The three assistants retreated to their respective counters with unspoken complaints in their eyes while the woman stepped forward with a professional smile, her eyes now on Stuart and Noah. She was clearly the kind of person used to dealing with high-end clients.The woman gave Stuart a professional smile, her gaze sweeping over Noah with a hint of approval.“It’s a pleasure to see you again, Mr. Langdon. I am assuming this young gentleman is a guest of yours?”Before Stuart could reply, Noah answered,“Yes, I’m his nephew.”Stuart quickly followed suit, “Mrs. Corvette, I assured my nephew you would help him find the perfect piece for his wife.”Mrs. Corvette’s eyes sparkled with pleasure at the compliment. “Of course! Please, follow me to that counter.”She led them to a more secluded area of the showroom, where they could browse in peace; Noah and Stuart took their seats at the counter.“I’ll get you started with some refreshments,” she said, then turned to a nearby assistant. “L
"Oh, yeah? But I don’t live in your house anymore, so watch your tone, Aunty." Noah said calmly, putting extra emphasis on the word ‘aunty’ as he tilted his head in amusement. He knew that Rachel would hate having any connection to him. Stuart, standing a step behind him, was ready to pop off at this harpy. But before he could react, Noah gestured for him to stop. He wanted to handle this on his own terms… he had spent a lot of time hearing Rachel's taunts and working hard to tutor her useless children, only to be berated when they didn't score good marks– as if that was his fault too.But today, she herself had approached him, like she wanted him to settle their old accounts. Meanwhile, hearing these words from Noah's mouth made Rachel's blood pressure shoot up."So what, if you don't live in my house anymore! A parasite will always be a parasite, and I know you very well! You have been born to leech on others, and that's what you have been doing with my family all these years.”
A smirk appeared on Noah's face, as his lips crooked after he had just seen the heights of irony with his own eyes.Rachel was ready to claim and prove that he was a thief, when he had literally done nothing to even be a suspect; while she was calling him selfish and ungrateful, just he didn't surrender himself as guilty, in return to save the real culprit!And according to her, all this made perfect sense. This was something he would consider as the epitome of hypocrisy!And while seeing this so closely, he still decided to call her out and clear all the dirt of fake status and money that was in her eyes.This pathetic mindset that had built up in her mind after all these years was telling her that she could have anything she wanted just because she had status in the society and a few pennies more than others, in her bag. But it was high time someone showed the arrogant jerks of the Frost family the mirror of truth. Even if they considered themselves to be a pack of fierce wolves
Rachel couldn't believe her ears after hearing whatever Noah had just said. Although she had pretended to leave the store, she and Julia had been lurking around the storefront, trying to hear what was going on.It was Rachel's idea to leave and walk out from their sight, so that she could find out what was really going on. There had to be something fishy, she could smell it already!There was no way, in her mind, that the roadster had somehow gotten a job, and also enough money to buy expensive jewelry, and that too from a high end jewelry shop. Even the cheapest piece from this shop was out of his budget, and would be for the next seven lifetimes. She was completely sure that he was pulling an act just to tease them, and make them believe that he was doing well even after being kicked out. But she was way smarter than him and knew him, in and out!!But now, after what she had heard, she was sure that the matter was much more complicated. It wasn't just something fishy that she was
Noah returned home a little later than lunch time. Because of all the drama, the task which was supposed to take an hour or two at most, had taken up three hours of his time.He found Eliana waiting for him on the couch, but the magazine she had been reading had already fallen off to one side. Her cheek was resting on the palm of her hand, and her eyes were half closed because of drowsiness. Seeing that she was already half- asleep, he quickly rushed towards her. “Ellie! Why are you resting here, that too so uncomfortably-”Eliana quickly opened her eyes wide on hearing his voice, and spoke, without letting him complete his sentence.“I was waiting for you-”Embarrassment started to crawl under Noah's skin and he quickly spoke up in the middle of Eliana's sentence. “I am sorry, I got a little late, actually–”But before he could have mentioned the reason for his delay, Eliana interrupted him once again. “It's okay, Noah. Have you had lunch?”“No, but–”“Let's eat first.”Eliana go
Eliana's hands acted faster than her mind could process this conflict, and her thumb hurriedly moved towards the screen, disconnecting the call. Her eyes then halted on Noah's face, looking at him in complete surprise. Noah realized that unknowingly, his mother in law had helped him out by initiating the topic of him being at the mall; although she would die a thousand deaths if she knew that her accusations had the opposite effect. He would not get a better chance than this, to tell her the truth. He could see everything fall into place– even though it wasn't like he planned, but it was all that he needed.He shifted closer to Eliana and started to speak in a measured tone. “She was telling the truth, I was in a jewelry shop. To be precise, I was in Lotus Jewels–”“Noah, you don't have to explain anything because of my mom. I know you might have your own reasons or some work for going there. So you don't have to say anything in your defense, I trust you.”But when Noah had finall
Noah's POV: Although I had decided to tell Eliana everything, the moment I notice the horror on her face after hearing that they are my step uncle and aunt and didn't like me, I make another split second decision: it would be a good thing to keep the rest of the information to myself.Knowing the kind of sheltered atmosphere she has grown up in, where she was always taught that family comes first– no matter how toxic her family members actually might be– such openly hostile relationships are still fairly new for her.If I go into any more detail, it would only cause fear in her mind…And there is no way I would let it happen.I was so sure about this, but now that it is almost the time for departure, I don't know why I too am feeling a little worried.Probably, it is because I know my uncle and aunt too well, and I don't know if I have done a good thing after trusting my grandfather or not.It was never like if I didn't trust him, that he doesn't love me; because I know he loves and
“You… you have brought gifts for us? How… how did you get money for this?”Otis whispered in disbelief, when Viola screamed out at the top of her lungs.“Oh, Noah! You are getting me all wrong, I didn't mean to offend you. It was just that, your aunty was trying to make this serious situation a little humorous with the in- laws' joke. You didn't need to buy anything, my poor nephew!”Viola continued, laughing along forcibly.“I mean, seriously! You must have spent your months of salaries to buy some cheap souvenirs for us… Noah, I know you have left the house at a very young age, but I haven't expected you to forget all the luxuries you have been born with. And the fact that these cheap souvenirs wouldn't even be used by our staff–”“So dear aunty… are you trying to say that you aren't interested in seeing what I have bought for her?”Noah interrupted, knowing how his aunty's words, narration and expressions were going to change the moment she would see the gift boxes and things that