Gianna held the bank card tightly.

She knew Noah well enough to know that there had to be a lot of money in it. Her body was trembling all over.

She watched as he left. Despair, longing, and hope. All of these emotions coursed through her. All of a sudden, she fell apart and burst into tears.

In the end, she finally said something she had kept buried for several years. “I’m sorry, Noah. Please forgive me! You have to apologize to Gwynn on my behalf too. Tell her that I regret kidnapping Lorian all those years ago. I almost killed him back then…”

He smiled ever so faintly.

Opening the ward door, he left without a shred of regret. Everything that had happened between him and Gianna was now a thing of the past.

Gwynn was waiting for him at the end of the hallway.

He took brisk steps toward her and stopped a foot away from her. Staring at her profoundly, he said, “Let’s go home, Gwynn.”

He didn’t realize that he stank of blood until he sat in the car and the stench filled the