I opened the notebook to the Rules page and turned it toward him.
Noah shrugged.
“Nobody. I just figured it out. So I wouldn’t be a burden.”
Burden… my heart broke.
How could he ever think he was a burden?
I pointed to the third rule. “‘Don’t make people choose.’ What does that mean?”
Noah hesitated. “It means if I don’t need much, it’s easier.”
“Easier than what?”
He glanced at me.
“I can stay with you.”
That pushed me over the edge. I did something then that I instantly regretted.
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