Aahana SwrupIn ‘Your Fault: London,’ Noah’s world becomes just a little bigger as she goes off to Oxford University. Out of her mother’s and her stepfather’s house, she finds a new kind of freedom, surrounded by new opportunities and new faces. While her relationship with reformed bad boy Nick, aka her stepbrother, remains strong, the newfound distance between them also leads to new complications. The addition of Michael in Noah’s life proves to be the most prominent of these complications.
Michael, a second-year student, catches the latter’s attention on her first day of class with his own quick wit and charm. Although he develops a crush on the other student pretty much instantly, Noah is naturally more interested in keeping him in her life as a close friend. Yet, when her romance with Nick begins to turn sour, the nature of her friendship with Michael begins to surpass certain boundaries as well. SPOILERS AHEAD!
Noah and Michael’s Relationship Starts Off Platonic
Even though there is a certain chemistry between Noah and Michael from their first meeting, there’s little space for anything beyond friendship to exist. Noah is head-over-heels in love with Nick. Even though she faces many challenges in her relationship with him, including their need for secrecy, she’s happy to put in the effort their love requires. Moreover, she never shies away from making the nature of her unorthodox relationship with her stepbrother clear to everyone, including Michael. As a result, regardless of the latter’s obvious and blatant crush on her, the two remain strictly just friends. Inevitably, Michael becomes a staple in her social orbit at Oxford.
Even though Noah herself might be more oblivious to the torch Michael holds out for her, Nick can see right through him. For the same reason, he repeatedly gets jealous of their close friendship, especially at times when his own relationship with his girlfriend is on the rocks. He envies the other man for being in Noah’s life so effortlessly. He himself has to sneak behind his father’s back and balance romance with the responsibilities of inheriting the Leister Enterprises. Additionally, his trademark possessive streak further turns Noah and Michael’s friendship into a hurdle for the couple to conquer. Even so, it isn’t until Nick’s personal inclination toward secrecy and Briar’s sabotage ruins the couple’s relationship that Michael and Noah’s friendship truly begins to turn into something more.
Noah Turns to Michael For Comfort From Her Heartbreak
A number of elements play a role in causing the eventual end of Noah and Nick’s relationship. Throughout this chapter of their lives, each hlf half of the couple remains green with envy over the presence of other people in their partner’s life. For Nick, it’s Michael, and for Noah, it’s Sophia, her boyfriend’s business partner. While this jealousy initially only manifests in petty fights and passionate reunions, it eventually creates a bigger problem when Nick begins to hold onto dishonesty. On one occasion, he has to go away on an overnight trip with Sophia, a fact that his girlfriend isn’t thrilled by. Still, he assures her that nothing will happen between them and schedules a nightly call between them for added reassurance.
Nonetheless, Nick ends up missing this call while he gets drunk with Sophia in her hotel room after a job well done. Even though nothing happens between them, he chooses to lie about the night to his girlfriend. Therefore, when Noah inevitably learns the truth, she is heartbroken. Soon enough, the couple breaks up. Even so, while their relationship as partners ends, they’re still stuck as each other’s stepsiblings. This means they eventually cross paths again at the Leister Enterprises 25th anniversary. By now, Briar, Noah’s ex, who has strategically placed herself as Noah’s best friend at university, has manipulated the businessman into thinking his stepsister and Michael are together.
Consequently, Nick ends up bringing Sophia as his date. Ultimately, this leads to a big confrontation, where Noah finally finds out about her ex and Briar’s old relationship. This becomes the straw that breaks the camel’s back as Nick’s lies pile up too high. Therefore, Noah storms out of the event with the last person she believes she can still trust: Michael. However, as Michael comforts her in the aftermath, their closeness takes a different turn as he finally confesses the depth of his true feelings for her. Noah, in her heartbreak, gets drawn to her friend like a moth to a flame and ends up sleeping with him. Still, the next morning, she grows to regret that choice, especially when faced with a heartbroken Nick. In the end, her hookup with Michael remains meaningless to Noah. Whether or not their friendship survives this hiccup is yet to be seen.
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