Although L received a dressing down from Noah for no reason, she remained unfazed. "Noah, to be honest, I was thinking about this too."


    A slight frown crept upon her forehead. She might have had a good time in the past few days, but it didn''t mean she waspletely mindless.


    On the topic of Kieran''s lover, L admitted that she was a little greedy. Her initial n was to break up with Kieran once everything had settled down. Kieran would look for his love, and she would live her life.


    After her past rtionship, she had seen it for what it was-there was no one who couldn''t make do without another.


    She had once been head over heels for Dorian, but now, the mention of him no longer stirred anything in her heart.


    Because of that, she was confident she could stop her budding feelings for Kieran.


    Noah studied her, waiting for her reply.


    She began, "I married Kieran to solve a problem. My rtionship with him is simr in nature to your rtionship with him."


    Her words made his hair stand. He protested, "No, I don''t think they''re the same."


    He made herugh. Her mood instantly lightened. She exined, "Once my scandal dies down, I n to release Kieran. I don''t want him to be trapped in a loveless marriage."


    "What about you?"


    "Hm?" She couldn''t immediately grasp his meaning.


    Word by word, he repeated, "You imed that Uncle Kieran didn''t love you. Do you love him?"


    He couldn''t fathom why he would even ask that question. It wasn''t what he would usually say. Was he too deep into those soap operas on the TV?


    He expected her to reply that, no, she did not love him, and that she was forced to marry him due to certain circumstances.


    To his surprise, she paused and frowned, her eyes flickering with conflicted emotions. Momentster, she shook her head and replied in a casual tone, "Are you silly? Kieran is like an uncle to me. I will not have feelings for him."


    Her words made sense, but Noah saw things in a different light now. A pauseter, he went back to his thuggish demeanor. Elbowing her, he said, "Yeah, it doesn''t matter whether you love him or not. You''re Mrs. Morgan now. No one can take your ce before you step down!


    "Let''s go! Time to fight with Kieran!"


    Before she could protest, he dragged her to Kieran and Ruby. He announced, "We''re done talking. Time to have lunch."


    Noah looked like a thug with his hair and his side-eye. But girls loved guys like him. The foreign girls who passed him by wouldn''t stop looking back.


    L pped him on the small of his waist. "Lay low! What if some of them are your fans?"


    He turned around. "I didn''t break the


    afraid of Plus, I''ve always stuck to this principle-I only sleep with a girl if it''s consensual, and if she is an adult."


    L looked speechless. Nicole would have taught Noah a good lesson if she were


    here. But Nicole didn''t need to, as Kieran had immediately smacked Noah.


    Then, Kieran smoothly pulled L to


    his side. Let''s check out the local cuisine in front." He paid no


    el:


    attention to Noah, who was holding his head after the smack.


    Ruby patted Noah on the shoulder. "Are you okay?"


    Noah immediately grew wary, as though Ruby wasn''t L''s love rival but his. He straightened up and replied, "I''m fine."


    Ruby smiled at him. "You and Ms. Hart seem friendly."


    Noah silently clicked his tongue. Look at Ruby, trying to prod around about her love rival!


    On the surface, he kept hisposure, exining, "We grew up together. She''s Uncle Kieran''s favorite. He treats her better than he treats me, his own nephew."


    He was proud of his perfect pback. Although he was bad in his studies, that didn''t mean he wasn''t smart.


    Lost in thoughts, Ruby walked beside him. "What about you? Do you dote on her too?"


    "Of course! She''s like a sister to me. She''s the most loved in the Morgan family among us all."