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Chapter 48: Unpredictable Proposal
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2022-02-24 01:41:25Astrid’s POV
I stepped into the hotel with Noah, who was saying that he had to show something to me. I wonder what is it. But right now, I really am not interested in anything.Mom.Is she alright?I tried calling her many times, but her phone was switched off, only to make me more worried about her. She usually doesn’t turn her phone off.At-least not when she knows I would call her.“Are you ready?” Noah asked me.“Y-yes” I said coming out of my thoughts. He looked at me with worry.“Is everything ok? Tell me Astrid” he said.I will not tell him anything. He doesn’t understand me anyway.“No, Everything's fine” I said. He smiled a little and then I followed him inside. We stood at the door of his room.“Open it” he said.“Are you so lazy, that you can&Related chapters
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Astrid’s POVThe doorbell was rang by Charlotte.“Who is at-” Noah stopped as he saw me. His face became totally frozen. He gulped down a lump in his throat and did nothing but stare blankly.I decided not to speak anything because I was very angry. I would only shout if I open my mouth.“Who’s there Noah?” Xander asked as he came from inside. He looked at us and smiled, and then looked at Charlotte. At that time, I saw longness in his eyes.Does he like her??“Oh..” Xander said. Noah suddenly took my wrist and then headed somewhere outside near the road.“Why are you here?” he asked looking at the ground, as we reached a park.“Oh yeah. It’s easy.. isn’t it? For you?” I asked. He looked at me with confusion. “You left me. You left me like that and it’s easy for you because I think you
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