Noah looked at Gwynn and said tenderly, “Stay here and don’t wake Holly up. If she asks about me, just tell her I’m on a work trip.”

He simply couldn’t worry enough about them and continued to give her advice on what to do.

On the other hand, she teared up and remembered everything he said.

Then, he left with Officer Kingston before lunch while she stood on the balcony and watched the police car drive off into the distance.

She counted the days until his return.

Seven days came and passed. It felt like a century for her. However, he still hadn't come back to her. She tried and failed to see him at the prison. The warden said to her, “Mr. Noah is tied to a serious case.”

He didn’t so much as blush when he made blatant lies about her husband.

She knew, deep down, that this was Archibald’s doing!

She also knew that the old man wasn’t about to release Noah unless she went to him and begged to trade her husband’s life with her bone marrow.

However, she wasn’t going to do that.