Billionaire's Match (by Tangy Candy) novel Chapter 764

Charlotte hadn't touched that game since.

"Last time you bought a phone… was that for your brother too?" Noah asked, starting up the game and helping her through the beginner levels.

"Mhm," Charlotte replied softly. Somehow, the tension she'd felt earlier eased a little.

She hesitated, then added, "Uh… I'll pay you back for the phone."

"No need. I'm not short on money. Besides, you saved me time back then—that counts as helping me." Noah's fingers flew over the screen with impressive speed.

Charlotte couldn't help but watch. His gameplay was flawless, but what really drew her attention were his hands—long, strong, and well-defined, beautiful in a way that made her blink.

"You… how do you know Khloe?" she asked.

"I said I can't tell."

"But you said you're her friend, yet you don't have her contact info…"

"Does that seem strange?" Noah asked lightly.

"Yes! Of course it's strange!" Charlotte frowned. The more she looked at him, the stranger he seemed.

"That's because we're not from the same world," he said with a faint chuckle.

Noah had many contacts and could be reached by a number of people, yet he left no trace of his employers behind. To everyone, even himself, he was just a shadow living in the night.

If it weren't for Khloe and the urgency of the situation, he would never have appeared so openly. He had risked everything.

Charlotte assumed he didn't want to talk anymore and stayed silent.

Time passed quickly. Just after six, Charlotte's phone rang. It was Khloe.

Before she could move, Noah picked up. He glanced at her, then said calmly, "Khloe, it's me, Noah.

"Can we meet? I'll come to you.

"Okay."

Noah hurriedly explained everything that had happened. His account matched Clarice's story almost exactly.

But he was clear: although Nick had been taken, it hadn't been by members of Lacuna.

Even though Noah gave Khloe a measure of reassurance, doubts lingered. What if they were wrong? Clarice had personally come to threaten her—what if their assumptions were flawed?

And if someone else had rescued Nick, why hadn't he contacted her all this time?

This was something Khloe couldn't figure out—and something Noah himself couldn't understand.

Before coming to Khloe, he had even dared to hope that Nick had already returned to Goldmont City.

"What if…" Noah considered a terrible possibility, but didn't finish the sentence. Khloe understood immediately.

If Nick had been rescued but hadn't come to her, there was only one chilling alternative: he might no longer be alive.

Noah wasn't sure how severe Nick's injuries were or what condition his body was in now.