As they laughed while talking, walking back to Dove's office, Noah who was coming to approach Dove, for a moment froze, standing in his place, as he looked at them giggle at something Dante said standing there.
And Noah clenched his teeth, and his hands turned into fists. It has been so long that Dove had laughed so genuinely when she was with him. So long that, he doesn't even remember clearly when she had such a beautiful smile on her face, when talking to him.
And it burned him from inside. Why? Why did he do that? What if instead of pushing her away, I had gotten closer to her? Would she have accepted me? Would she....have fallen in love with me? Noah gulped the bitterness in his throat, as he wondered.
As his eyes on fixed on Dove, and the beautiful smile she had on her lips, what he did not know was that Dante had already seen him.
