Noah chuckled softly. His voice was somewhat hoarse as he said, "You're criticizing me because of an outsider? If it were Joseph, would you call off the engagement?"
Clenching her jaw, Chloe said, "It doesn't matter who it is. Let's focus on the issue at hand. I’ve promised to be with you, so please stop bringing up his name."
"Sure, I’ll stop, but why did you go and see him in secret?"
Chloe was stunned. As their eyes met, she noted the restrained anger in his gaze.
Noah took a few determined strides forward, closing the distance between them. "You said you were with Emily, but the truth is you spent the whole night with Joseph. Even then, I forgave you and pretended like nothing happened. But now, after just a few words from Joseph, you turn the tables and criticize me? Chloe, I've treated you well all these years, can't you see that? In the end, who should be questioning whom?"
Chloe was stunned and her heart hitched in her throat. "You knew about that night..."
Noah took a deep breath, his face tinged with resentment and self-derision. "I waited outside his house the whole night, naively hoping you wouldn't come out. I thought you’d never lie to me..."
He had wrestled with himself mentally for so long, but she was oblivious to it all.
"I…" Chloe was stumped as overwhelming guilt engulfed her. She realized that Noah had known all along that she had not been with Emily. He knew that she had lied, but he chose not to confront her in front of his grandfather and silently endured it.
"I really wanted to go in and find you that night, but I was afraid of seeing an unbearable scene. I couldn't handle it, so I just sat in the car all night. And the next morning, I saw you coming out of his house."
Noah’s voice was low and his expression stormy. His gaze turned cold as the pent-up anger in the depths of his heart finally exploded. The air around them seemed to freeze, sending a chill down Chloe's spine.
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