Chapter 319
Hendrix charged forward. He wanted to stop the wedding and take Noelle back. But just as he was about to reach for her hand, his eyes suddenly snapped open.
Blinding sunlight streamed through the window, stabbing into his eyes so harshly that it made him feel like tearing up. But he quickly composed himself and reached out to hold the woman lying beside him.
Yet, all he found was a pillow.
He was all alone in the room. Like the shattering of an illusion, Hendrix’s expression shifted dramatically. Without hesitation, he sprang out of bed.
As he rushed downstairs, he called Noelle on the phone.
She picked up quickly. “Yes?”
“Where are you?” Hendrix’s voice was hoarse and laced with unmistakable tension.
Before Noelle could answer, the doorbell rang.
On the other end of the line, Noelle seemed to hear it, too. Without bothering to ask what Hendrix wanted, she hung up and headed for the door.
It was then Hendrix realized she had been in the backyard the whole time. He sighed with relief the moment he saw her. But his eyes quickly fell on the bag in her hand–it was from a pharmacy.
Something flickered in Hendrix’s mind–a thought he instinctively wanted to deny.
But Noelle didn’t give him the chance. After opening the package, she took out the pills and swallowed them with
water.
Only after that did she seem to remember something. She looked up at him and asked, “Why did you call me just now?”
Hendrix didn’t answer. Instead, he slowly shifted his gaze toward the pill box on the table. When he saw the words printed on it, he wasn’t the least bit surprised, and the hand he had been clenching so tightly loosened.
Then, as if nothing had happened, he turned to her and asked, “Are you hungry? Let’s go out and grab something to eat.”
“I’ve already made plans with someone. In fact, I was just about to head out,” Noelle replied.
It was only then Hendrix noticed she was already dressed to go out. She wore a light–colored dress, cinched at the waist with a delicate braided belt adorned with small diamonds, perfectly highlighting her slender figure. She had even put on some make–up and tied up her hair, revealing her elegant neck
Frowning, Hendrix looked at her and asked, “Who are you meeting?”
Noelle didn’t answer him.
But from her silence, Hendrix already knew the answer. His voice became even more tense. “Is it Dylan?”
“Yeah.”
Noelle had already made her way to the foyer. Just as she bent down to change into her shoes, Hendrix strode forward and grabbed her wrist tightly.
“I forbid you from going.” Hendrix said in a low voice.
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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...