*Zara*

I could do nothing but watch helplessly as Noah strode out of the room and shut the door firmly behind him. As soon as he was gone, my hot rage and frustration simmered down, and the room felt extremely cold without his presence.

I wondered what had happened throughout the course of a single day to make Noah turn from sweet and hopeful to hateful.

I blinked, my mind replaying the events of that same morning when he had looked me in the eye with so ...