The Heiress's Shadow novel Chapter 58

Chapter 51 

She smiles and pecks my lips before pulling away and splashing me in the face. 

“Carter!” 

“How’s the water taste, Pebble?” She laughs swimming away. 

(No, ooh–ooh–ooh–ooh–ooh–ooh 

Said, no, ooh–ooh–ooh–ooh–ooh–ooh–ooh 

Hey, yeah, no, ooh–ooh–ooh–ooh–ooh–ooh–ooh, mm 

Loving you was dumb, dark, and cheap 

Loving you will still take shots at me 

Found loving you was sunshine, but then it poured 

And I lost so much more than my senses 

‘Cause loving you had consequences } 

“Noah?” 

“Yeah, Carter?” I look over at her from my spot at her desk. 

“Come cuddle with me.” She pleads tiredly, holding her arms out. 

I sigh as I walk over and get under the covers, pulling her close.. 

“Do me a favour.” She starts, her eyes fluttering shut. 

“As long as you don’t ask me to buy you a pet monkey, of course.” I retort, running a hand through her soft hair. 

“Stop being an ass and read the letter sometime, would ya.” She mumbles before she falls asleep. 

Her breathing is noisy and irregular and all of a sudden I get the urge to cry. 

As if on cue, it starts raining heavily. Rain slapping against the roof of the building and hail hitting the windows. 

After Anthony died I promised myself I wouldn’t get close to anyone. 

The less people I get close to, the less people I have to lose, the less it hurts. 

But of course, that didn’t work out. 

Max just had to drag me over to her during detention on our first day back. 

The Heiress’s Shi 

And now she’s my girlfriend, but not for long. 

As much as I don’t want to accept the fact that she’ll leave me soon, I have to. 

Loving Nevaeh was sunshine, and then it poured. 

(Yeah, loving you} 

-Nevach- 

“Hey, Noah?” I call as I sit at the island, an untouched glass of apple juice in front of me. 

“Yeah, Carter?” He answers, still rummaging through my fridge. 

“You don’t have any classes today, do you?” 

He shuts the fridge and turns around to look at me. “No, why?” 

“Can we go see your mum and Danny?” I give him the puppy eyes. 

He chuckles. “Of course.” 

I grin, getting up. “Great.” 

“Aren’t you going to drink that?” He gestures down to the glass of apple juice. 

I shake my head. “I don’t want it. You drink it.” 

“Carter-” 

“I’m not thirsty.” I cut him off, walking to my room to change out of my pyjamas. 

I hear him sigh before I shut the door and frown. 

Sorry, Noah. 

“VAEH!” Danny shouts, latching himself to me. 

“Boy, you’ve gotten tall, the hell?” I laugh, looking at the eleven year old who stands just below my collar bone. 

“Your eyes are so blue.” He gapes as he stares up at me. 

I chuckle. “Your accent is so British.” 

“I missed you, Vach.” He hugs me again. 

I ruffle his hair. “I missed you, too, shortie.” 

1 look up at Mrs King, who gives me a warm smile, but her eyes tell me she knows. 

1 glance at Noah who thankfully gets the hint 

Shadow 

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Chapter 51 

“Danny, how’s about we go upstairs and you can show me how much better you’ve gotten at playing the guitar?” Noah suggests casually. 

“Sure!” Danny grins as he runs upstairs, Noah following closely behind. 

I give Mrs King a soft smile. 

“Hey, Mrs Ki–Tanya.” I smile sheepishly, making her laugh softly and shake her head. 

“Exactly the same as two years ago.” She mumbles to herself before holding her arms out to me. “Come here.” 

I grin as I walk into her embrace, hugging her tightly. “I missed you.” 

“I missed you, too, sweetheart.” She kisses my head before pulling away and giving me a sad look. “We need to talk.” 

I sigh as she leads me over to the couch and we sit down. “I-” 

She cuts me off. “How long?” 

I bite m 

my lip and look down, knowing what she meant. “Not long.” 

She sighs and pulls me into another hug. “I love you so much, hun. Don’t ever forget that.” 

I hug back, feeling a tear roll down my cheek. “I love you, too, Tanya.” 

We sit there, hugging until Danny runs downstairs, Noah in tow. 

“Danny, wait!” Noah nearly trips down the stairs. “Fudge!” 

He still doesn’t swear around Danny. 

Mrs King and I pull away. 

I look at him with a raised eyebrow. “Fudge?” 

He points a finger at me. “Don’t judge me.” 

I raise my arms in surrender. “Not judging.” 

“Mum, why were you crying?” Danny asks with furrowed eyebrows. 

I glance over and see tear streaks on Mrs King’s face. 

I look at Danny before looking at Mrs King, who nods at me. 

I purse my lips. “Danny, I need to talk to you about something.” 

Mrs King gives Noah a look before walking into the kitchen, Noah following her immediately. 

I pat the sp 

spot next to me on the couch and Danny sits down next to me. 

Chapter 51 

“You look sad.” He analyses. “I don’t like it when you’re sad.” 

I sigh. 

How the hell am I supposed to tell him? 

“When we first met, you grabbed my face and called me beautiful. Then you said, ‘Beauty isn’t in the face. Beauty is 

a light in the heart. And nothing is more beautiful than a real smile that has struggled through tears.” I start. “Danny, you are the most beautiful person I have ever met. And you were right, I have struggled through tears.”