Chapter 4

Grandpa Robert had initially asked me to choose between Ethan and Noah for an engagement.

The three of us grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and I knew they both had feelings for me.

What finally made me decide on Ethan was an accident.

When I was eighteen, I was kidnapped by a rival family of the Evans.

Just as the kidnappers were about to silence me, Ethan appeared, took the knife for me, and saved my life.

After I was discharged from the hospital, I told Grandpa Robert my answer: Ethan.

That day was both my engagement day with Ethan and the day the Robert Group announced its heir.

The life he saved, I had already paid back with my own life in my previous existence.

This time, we were even.

As footsteps approached the door, I quickly walked away, took out my phone, and made a call.

"Can you arrange for me to meet Grandpa Robert alone?"

That night, Noah didn't listen to Ethan and take the plane. Instead, he came to the bridal suite.

When he opened the door and walked in, I was lying on the couch, sipping wine.

A flicker of surprise went through me, then I stood up, poured a glass of wine, and offered it to him.

"Want some?"

Noah took the glass, his intense gaze fixed on the lingering wine stain on my lips.

"That's not all I want to drink…"

His Adam's apple bobbed, his voice hoarse.

"Lily."

As his shadow fell over me, he cupped my face and kissed me.

Perhaps it was the wine getting to my head.

I didn't refuse; instead, I stood on my tiptoes and returned his kiss.

Noah seemed emboldened.

He grew bolder and bolder.

From the living room to the bedroom, from the couch to the bed, until the very end.

He suddenly stopped.

"Lily, do you know who I am?"

He raised his hand and caressed my cheek, his complex eyes filled with barely restrained desire.

I hooked my arms around his neck, tilted my head back, and whispered into his ear.

"Noah."

Before the word was fully out, he pressed down on me.

Moonlight streamed through the window, our shadows merged in the moonlight.

Silence only fell over the room as the first light of dawn crept over the horizon.

The next day, I was woken by Noah's phone ringing.

"The project manager told me you never got on the plane to France yesterday."

"Noah! Where are you right now?!"

Ethan's furious roar came through the phone.

Noah rubbed his temples, answering lazily,

"Where else would I be on my wedding night?"

His voice was husky.

The next second, Ethan's voice on the other end suddenly got louder.

"Noah! This joke isn't funny! Get on a plane to France right now."

"I'm on a yacht right now, I'm about to lose signal."

Woken by the noise, I couldn't help but mumble,

"So loud."

The other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds, then a trembling voice spoke,

"Is that Lily's voice?"

"Is she with you? Did you sleep with her?!"

Before Noah could answer, the call suddenly dropped.

Ethan's phone must have lost signal.

Waking up to that call so early, I couldn't fall back asleep.

I felt his burning gaze on me.

Thinking of the absurdity of last night, my face instantly flushed crimson.

Noah suddenly asked,

"Lily, did you know it was me from the start?"

I nodded.

"Growing up, I never once mistook you two."

Even though they had identical faces.

I only needed one glance to know who was who.

"Then why did you choose me yesterday?"

Seeing the subtle expectation in Noah's eyes, I answered truthfully,

"Because the groom I chose, was you."

Noah was startled at first, then let out a soft chuckle.

"So Ethan thought he was so clever, thinking he had tricked you, but in the end, he was the one who got played."

But that same afternoon, Ethan, who was supposed to be on vacation with Chloe on a yacht, suddenly appeared in the bridal suite.

He grabbed Noah's shoulder and dragged him into the bathroom.

"Noah, quickly, switch clothes with me! I need to get back to my own identity!"