As the weight of my words settled on my conscience, I couldn't help but feel the pang of guilt and remorse that gnawed at me.

I couldn’t believe that I had just referred to Noah as shit. Now, not because he wasn’t that-Oh, heck he was a bunch of shit and worse.

It was just that I knew that she liked the idiot, and referring to him like that was like insulting her, like emphasizing that she was dating a shit, that she was a shit for trying to date or catch the attention of a shit.

Noami’s reaction of a jaw slackening and a teeth grinding to my announcement...