As Alison looked at Noah, a knot formed in her stomach, tension radiating through her body. She quickly swallowed the bite of pasta, her appetite forgotten as she took in Noah's serious expression.
"No, I didn't get any time to. Why?" she asked, her voice betraying her growing unease. Her mind raced with possibilities, each one more ominous than the last.
Noah's insistence for Alison to check the trending articles suddenly took on a whole new dimension as she scrolled through the headlines. Her eyes widened in disbelief as she stumbled upon photos of herself and Noah plastered across multiple news sites. Her heart pounded in her chest as she clicked on one of the articles, her hands trembling with shock.
There, in vivid detail, were images captured from their first meeting at the bar,
