After Noah returned to his room, Katie sat on the floor in despair for a long time. His words kept ringing in her head. Although the floor was cold, her body felt colder, and even her heart no longer bore any hints of warmth.

"So Noah won't marry me because I'm no match for Yvonne? How ridiculous! She's the country bumpkin who I've looked down on since I was a child!" Katie thought.

It had never occurred to her that she would be so ruthlessly defeated one day.

Then Katie shook her head viol