When Rian flicked his fingers in front of Mila, she snapped out and blushed, "We are Noah's friends. We thought we would meet you guys. We stay in..."

Rian checked behind him to see three were troubled by the sunlight brightening inside and cut in. "We will meet you later. I'll inform Noah."

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Before there could be any response from them, they heard Aria's groggy voice sounding like a kid's whine.

"Beauty, please close the drapes, it's too bright."

Rian ignored the two and walked towards the bay window as he chided, "Who told you to wake up early in the morning?" Aria was awake to talk to Alan and she had dozed hearing him.

Feeling wronged, Aria groaned curling away from sunlight but it happened to move closer to Noah.

Mila noticed Kyle abruptly leaving so quickly said, "You guys rest. I'll close the door for you."

Rian went back to sleep after seeing the door auto-lock.

They woke up too late and had lunch, it was time for Eva and Aria to leave. Rian had the next morning flight.

The drama queens started their act saying they couldn't leave them to make them laugh and annoy standing at the door.

Kyle didn't go to see them initially. Mila met the two girls and laughed with them for a few minutes hearing them and got envious of the Fourie.

When Kyle went out, Aria was giggling between three facing Noah in their goodbye hug.

Seeing two girls leave, Mila spoke, "Aren't you two dropping the girls?"

Noah responded to her, "Arrie drove the car here. So she will drive back as I don't have a car."

Mila was confused and asked Aria, "Do you stay in country E too?"

Aria shook her head and pointed at herself and Eva, "Country U and Country S."

Mila wanted to ask something but Aria and Eva would get late so they left. Kyle who was standing by the door went inside when Noah's gaze fell on her.

Noah ignored her without caring about why she was irked. He turned down Mila's offer to have dinner together and took Rian out to check out his college and have dinner outside.

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As days passed by, Chirs and Mila were planning outings whenever they were free. Mila would bring Kyle so Noah and Kyle were facing each other frequently.

Noah felt like Kyle was despising him with her tone whenever the other two spoke about him or whenever she was looking at him.

He wanted to ignore it but seeing it every day, it started to bother him too. So he asked one day when they were alone at the canteen table.

"What's wrong with you? Why do you look at me as if I stole what's yours? Or are you kind of abnormal?"

Kyle ignored for a few seconds then spoke mildly, "I think I should have minded my business that day and never met you."

Noah frowned hearing that. Even if she didn't come that day he would have found a way to escape. It wasn't that he was crying for help.

So to help her back, he did his best even when he didn't like to hang out with a complete stranger.

What did he get to hear in return?

Noah stood up as he smirked, "Yeah, right. Why don't you move out of the condo too? You don't have to see my face either and live at peace."

He dumped the food to the bin losing his appetite and kept the plate before striding off ignoring both Mila and Chris.

Noah straight went to his place and locked himself for the whole day. He terribly missed his home and the Fourie.

He realized never help without the request else you wouldn't be valued

Easier found things are labeled as cheap.

The same day night, Mila rang his doorbell saying loudly, "Noah, what did you say to Kyle? She wants to move out. Noah... Open the door... Noah, Kyle is moving out..."

Noah opened the door in annoyance, "What's your problem?"

Mila was taken aback by his fierce and stuttered, "It's late into the night. It wouldn't be safe and... and she isn't telling me why she cried either."

"Doesn't concern me." Noah shut the door and got back to his studies.

But soon after he realized she was going alone at night and the dorms would be closed.

Halfheartedly, he asked Mila and got to know Kyle really left. He took his bicycle out to check on her once as he called Kyle a few times but no one answered it.

He thought she might be purposefully avoiding his call and used the apartment security's phone but it wasn't answered either.

The security told him she pulled her luggage and went by walk so he cycled and continued to dial her number to find her mobile laying on the ground after just two hundred meters away.

And not far away, she was arguing with men in black and she looked disheveled in the clothes.

"Don't touch me. Let me go... I don't want to go with you. Report it however you want. Leave me..."

Noah reached them and pulled Kyle behind him, "What the hell do you guys want? I have called cops."

Noah was surprised to see them leaving without a word but he couldn't make out their expression due to dark.

Kyle who was sobbing had sat on the floor hugging her knees and mumbling "I don't want to go with them. I don't want to go with them..."

Growing up with his sister, Aria, and Eva, he always tends to have a protective feel towards females. He wrapped his jacket on her and patted her back to calm her.

"They left. They will not take you."

Hearing his soothing voice, she sniffled and said, "They will again come back."

Thinking she was just scared, Noah didn't take it seriously. "They will not. I will take you back. Let's go."

Noah helped her quietly to wear his jacket properly and walked towards the apartment pulling her luggage in a hand and another hand on the cycle while she walked looking blankly ahead.

Noah was about to ring the doorbell to ask Mila to take care of her but Kyle held his hand quickly.

"I... I don't want Mila to see me like this. She will ask many questions and I can't tell the truth."

'I can't tell the truth?' Noah frowned hearing that. He wanted to ask 'Why?' but he gave up as she was always reserved to talk about herself.

Thinking she might have a bad past or unsupportive family, he decided to give up asking about her too.

"Where will you stay then?" Noah asked as he checked the time.

It was already ten in the night. There was no hotel nearby either. He regretted not buying a car.

"I will check-in a hotel perhaps."

Noah didn't want to but still, he offered help, "If you have no problem, you can use the guest room at my place for tonight."