The Billionaire’s Fight For Redemption (Noah and Sierra) novel Chapter 312

For a moment neither of us speaks. Noah’s breathing is uneven. His shirt is wrinkled where I grabbed him, his hair slightly disheveled, but he hasn’t moved an inch. He just stands there and takes it.

“I deserve that and so much more," he says quietly.

The words only make the anger burning inside me flare hotter.

“Deserve it?” I laugh harshly. “You think this is about you deserving anything? This isn’t about punishment, Noah. This is about the fact that you destroyed something that can never be rebuilt.”

His grey eyes close for a second, like my words physically hurt.

I continue, my voice trembling despite my effort to keep it steady.

“Back then, I loved you so much it consumed me... You were everything to me." I let out a hollow laugh. “But then you, Noah, the boy I loved with everything I had, turned around and destroyed me like I was nothing more than an insignificant annoyance in your life.”

My throat tightens. “I spent years wondering what I did wrong before I finally tied it back to Chloe.”

Noah swallows hard, his grey eyes filled with an emotion I refuse to acknowledge.

“But before I did,” I continue, forcing the words out past the tightness in my throat, “your mistreatment destroyed my self-worth.”

I blink rapidly, refusing to let the tears fall. “I believed I was the problem. I believed I wasn’t good enough.” My voice trembles despite my effort to steady it. “I believed I was unlovable… that no one would ever truly want me.”

The confession tastes bitter in my mouth. I inhale slowly, then wipe the stray tears from my cheeks with the back of my hand.

“So, tell me, how exactly is your apology supposed to fix that, Noah?” I ask, my voice hard again, my eyes locking onto his “ How is it supposed to undo the years of suffering I endured because of you and your wife?”

The silence that follows stretches painfully between us before he finally speaks.

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