Maria.
Noah was such a jerk.
A complete and absolute jerk.
Just remembering what he had said moments ago made my heart clench all over again.
When he told me another woman was important to him...my heart had almost stopped beating.
For that brief moment, it had genuinely felt as though the ground beneath my feet had disappeared.
I remembered desperately trying to remain calm, trying to convince myself that I wasn't affected and rying to appear indifferent, as though his words meant nothing to me and as though I truly didn't care but no matter how hard I tried..my body betrayed me.
The tears came anyway, one after another until it was completely beyond my control.
Thankfully...I had my mask on, and It hid most of my face. It concealed my expression and the tears that had escaped despite all my efforts to suppress them.
I didn't have to let him see just how deeply his words had hurt me.
