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Author: Ayanfelord
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Ethan

As soon as Noah dropped the call, I felt a surge of panic and frustration wash over me. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest, each beat a reminder of the urgency of the situation. I paced about the room, my mind racing with thoughts of what could have possibly driven him to make such a drastic decision. It was clear that something was terribly wrong.

Noah had always been the more level-headed one between us, the one who could keep his cool no matter how heated things got. But the tone of his voice on the phone, the hesitancy, and the fear—it wasn't like him at all. It was like listening to a stranger.

"What's gotten into him?" I muttered under my breath, running a hand through my hair in frustration. The more I thought about it, the more certain I became that this wasn't just a simple case of Noah making a bad decision.

This had Natalie written all over it. Natalie, his estranged wife, had always been a thorn in his side, ever since things started going south between them.
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