Chapter 0134


    "This casserole is delicious," Zoe said around a mouthful of pasta, waving her fork around. "You made this, Hannah?"


    I nodded, although I hadn''t done much more than poke at my own food. "I did." "Ah. Well, you''re a good cook."


    Noah snorted. "It still shocks-" he began, but suddenly stopped, noticing my withering re, and busied himself with shoving another forkful of pasta into his mouth. I narrowed my eyes and looked away.


    Seeing Zoe eating so heartily made me lose what little appetite I had left. This whole ordeal with Noah being with her in the hospital had destroyed my appetite, but now it was even worse. Soon, I gave up trying to eat entirely, pushing my te away. In order to avoid scrutiny, I rose from my chair and busied myself with making tea in the kitchen.


    Although, I doubted that Noah or Zoe noticed. Noah had shot me a strange look when I got up but was ultimately too fixated on her, asking if she needed anything every five seconds like a doting husband, to ask why I wasn''t eating. Of course he hadn''t asked me the same questions when I had hit my head. My skull still throbbed and ached from my fall, a scab forming beneath my hair, but he didn''t ask about it even once. Maybe he even forgot already.


    Finally, Zoe pushed her empty te away and leaned back in her chair. "I feel so much better," she said, resting her hand on her stomach. "Although, I think all this moving around is making me sore..." "Here." I was already crossing to her with her pain meds and a ss of water in hand. "You should stay ahead of the pain."Original content from N?velDrama.Org.


    "Thank you." Zoe took two pills and downed them with half of the ss of water. When she was finished, she stood slowly, gripping the edge of the table to keep herself steady. "I should probably lie down."


    "I''ll take you to bed," Noah said quickly, grabbing her elbow. He didn''t notice how I quickly turned away to hide my grimace.


    "Actually," Zoe said, "I wanted to ask... would you two mind staying tonight? I''m afraid of falling and hurting myself if I need to use the bathroom in the middle of the night."


    Before Noah could answer, I was biting out, "Of course" But all the while, I was thinking. Noah will likely be morefortable here. Since he''s so used to sleeping here.


    I didn''t say that, of course.


    "You two can stay in my guest room," Zoe said as Noah led her away. "There are towels in the linen closet


    As they disappeared, their voices fading, I knew there was no way I would sleep next to Noah. Sighing. I nced at my phone to check the time-even considering calling myself an Uber. It wasn''t as if both of us needed to be here. But, ultimately, my feet were too tired to move. As soon as I sank down onto the couch, I felt like I might not be able to get back up. Chapter 0134


    And in fact, with Zoe and Noah gone, my eyes fluttered closed. The scent of the vani candle began to lull me to sleep, and I began to think that maybe I could just sleepfortably on the couch tonight...


    But just before I was able to drift off, I was abruptly awoken by a hand on my shoulder. I snapped my eyes open and jerked my head up to see a fresh te of casserole hovering in front of me. Noah''s green eyes started sternly down at me as he thrust the te a little closer.


    Eat."