For a moment, Eve didn't know why he was apologising. She noticed Noah's face turn serious, and he said,
"I feel like I owe you an apology for what happened on the dance floor at the Moriarty mansion. Forgive me if my action misguided you."
Eve quickly shook her head and said, "Not at all. I knew it was a mistake and you aren't the kind of person who would do that when we are friends," she nervously chuckled.
Eve didn't express the slight prick of disappointment she had felt after he had pulled away as if he was crossing lines with her, but she realised something. As much as people from different statuses mingled, it was hard to forget where they belonged. And the world she and the Duke belonged to were opposite. They could be friends, but that was all there was to it.
