Chapter 119: What If?

Noah's POV:

When I enter Eden's office to learn that she's told Martin about the email, I'm pretty surprised. I can't believe she'd just outright tell him like that. Alone too.

What if he actually was her parents' killer?

Then what would she have done? Just sit back in her chair while he kills her? She could have waited and we could have done it together. But then she wouldn't be the super independent woman I know and love.

It's difficult though because I spend the next hour or so trying to work out exactly how much she has told him. Like does he know that technically he's a suspect? That someone has accused him of committing the crime?

The first chance I get, when Martin leaves the room briefly to collect some documents from his desk, I close the distance between me and Eden, so I can whisper in her ear.

"How much does he know?" I ask her.

"What do you mean?" she responds, feigning innocence. She knows I'm not happy about this. Unlike her, I don't trust Martin.

"Eden, you know