Chapter 856

Charlotte quickened her steps to catch up, watching Noah's back as she gathered her courage.

"I... want to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"Can you... not leave?" Her voice came out a little dry. Even she knew how abrupt the question sounded. Noah fell silent for a moment.

"Why?"

"Because... because you don't really have a home to go back to either. Didn't you say you wanted friends?" Charlotte pressed on, her voice softening toward the end.

"If you stay in Goldmont City, you'll still have Khloe and the others... and me."

"Charlotte.Thank you for your kindness." Noah waited until she finished before speaking again. His tone was gentler than before, but still restrained-careful, distant.

"But we... aren't people who walk the same path." The words seemed to still the air around them. The single step between them felt, in an instant, like an unbridgeable divide.

voice

what you do. I know you come and go without a trace. I know you carry a lot of secrets, and I know... your world is dangerous. But to

the distant hum of the city. Charlotte lowered her head, a trace of

embrace. His movements were soft, restrained-not intimate, more

his low, husky

as far

will you go next?" she asked quietly, not daring to return the embrace, only

yet," Noah answered

be leaving Goldmont City

"Far away?"

"Mm."

before asking, "Can we

let out a faint

already have each other's contact?" Charlotte paused-he was

arms briefly, giving her one firm hug before letting go. Then, without lingering, he

quickly disappeared

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