Chapter 288

Noah Hyde let out a low chuckle, then flicked Fiona Barnett lightly on the forehead. "If it's something important, of course I have to go." But right after doing it, he instantly regretted it. Her forehead turned red where he flicked her—looked way worse than he intended. To someone who didn’t see what happened, it might’ve seemed like he hit her hard. Especially with how pale she looked at that moment. Her face and the bits of skin showing were all ghostly white—it honestly hurt to look at her like that. Fiona scrunched her face up miserably. "Then… can you take me with you?" She just wanted to be around him all the time, to follow him everywhere, to never let him out of her sight. It was weird—before coming here, she always thought her mom was the one she leaned on most. But somehow, without even realizing it, she'd started to count on Noah instead. The impatient cop standing nearby looked like he was about to snap again, but right then, Delia Fleming stepped forward and quietly moti