Christian popped the trunk of his car, and Kai unceremoniously dumped Noah into it. Noah had been eerily quiet until that point, but as soon as he hit the confines of the trunk, he erupted into a frenzy of struggling and muffled protests. Despite his frantic efforts to speak and wriggle free from his bindings, it was all in vain, and his struggles only seemed to serve in irritating Christian further. Despite my creeping sense of guilt, I found myself strangely captivated by Noah's expression of terror, which isn’t good for my mental health, so I decided to wait inside the car. However, from the rearview mirror of the car, I could clearly see the frown of irritation on Christian’s face. "Damn, you're such a pain in the ass. If you weren't Ava’s brother, I would've silenced you ages ago," C

