Chapter 145

Silvia “Your brother is, like, ten times smarter than both of us combined,” Katy said, one hand on the wheel as she guided Noah's Jeep down the winding road from Alpha Enzo's estate. “Honestly, he probably figured it out the second I showed up with his car keys. He's not exactly oblivious, you know?” Her voice was softer than usual, the kind of gentle that made me want to simultaneously cry and crawl under the seat. “I just don't get why you're still keeping this from him,” she added. “He's your brother. Your ride-or-die. He deserves to know.” I turned to the window, watching the perfectly trimmed hedges and expensive landscaping blur into green smears. Her words hit harder than I wanted to admit.Because, yeah. She wasn't wrong. Cue the guilt tsunami. I was basically a walking disaster of secrets and bad decisions, and poor Noah was the emotional collateral damage 98% of the time. Silence settled in the car, heavy but not hostile. Just... weighty. Like both of us were waiting for the g