Chapter 123
Calculating the days, Noelle realized that her period had indeed been late for several days.
With that, she stopped thinking entirely. When Hendrix grabbed her hand, she didn’t resist and just numbly followed him forward,
As Brandon stepped out of the private room, he happened to witness this scene. His brows immediately furrowed, and he instinctively moved to stop Noelle.
But Hendrix quickly glanced at him. “This is between the two of us. Mr. Quinlan, you’d better not interfere.” Hendrix’s tone was emotionless, but the warning was clear
Brandon froze in his tracks and then turned his gaze back to Noelle.
“I’m fine,” Noelle quickly said.
Before Brandon could say anything, Hendrix had already pulled her out of the restaurant.
Hendrix stopped at the pharmacy before going back to the hotel.
When he placed the items into Noelle’s hand, she seemed startled, biting her lip as she said, “Shouldn’t we go to the hospital?”
“Only the emergency room is open right now. Or, if you prefer, I can make a call and have someone arrange it for you,” Hendrix replied.
As soon as he suggested it, Noelle immediately refused. That arrangement would surely leak the news. This was the last thing she wanted to happen.
“Let’s test it first,” Hendrix said calmly. “You can go to the hospital for a blood test tomorrow morning.”
His demeanor remained composed–so composed to the point that it seemed… like he had plenty of experience.
At this point, Noelle couldn’t ask hith anything else. She simply tightened her grip on the box in her hand.
They quickly arrived at the hotel.
Noelle entered the elevator first, with Hendrix following closely behind her.
“I can test it myself,” she said when she noticed that he kept following her.
“Don’t misunderstand. I only care about the child,” replied Hendrix.
The Freemans prioritized their bloodline, and of course, Noelle knew. Moreover, not long ago, Hendrix had mentioned that he might have other family matters to deal with. So, his tension seemed understandable.
Noelle’s mind grew even more chaotic.
What if she was really pregnant? Based on Hendrix’s attitude, he probably wouldn’t let her terminate the pregnancy, right?
And he definitely wouldn’t let her raise the child on her own. Would he take the child away? Or would they raise it together?
But they were already divorced.
The more she thought about it, the more confused Noelle became. Her brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
“Test first,” Hendrix said, and added, “We can discuss after the results come out.”
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Noelle didn’t speak again, silently taking the pregnancy test into the bathroom.
Hendrix watched her retreating figure for a moment before silently sitting down on the nearby couch.
His phone showed several missed calls.
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Sway and Slide of Love
Like how the story is progressing now but why is the author only releasing 3 chapters at a time? this is torture😩😩...
Woah chapters 41-45 is intense!! Good to see Noelle’s character who has come across as mostly detached actually express emotion....
I find Noelle’s character so frustrating, she comes across lacking any true emotion. The chapters where Rosie was missing was probably the most where we have seen some strong outward emotion shown. Dreading these next few chapters if she is going to do something drastic to “go find Seline” The author has taken us on a rollercoaster with these characters. The novel feels like it is at a stage now where they can come full circle....
A good change of pace and story in the last 10 chapters. Good to see the shift in Hendrix’s character (more patience) to win over Noelle and Rosie. Hope we start to see them warm up to him. Please no crazy twist where he loses them again. Have enjoyed this story and looking forward to its wrap up👨👩👧...
A good change of pace in the last 10 chapters. Also nice to see a shift in Hendrix’s character (more patience) to win Noelle and Rosie over. Hoping in these next few chapters we start to see Noelle and Rosie warm up to him. Please no crazy twist where he loses them again. Have enjoyed this story and looking forward to its wrap up 👨👩👧...
I have been in love with this novel but I don’t know how much patience I have to wait until the to finish line. Dear Author, can you atleast give us some idea about how long is this going to be or if there’s any turning point coming soon. And it would be great if you could upload at least 10 chapters at once. 5 chapters is making me more impatience with the anticipation of the further story of novel🙈...
I really hope there is a turning point in this story where Noelle starts to show some interest in Hendrix...