The Billionaire’s Fight For Redemption (Noah and Sierra) novel Chapter 130

Chapter 130

“Noah,” He says softly, setting down a small bouquet of pink roses, which I’ve come to learn are her favorite, on the chair beside me. “How is she?”

“Still unconscious.”

He nods, his eyes moving to the window, to the pale figure lying motionless beyond the glass. “She looks fragile.”

“She is,” I say before I can stop myself. The word feels strange leaving my mouth

Gunner studies me for a long moment. Then he sits. “You’ve been here for two days.

“So?”

“So, you’ve hated hospitals since Chloe died, yet you’ve been sneaking here every day just to watch her, though you’ve hired bodyguards to do that.” She tilts her head slightly. “So, tell me, Noah… why are you still here?” (5

The bodyguards are stationed outside this room. Even though they’re the best I could find, there’s that nagging feeling that pushes me to be here.

I exhale, long and slow. “Don’t start.”

“I’m not starting. I’m asking.”

His tone is calm, but it cuts through me more sharply than any feeling ever could. He waits, patient as always, eyes clear but searching.

“You made it clear you wanted nothing to do with her,” He says finally. “You said she was a mistake. That you wished you’d never—”

“I know what I said,” I snap, my voice echoing in the quiet hallway. I drag a hand through my hair and let out a sharp breath. “I know.”

He doesn’t flinch. “Then what changed?”

The question lingers between us.

I look at Sierra again, her skin pale under the fluorescent light. The monitors hum like they’re mocking me. I want to say something – anything – but the truth knots in my throat.

“I don’t know,” I mutter finally. “Maybe because this is my fault.‘

“Noah-”

“No, don’t.” I shake my head. “I left her alone when I knew someone was after her. There is no excuse for that.”

“Anger doesn’t make you guilty of someone else’s sins.” He says, but his words do nothing to ease the guilt drowning me.

“Maybe not,” I whisper. “But it makes me directly involved.”

He sighs. We sit in silence. The hum of machines fills the space between our breaths.

Finally, he speaks. “I know you don’t want to hear this. You don’t want to accept this… but even if you’re fighting it, you care for her. This? What you’re feeling? Goes beyond guilt.”

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