Chapter 269 - My man (1/2)

Tim's photo spread far and wide and now every news channel was broadcasting it. As soon as the watchman had seen his picture on the stranger's phone, he had shown it to the media just like how Noah had expected. The old lady and her maid supported the watchman's claim and identified the man in the photo to be one to have harmed the little girl. The news became a hot top and everybody was speaking about it.

Noah had got what he wanted. He had used the media to corner Tim and Jared and there was no way they could escape from this mess. Now that everyone knew about the man who harmed the little girl and how he looked, the police could not try to trick the public and make somebody else take the blame. This was a routine the corrupt police officers followed and Noah was damn sure that some greedy pigs in the police department worked for Jared and Tim.​​

This was how Jared and the Vipers gang operated. For all their crimes, they would use somebody else as a scapegoat and the actual criminals would escape unscathed. But this time Noah had made sure that it would not be the scenario. Tim would never get away with this and nor was he allowing him to do so too.

Even if the police failed to do their job, he would not let Tim escape. He had already prepared all possible torture methods for him and all he had to do now was wait for his capture. His men were already on the lookout for him and it would not be long before Tim would end up in his den begging for his death.

Ivy noticed Noah's sinister smile yet again and was spooked by it. Goosebumps rose on her skin and she was having a bad hunch, a very very bad hunch. Joshua saw her sudden change in expression. She was way too expressive and she failed to mask her thoughts. After spending a few days with her and knowing her, he could read her like a book. He followed her line of sight and saw Noah's smile and he realized immediately what had caused her to change her demeanor and became quite guarded.

He coughed twice to get Noah's attention and when his eyes met his friend's, he pointed towards Ivy who was staring at him, deep in some thoughts. Noah too sensed that there was something wrong with the way she was looking at him. Her eyebrows were furrowed with curiosity as she stared at him hard. It was as though she was trying to peep through his soul to see what all he had hidden.

Noah changed his expressions suddenly and smiled at her. Yet, she did not change the way she was looking at him. To save his friend as well as himself, Joshua butted in at the right time. ”Ivy, are you falling for Noah's handsomeness now?”

Joshua's loud voice broke Ivy's chain of thoughts and she almost jumped in surprise. ”What?” She asked as she not heard a thing he had spoken.

”Ivy, where is your mind? Are you bewitched by Noah now? Have you fallen for him?” Joshua complained like a jealous boyfriend and Ivy gave him a confused look.

”What nonsense are you spouting? Is your brain filled with trash?” She retaliated right away making Noah chuckle beside them. Ivy took one glimpse at the man and she found him to be normal right now. For a second, she thought all that she had seen was just her imagination. He was the same Noah who was her sister's boyfriend and who treated her like a good friend, completely different from what she had seen just a few minutes ago.

”Why were you looking at him as though you were ready to pounce on him and take a delicious bite?”

Noah shook his head at his friend's choice of words. This man was hopeless when it came to matters like these. But he appreciated the effort he had put to stop Ivy from getting any more doubtful. He knew the seeds of suspicion were rising in her mind and it would not be long before she would know about his another face. He was going tell it himself, to her and Aria, once Aria came back. He would come clean before them and let them decide how they wanted to deal with everything. By then, he would make sure that all possible dangers around them were completely eradicated.

”When did I look at Noah that way?”

”Umm, right now.” Noah decided to give his poor friend a helping hand seeing him struggle against the feisty woman.

”See, even Noah agrees that you were looking at him weirdly. So, I was not just assuming things here.” Joshua said and winked at his friend when Ivy was not looking at him.

”I did not do anything like that.” Ivy tried to refute their claims but did not know how. She knew that Joshua was jealous and even Noah had misunderstood her now. It was her mistake for staring at Noah longer than necessary. But what could she do? The man was behaving completely different than his usual ways and she could not help but wonder if what he was before her and Aria was all a pretense.

Seeing her fl_u_s_tered and agitated, Joshua and Noah burst out laughing and Ivy gave them one confused look for their sudden change in attitude. It then dawned to her that the two friends were trying to pull her leg and Ivy sent one cold glare in Joshua's direction.

”You are right,” Ivy said suddenly and Noah and Joshua stopped laughing altogether. ”Noah is such a formidable man. Why wouldn't I be floored by him? I was admiring his abilities and his handsomeness and for a second, I even had a crush on him.”

Joshua and Noah stared at her shock and this time Ivy took p_l_e_a_s_u_r_e in their misery. They wanted to pull her leg? Dream on.

”Come again,” Joshua said as though he had not heard what Ivy had just muttered.