Eliana was really tired and hungry; she had rushed to address Sienna had sent her this morning, without having her lunch. And after how the rest of the day had unfolded, she really hadn't gotten any opportunity to grab a quick bite, or anything at all to put into her stomach. Pangs of hunger were nearly killing her, and she felt like she was on the verge of starvation. But to her surprise, the dinner was ready even without Noah being present. As far as she remembered, no dinner had been prepared without his presence and labor in the kitchen, since the last two and half years.He was the one cooking all the meals for the family, wiping the counters and cleaning all the dishes… along with the entire house, and doing all the household chores as well.And he was doing all this without any complaint, all these years.But today, she was finally able to see how thankless her family really was. Today, when he was not around, they were ready to sell him off by asking her to sign the divorce
Eliana sat on the chair reserved for her beside her mother, thinking that she was probably going to get some peace, at least until the dinner ended.But her misguided thoughts were proven completely wrong and deluded, the moment she sat down and the servants started serving dinner to everyone. It wasn't usual that there were plenty of servants present in the house, although her mother had strictly instructed them to not meddle whenever Noah was working; she wanted the responsibility of making and serving the meals to fall solely on his shoulders.“It's okay! I will take whatever I need by myself.”She lifted her right hand, stopping the attendant from piling on the dishes and filling her plate with food. But her mother remarked instantly; “Sweetie! Please eat comfortably, after all, it's your house too… and even if your husband can't even afford a decent dinner, you aren't an orphan! Your parents are still alive, darling, and we can afford everything you would ever want to eat. Here
“Eliana! My dear! Don't be too emotional…” Olivia chuckled lightly before speaking again, realizing that if she didn't meddle now, her overly sentimental daughter would shush this wonderful deal away with her own hands.“We all know the softhearted person you are, honey, but that beggar doesn't deserve your kindness anymore! You have taken pity on him for too long and done enough favors on him already!”Olivia's hands clenched around her fork, wanting nothing more than to slap her stupid child for this outburst, but trying her best to keep a relaxed smile on her face. There was no way she could let her daughter spoil this golden opportunity. After all, that beggar was not good for her daughter… He wasn't ever good enough to marry even a servant of the Frost household, let alone the pampered daughter! If her health had not been in question, she would never have agreed to this idea from the beginning. “But mom–”Her thoughts paused when she heard Eliana's voice, who probably wanted
“Noah!? Did I hear that right?”Olivia asked, controlling her voice from reaching screaming levels with great difficulty, as she stood up from her seat. She stood right beside Eliana and grabbed her arm to make her stand up.She demanded;“Tell me, honey! Did I hear it correctly? Because for some reason, I think I heard that Noah is the one who helped you–”“Yes, I think I also heard the same. How strange! But I know it was all in my head, because there is no way that the duffer could help us in any way. What else does he know, apart from being a huge burden on our family!”Ruppert was the one to cut into Olivia's statement in the middle, just to end up supporting her.“Maybe we are thinking too much about the divorce and how he is surely going to create a scene after seeing the divorce papers, that we have even imagined Eliana uttering his name just now. Talk about inviting the devil into our home, but what can we say now! I guess we will tolerate that last piece of humiliation like
It took them a total of five minutes to reach the society gates, and Noah realized that it had already been longer than the usual time Eliana had ever taken to reply to him. “How long does it take for us to get to Eliana's house?”He asked casually, taking a look at the height of the buildings from the window of the passenger seat.“Not more than two and half hours, Young Master. We are completely out of the city, and right now the traffic is going insane. But the actual time to cover the distance is not more than an hour–”"That will be too late, I can't afford this much delay in reaching there. There is definitely something wrong… Eliana is not okay.”He murmured his last words to himself, so low that Stuart was unable to hear them. But before he could have asked Noah anything regarding that, he added;“Is there any way I can reach there in less than an hour… preferably in half an hour?”“Young Master, what happened? You look tense, is something bothering you?”Stuart asked, noting
Noah quickly jumped into the chopper, followed by Stuart, while the captain spoke up, glancing at them before turning in his seat. “Don't worry sir, it won't take us more than fifteen minutes to reach there, and you will be at your destination within half an hour.”A smile appeared on Noah's face as the captain started the chopper as soon as he ended his statement. The rotor blades attached to the helicopter spurred to life. A sense of relief spread in his heart; confident that whatever was going on over there, he would be there soon enough, to mend everything and make it better.There was nothing in the world he wanted, more than making Eliana happy and at peace.She had seen so much trouble because of him; and now, he wanted to make everything right for her, no matter what it was going to cost him. He was going to do everything that it took, to make her happy. She was there when no one was… she was the one to help him when no one had mercy on him!And so, she was the one who dese
“How dare you talk back to me like that , you dirty insect! What do you think your status is in our family, that gives you the authority to do that! You parasite, you shouldn't even dare to look me in the eye. Why do you always have to show your cursed face and ruin everything by your presence alone!”Olivia screamed hysterically, not being able to control herself any longer. Her remaining patience had evaporated, leaving only anger behind.She was unable to digest that Noah was once again standing in front of her, perfectly ruining her perfect plan.She had always let this behavior slide till now, showing some truly underserved kindness to this scum. And Richard was right, he had just become bolder because of it! But now! Now, she wasn't going to consider this as an option. She had learned her lesson, and she was not going to forgive him this time. She wasn't going to spare him for the damages he had caused to her!Seeing his wife snap abruptly despite the presence of a guest, who w
“What did you say?”David sneered, looking at Noah like he was just a pest in his sight, who was trying to make excuses to save himself from the pesticide he was going to spray on him to save his daughter.“You heard it right! I was here to announce that I am leaving your house today.”Noah replied in a totally flat tone, without showing any emotion.He was completely carefree that they couldn't harm him in any way, and not because they were not going to try! But because, after years of this treatment, he had already become immune to any drama they were going to pull.On top of that, he had been putting up with all their demands, temper tantrums, and demeaning slurs till now, because he wasn't sure about where he was going to take Eliana… after all, his wife had always lived a sheltered life of comfort and luxury, having grown up as a Frost. Even though his self respect had always made him question not leaving the house, he had stepped back each time, looking at Eliana's face. And so