Chapter 201 (1/2)
“When will you be able to eat enough for me to stop worrying? You don’t eat on your own and only eat when I make you. That’s disobedient…” Kyle pointed to Noah’s untouched food.
“Don’t you think you’re giving me too much?” Noah said, pushing her plate of food away. “I’m not hungry right now.”
“Since you don’t usually eat like this, you’re in a state of lethargy every time. Have you completely forgotten your diagnosis of malnutrition in Sorrent?” Kyle snapped.
Noah sighed, realizing that his nagging had begun. Kyle really was acting like usual self. Like someone who hadn’t gone through that ordeal last night. Up close, that’s how he appeared anyway. However, something definitely was different about him. Noah’s breath hitched as he placed his hand on top of hers.
It was only to help her lift the spoon, but she could feel the heat rise from Kyle’s hand. And then, after he helped her lift the spoon, he stroked the back of her hand with his thumb. His purple eyes looked darker than usual because of his drooping eyelids.
“What’s wrong with you?” Noah snatched her hand away. As soon as she did, however, there was a sense of coldness from where Kyle had held her hand.
“Oh, nothing.” Kyle replied, a beat too late. He rested his hands on his lap. “I thought I could be good at this platonic relationship business, but I must have been overconfident.”
Kyle caught a glimpse of her, and then sighed in a way almost sounded like a laugh. “Geez, I can’t do anything right. With you so cautious like this. Anyway, I’ll be downstairs. After you’ve finished eating, put on your robe and come down.”
Kyle placed Muell on the table and left the room. Noah buried her face in her hands while looking down at the now-empty soup bowl.
“This is serious. What am I going to do with him?” She groaned.
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It had been only two months since they’d first met in Sorrent and came to Tauren. They initially got along really well, but that was before they had spent all their time together, travelling several times over the past few days.