Shame flushes Noah's cheeks with heat, and he tries not to flinch, but he breaks eye contact. How did Ronan know? Then he must have seen them in the pool, the thought of which is so embarrassing that Noah wants to fall through the floor and disappear. He very nearly does, but he knows it would just make it worse.

"Listen, it's just..."

It's just what?

He knows how Ronan feels about infidelity, but he has no idea how he'd feel about the sort of thing he and Freddie are doing. But maybe he's just overthinking this, putting too much importance on it. And secrets just make things worse.

"We're not really dating."