CHAPTER 352. A NAUGHTY GIRL. Romeo and JulietNoémi felt the snow shift beneath her feet, and her body helplessly fell into the snow pit. She screamed as her hands tried to grab onto something, but there was no luck. The only good thing was that the snow was soft under her back when she hit the bottom.She tried to open her eyes, dazed, and a circle of light appeared above her, broken only by Levi’s head peeking into the hole.Levi had been frozen when he saw her fall, but the shock only lasted a second. He unstrapped his skis and ran toward the spot, being careful not to fall in himself.“Noe! Noémi, answer me! For God’s sake, answer me! Are you okay?”“Pretty damn bad... Idiot...” she muttered, pouting as she tried to get up, but she was scared she might have broken something. She raised her hands and looked at them. They seemed fine. “Do my feet look normal to you?” she yelled up at Levi.“Do you mean one’s longer than the other?”“I mean, do they look broken! You moron... I swear

CHAPTER 354. A NAUGHTY GIRL. My damn astral projectionNoémi and the boys heard the storm's roar as if it were a warning."This has to be a joke!" she growled. "I mean, if I could bottle up all my bad luck from this year, I could sell it as a weapon of mass destruction!"The boys laughed, and one of them shook his head. "We've still got time before it starts. Besides, there’s been a bad weather warning for a week now. Let’s keep going."Noémi didn’t know exactly how much time passed, only that it felt like too much. Finally, they reached that improvised garden on the mountain, and the boys circled the marker flag indicating the snow pit.Noémi held her breath before looking into the hole and exhaled in relief when she saw a shadow hopping from one foot to the other, trying to keep moving and maintain circulation."Levi!" she yelled to get his attention. "Levi, are you down there?!""Of course, I’m not here! This is my damn astral projection!" he retorted, snorting from the cold."Do

CHAPTER 356. A NAUGHTY GIRL. Who called us?It was a bold challenge, but the problem was that Noémi had nothing to back it up with, and Levi knew it. He knew her better than he had realized, and that warm bed, along with all the accumulated exhaustion, interrupted her feminist pride speech within a minute and a half. By the two-minute mark, she was already snoring.He tucked her in under the blankets and sat on the edge of the bed, watching her sleep. Outside, the storm was just beginning, so it would still be many hours before she could leave. He let her sleep and went to calm Larsen and the boys, who were in the library celebrating life.The first whiskey brought him back to life, and by the third, he was feeling bold. But really, he was just happy that Noémi was safe.He picked up Peter to bring him along and grabbed just the clothes that he knew Noémi liked. The afternoon passed quickly, and since she didn’t seem to have any intention of waking up for dinner, he did what he did b

CHAPTER 358. A NAUGHTY GIRL. Unspeakable thingsNoémi punched Levi hard on the arm, shocked by his declaration.“What did you just say?!” Her eyes locked with his, and she saw the sincerity in his gaze. “You must have a death wish, right? After everything that's happened, after you left me...! Do you think I’m going to forgive you that easily?!”Levi pressed his lips together.“No, I know it won’t be easy, but I don’t want to lose you, and you don’t want me to lose you, or else you would’ve left the moment we came down from that mountain, storm, avalanche, or erupting volcano be damned. Do you think I don’t believe you’re capable of it?” He looked at her with a mix of admiration and certainty. “I love you, Noémi... And I want to marry you…”“I can’t do this, Levi,” she responded desperately. “After everything that happened, how can you even think we should try again...?”“Of course, we should!” he exclaimed, stepping closer and grabbing her by the shoulders. “Noe, things that mess up

CHAPTER 360. A NAUGHTY GIRL. Happy Endings. Uncertain BeginningsEveryone knew. Now, absolutely everyone knew what was happening between them, but Noémi seemed very content with that. Life was gradually becoming less complicated. The family kept gathering, and just two days before Peter’s first birthday, Levi presented her with that document.They were in the middle of a romantic dinner when he handed her the adoption agreement for her to officially take Peter as her son.Noémi looked at him in astonishment, and Levi panicked, of course he panicked, because up until that moment, he thought this was what she wanted.“I… I’m sorry, I thought this is what you wanted,” he murmured, taking the document back. “But maybe we shouldn’t rush things, right?”Noémi reached out her hand to stop him and pulled her purse closer, taking out an identical document she had prepared herself.“I was going to ask you the exact same thing,” she said, and they both laughed, realizing how in sync they truly