Ch-85. Mafia

Noah turned to Eliana, pressing the brakes of his car suddenly, causing the other cars to halt without warning as well.

“Ellie, you never have to seek permission from me to ask anything! You can ask me or tell me anything, at any time. So tell me what happened?”

“Did you… did you, by any chance, join some mafia or something like that… um, from the underworld?”

She asked, her eyes big and curious, painting her entire face in the shades of confusion.

“What!? Never… I mean no, why would you think so?”

Noah replied looking directly in her eyes.

Eliana gulped nervously, as she had started to get a little scared by Noah's confident mannerisms too… he had never said anything to her with this confidence and a strange feeling… almost like an ownership of sorts.

He had always maintained a distance, just as she had, and she has always thought that it was because he respected her. But the way he was talking to her now, the respect was still there, just a feeling of intimacy has been added.

But sh