At that moment, Gladys brought over some homemade pizza, but Zoe didn’t eat any of it. Staring at Noah intensely, she couldn’t help but think about how much he had changed.

Her lips trembled as she asked him, “Are you doing this to her just because you want to take revenge on Liam?”

“That’s right!”

A depressed chuckle escaped her. “You won’t admit that you love Gwynn and I know why! The moment you do, you’ll be flooded by guilt and sorrow because you singlehandedly ruined her!”

She was disheartened.

She knew better than anyone that it was easy to lie to everyone else, but there was no way he could lie to his own heart. She believed that he, too, was suffering greatly.

In fact, she had no intention of staying the night. Lifting her suitcase, she said, “My assistant’s waiting for me outside! You can run, Noah, but you can’t hide forever!”

With that, she turned around and left.

She could hear Noah shouting at her from behind. “Zoe!”

Stopping in her tracks, she said softly with