping rainwater all over my seats like she hadn’t just walked straight out of my past and into my night. I didn’t look at her cause I didn’t trust myself to. The door shut, sealing us into a space that suddenly felt too small and full of everything I’d spent years not thinking about. I glanced down then exhaled slowly, already annoyed. “You’re getting water everywhere.” It came out colder than I meant. Beside me, she stilled for a second. “Sorry,” she muttered, brushing at the seat like that would somehow undo the damage. “Didn’t realize your car was allergic to rain.” That same fucking mouth and attitude. I tightened my grip on the steering wheel trying not to let her get to me. “It’s not. I just don’t make a habit of letting people flood it.” She ignored me. Good, that’s how exactly I wanted it to be. I reached forward, turning the dial without thinking

NOAH’S POVThe place smelled like sweat, takeout, and Jax’s socks. I crinkled my nose at the last one. Boys can be pigs most times. I stepped into the apartment, tossing my keys onto the counter without looking. The TV was on, its volume too loud and some late-night sports recap was playing while Jax sprawled across the couch like he paid rent—which he didn’t—and Marcus sat at the table scrolling through something on his phone like everyone around him didn’t exist.Ethan was in the kitchen and was still in his practice shorts, digging through the fridge like it had personally offended him. He finally grabbed a bottle of beer, twisted the cap off with his teeth, then looked up when he heard me come in.“You got her,” he said, straightening slightly, already reading the answer in my face.I shrugged, moving past him like it wasn’t a big deal. “She was where you said.”“That’s not what I asked.”I opened one of the cabinets, grabbed a glass, filled it with water and took a slow sip letti

NOAH’S POV Practice was something that always cleared my head so I looked forward to every one but this particular day’s own turned out to be worse. The ball slapped against my palm as I drove past Marcus, pivoted, and sank the shot without thinking. The echo of the ball hitting the floor bounced through and filled me with satisfaction. Coach was barking instructions somewhere behind me, Jax was laughing about something stupid on the other end of the court, and Ethan was running drills as usual. Then the doors opened and the ball slipped from my fingers for half a second. I didn’t need to look cause I already knew. Elena Voss stepped into the gym like she owned the court and wasn’t afraid of every single one there. She was dressed in an oversized hoodie and jeans with her hair pulled into a ponytail. That was her usual style of dressing. She clutched a notebook in her grip with that same guarded expression she always wore like armour, except it didn’t sit right here. Not in my s