Chapter 33
Mabel was about to stop Noelle when she heard the sound of a car engine outside.
She immediately darted downstairs. “Mr. Freeman, you need to see what’s going on. I don’t know what Mrs. Freeman is thinking again. She packed all her stuff and seemed ready to leave!”
Hendrix didn’t seem surprised by her words. Instead, he looked up and saw Noelle carrying her stuff down the
stairs.
His gaze shifted from her suitcase and slowly to her cheek, where a handprint was visible. She didn’t dodge his gaze and asked, “When are we proceeding with the procedure?”
“I’ve informed the lawyer to come over.” Hendrix finally withdrew his gaze and continued forward.
Noelle quickly replied, “That won’t be necessary. I’m leaving with nothing.”
He froze while ascending the stairs when he heard her statement. He cocked his head at her and said, “Even if you’re walking away with nothing, you still need to sign the agreement.“”
Noelle understood his meaning and no longer refuted him.
Meanwhile, Mabel finally made sense of the situation “Mr. Freeman, are you two… getting a divorce?”
Neither of them responded to her. Hendrix headed upstairs without another word, while Noelle brought her suitcase to the foyer, sat on it, and lowered her head to check her phone.
After digesting the new piece of information, Mabel snapped back to reality and made a phone call to Beatrice. The latter said something, and the former simply grunted lightly and ended the call.
Although Noelle couldn’t hear Beatrice, she could tell from Mabel’s demeanor that Beatrice had agreed to the divorce. It wasn’t shocking news, but Noelle heaved a breath of relief.
Soon, Hendrix’s lawyer arrived with the divorce agreement As per Noelle’s request, the agreement stipulated that she would leave with nothing.
Of course, she was never after anything from Hendrix to begin with. Without hesitation, she signed the agreement.
“Mr. Freeman, I’ve made an appointment at the courthouse at 10:00 am tomorrow,” said the lawyer.
Noelle nodded and looked at Hendrix. “Am I free to go now?”
After tossing his copy of the divorce agreement into his drawer, he replied with a light grunt.
Noelle then left without further hesitation.
That said, she couldn’t help but stop when she arrived at the door. She turned around and looked at Hendrix.
He had already begun discussing company matters with his lawyer as if the agreement he had just signed was nothing more than one of the thousands of transactions he routinely handled.
Ultimately, Noelle suppressed the words she intended to say, turned around, and quietly exited his study.
The sound of the cab’s engine echoed outside and slowly faded away. Hendrix suddenly stopped speaking
The lawyer looked perplexedly at him. “Mr. Freeman?”
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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...