CHAPTER 342. A NAUGHTY GIRL. ConsequencesLevi felt as if she were hitting him or something worse. “Noe… what are you doing?” he murmured in desperation, trying to get closer to her. “I get that this was a business deal, now I understand you had to save your family… but if that man demanded you marry him in exchange for his help, if you’re the bargaining chip…” “I was, I am, and I don’t care,” she replied. “How can you say that? How can you marry someone you don’t love?” he questioned her. “And who said I don’t love him? Do you have any damn idea what love is? Do you have any idea where Nino has been the last five months while you disappeared and went back to your professional athlete life? No! Right?” Noémi smiled sarcastically. “Don’t get it twisted, I’m not blaming you for anything, after all, you said it yourself: We always kept things clear, nothing ever happened between us, so there was nothing to claim.” Levi ran his hands through his hair in frustration, wanting to punch

CHAPTER 344. A NAUGHTY GIRL. Punishing myselfLevi paced desperately around that hotel room for hours, trying to find a way to reach Noémi. He had left her several voice messages, but she hadn’t responded. He went by her apartment countless times, but at night the lights no longer turned on, so he realized she had chosen to go somewhere else. His heart clenched just thinking about it, about how much Noémi must have suffered with her twin sister’s imprisonment. And he wanted to hate Nino, but the truth was that Nino hadn’t made him leave. In the end, Noémi was right: if the Italian had wanted to force her into marriage, he would have done it from the start; he wouldn’t have waited five months of torture. He was desperate to find her and talk to her. He had to make her stay, had to stop her from marrying because now he understood: he loved her, he loved her more than anything in the world. As strange as it might seem, the news about Noémi’s wedding to Nino Ambrosio hadn’t made it to

CHAPTER 346. A NAUGHTY GIRL. I’ll be happyLevi stood at the back of the room, and the murmurs died down as he started to move forward. Noémi instinctively tightened her hand in Nino’s, but he didn’t show any sign of displeasure. Of course, she hadn’t told Levi where the wedding was, but he wasn’t stupid—tracking her down to the city courthouse wasn’t impossible once he knew the wedding date.Levi looked her up and down as he stood before her, his expression filled with apology.“I’m sorry,” he murmured. “For everything I did, but this can’t end like this.”He looked at Nino with determined eyes and smiled slightly.“I know I don’t have the right to object to this wedding, but I respect you enough to warn you: I won’t rest until Noe comes back to me. I don’t care if she’s married, I don’t care if she gave you her word, none of it matters. I’ll be her shadow until I get her back.”Nino didn’t move a muscle, but Noémi’s heart was racing. She took a step toward Levi and pleaded, “Please

CHAPTER 348. A NAUGHTY GIRL. Ice and FireA month. It had been a month since Noémi had left, and Levi was staring out the window of his new house, praying that the next day, when he went back to the company, Noémi’s assistant would tell him she had returned.Telling Oskar Larsen that he could no longer continue training the boys in Norway had been easier than Levi had expected, but since the banker was fond of him, the decision was simple: he put the five boys on a plane and rented them another mansion on another ski slope in Switzerland. So the training continued, the work continued, and he kept waiting for Noémi.He was right in the middle of a slope during a training session with the boys when someone told him he was being waited for at one of the mountain lookouts."Is something wrong?" he asked the boy who had come to inform him."It's Mr. Larsen. Apparently, it’s something important because he arrived without any notice.""Sure, tell him we’re on our way...""No, the boys can s

CHAPTER 350. A NAUGHTY GIRL. Winter FlowersNoémi took a deep breath of mountain air and felt her heart calm. Finally, everything was okay. She reached the base and patiently waited for Levi to join her at the lookout. "You’ve completely let me down," Larsen sighed dramatically. "How could you let him beat you at your own sport?" Levi smiled, amused, and shrugged. "He caught me off guard!" he defended himself as he watched her smile subtly. "So, Mrs. Keller, do you think I can turn this resort into my new humble skiing retreat?" the man asked in a deep voice. Noémi laughed while shaking her head. "Well, there won’t be anything humble about it, Mr. Larsen, but if you plan to expand the resort, I’ll need to review your future plans as well." Larsen motioned for her to come closer to the table, opened a large map of the area, and pointed to a few locations. "These are the ski slopes I plan to open," he said. "I think they’re the best in the area… well, Levi thinks they’re the b