*Crashing Into you *

*My decision*

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*CRASHING INTO YOU*

*Chapter 14*

*NOELLE'S POV*

The room went dead.

For three seconds no one breathed.

Then Mom set her wine glass down slowly.

“Is it Ethan... Cole? From Cole Group?” she asked carefully.

“Yes,” I replied.

Grandma recovered first. Her eyes narrowed.

“How did you two meet?”

I twisted my napkin under the table. My palms were sweating.

“He saved me from an accident,” I said. “And he’s helped me a few times. I think he’s a good man.”

Grandma’s whole face changed. She looked almost... proud.

“Of course he is!” she said, beaming. “Since he saved you!”

Mom wasn’t smiling. She was watching me too closely.

“Noelle,” she said softly. “I hope you’re not doing this out of haste. Just to avoid being set up on blind dates.”

_I’d rather choose Ethan than having more blind dates with people I’m not familiar with. And to also end grandma’s nagging. Besides... he’s my savior. I don’t think anything bad can happen._

I lifted my chin.

“I’m doing this out of my own will.”

Grandma clapped her hands together like we’d just signed a contract.

“Then it’s settled!” she said. “Invite him over for dinner. So we can appreciate him properly.”

Appreciate him.

The man who proposed a fake marriage to solve his grandfather’s problem.

My stomach dropped.

“Okay,” I whispered.

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