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After the waiter took away the menu and closed the private room door, Noah got straight to the point: “Aunt Ava wants me to marry you, right?”
The woman’s long eyelashes seemed wet and curled, but they were lowered, making it impossible to see her eyes. One could only sense her timidity.
“I know.”
“I’m not going to marry you.” Noah was young and in the playful stage of his life. The idea of marrying a woman with a tarnished reputation was like asking him to die. “If you have any sense, you should tell Aunt Ava clearly as soon as possible, so she won’t keep bothering me with my mom.”
Harper pursed her lips and said nothing.
“I’m talking to you. Do you hear me?”
Clutching her dress tightly, Harper swallowed her breath and spoke cautiously, “Can we try for a month?”
Noah was confused. “What do you mean?”
“Let’s spend a month together. If it doesn’t work out, Harper knew she wouldn’t be liked anymore. She didn’t expect much; she just wanted to stay.
To stay, she needed to connect with someone or something, and Noah, though not ideal, was her lifeline.
“If it still doesn’t work out, we’ll tell our families that we tried and it wasn’t a good fit.”
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Her accent was strange, like a mixture of fear and hesitation.
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Amused by her appearance, Noah leaned back, stretched his shoulders, and laughed. “No wonder they say you’re not a good person. You come up with all sorts of schemes as soon as you speak.”
“I’m sorry.” Harper was almost pleading and making a concession. “If it’s not possible, I”
“Fine.”
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Noah’s eyes were like those of someone who had found an interesting toy. “This suits me just fine. It also saves my family from owing Aunt Ava a favor.”
He took a sip of coffee and said playfully, “But let me tell you in advance, I’m not a good person. In a month, you might not be able to handle it.”
When he heard that Noah had taken Harper out, Ethan was waiting to see the joke unfold.
Noah was a reckless and straightforward person, likely to say many harsh things to Harper. Just thinking about her pale and embarrassed face made Ethan feel good.
Standing by the window, he watched the car pull into the driveway below.
Noah got out of the car first. As he was about to leave, he remembered the agreement he had made with Harper and turned back to open the car door for her.
This scene was inconceivable to Ethan.
He stood frozen by the window, clutching his coffee cup tightly, his back teeth clenched, and his jaw tensed.
After Noah sent Harper back, he left. Ava chatted with her downstairs for
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a long time before letting her go. As soon as she went upstairs, she ran into Ethan, who seemed eager to flay her alive.
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“Really thought you had changed your nature. Turns out that after all these years, you’ve learned a whole set of sly and charming tricks behind people’s backs.”
Noah had seen many women and should have looked down on Harper, but he personally sent her back. Ethan didn’t need to think twice to know that she had used her tricks.
Harper took two steps back, feeling uneasy and frightened. “I didn’t.”
“Didn’t?”
Ethan couldn’t help but laugh, lowering his voice so that Ava downstairs wouldn’t hear the argument, “Then why did Noah obediently send you back?”
“He just didn’t want to be blamed by his family.” Harper clutched the stair railing tightly for support.
“Don’t think that climbing up to him will make you a somebody.” Ethan’s advice was harsh and cutting. “With all the things you’ve done, I can guarantee that no one will dare to have you.
Harper didn’t argue. “I”
She had long stopped expecting anything. In the past, she wasn’t loved by Mason, and now she wasn’t loved by anyone. She had tasted this bitter feeling for too long, and it had become a numb routine.
With a laugh, Ethan raised the cup of coffee in his hand and poured it over Harper’s head. It was hot, but she didn’t move.
