It took him forever to get his point across to Catherine. The more he explained, the larger his headache grew. The girl had a seriously confusing thought process. Noah was more baffled than anything at this point.
After hearing all he had to say, Catherine pondered. His explanations were reasonable and they made sense.
‘Did I really just misunderstand the whole situation?’ Staring into Noah’s eyes, Catherine had a feeling that he wasn’t lying.
‘Was it all just a misunderstanding after all? Oh…’
Rubbing her forehead, she would silently ask, “So… It was all just a misunderstanding?”
“Pretty much,” shrugged Noah who was just glad that his point had finally gotten across.
“Then swear to me..!”
The man sighed as he raised three fingers and straightened his back. “I, Noah Smith, swear that I’ve never had any inappropriate relationships nor have I had any thoughts about them. If I do any of those acts, may lightning strike me dead…”
“Fine… I’ll believe you…” Catherine sighed reluctantly.
Noah was just speechless at this point.
Well, this answered one of his earlier questions… Had Stanley Batton misunderstood him too?
“But, if you aren’t her secret lover, who is? My sister-in-law couldn’t have just randomly decided to distance herself from my brother and begin treating him coldly. There’s still a missing puzzle piece…” Catherine lowered her head as she grumbled.
“Is there a need for a secret lover in the equation? That’s probably another misunderstanding… No other guy has visited her in the hospital and she’s never even called or spoke to one through the phone.”
Noah continued. “Just because her attitude towards Fifth Brother has changed, it doesn’t necessarily mean she has to have another lover. It could be that he’s just done something to upset her without realizing it.”
“Sister Xyla’s attitude towards me was friendly but there was nothing that hinted that she loved me. Believe me when I say I know I’m not the cause.” Noah sighed. Hopefully this would prevent Catherine from getting any more misunderstandings.
Catherine placed a finger on her rose-like lips as she pondered. After a while, she closed her eyes before nodding. “Yeah, what you’ve said today all made sense. You’re free to go.”
“I’ll be taking my leave then,” Noah bowed before turning around to leave.
“Wait…” Catherine stopped him.
He stopped and turned around to look at her. “Yes?”
“Sorry…” Catherine said honestly as her eyes looked to the side.
“No worries.” Noah smiled as he descended the stairs.
After the door closed behind him, Catherine took her phone out to make a call. It was for Stanley. It was time to tell her brother the things she had done and the events that had taken place on the rooftop with Noah.
Stanley frowned in his black Honda. “You investigated into the matter without consulting me?”
“I saw that you were in a bad mood and I guessed that something may have happened between you and sister-in-law. From the investigation, I noticed that Noah kept visiting her while she was still in the hospital. I came to the conclusion that sister-in-law must have liked Noah…”
