Noran was so skilled at dodging her questions, leaving her with nothing but frustration.
She had considered giving him the cold shoulder to force him to open up, but deep down, she feared that distancing herself would only push him into taking more dangerous risks when she wasn't around.
The thought of him doing something reckless without her knowledge was something she couldn't bear.
So, she devised a different plan—a plan to stay close to him, to cling to his side in hopes of uncovering the secrets he was hiding. But despite her best efforts, she couldn't catch anything suspicious in his day-to-day activities.
Everything seemed perfectly normal, which only added to her frustration.
Then she had tried to provoke him by stirring up his jealousy, hoping that it would break down his defenses and make him reveal what he was hiding. But that plan had backfired spectacularly.