Chapter 368
Noelle’s expression changed multiple times. “What do you mean by this?”
“Exactly what I said. Don’t you want to leave him?” Beatrice asked, her tone almost urgent.
Noelle stared at her for a moment before replying, “But this is between him and me. You’re his mother, so no matter what, you should be on his side.”
Her words seemed to momentarily silence Beatrice.
Noelle thought that her words had sunk in, but then, Beatrice laughed and asked, “So, are you pitying him now?”
Noelle felt that something about Beatrice’s demeanor was off. Just as she was about to say something, Beatrice beat her to it.
“Noelle, you’ve gone soft on him.”
That light, casual remark left Noelle stunned. She opened her mouth, but no words came out.
Beatrice stood up. Crossing her arms, she gazed out at the yard for a moment before finally speaking again.
“But that’s fine. This is between you and him and also your personal choice. If you want to continue living like this, I certainly won’t interfere. But Noelle, have you ever thought about whether softening your stance toward him is really the right thing to do?
“Oh, by the way, there’s something you probably don’t know. You’ve been taking birth control pills all this while, right?”
Noelle looked at her.
“Two months ago, Hendrix consulted his private doctor about whether there was a medication that looked similar to birth control pills but was harmless to the body. So, I wonder… are the pills you’ve been taking really birth control pills?”
Noelle instantly turned pale at Beatrice’s words.
“You shouldn’t think he’s doing this for your sake or because he truly wants a child with you. The only reason he’d do something like this is so he can use a child to tie you down,” Beatrice continued.
Noelle didn’t respond and simply turned to leave.
Hendrix was waiting for her outside. The moment he saw her, he immediately stepped forward, but the sight of her pale face made him stop in his tracks.
Without sparing him a glance, Noelle walked straight to the car and got in after opening the passenger–side door.
Hendrix frowned but didn’t press her with questions. Instead, he quietly got into the car after her.
The atmosphere in the car was completely different from when they had been leading to Freeman Manor.
Hendrix badly wanted to ask what Beatrice had said to Noelle earlier, but for some reason, he suddenly found himself unable to speak. His hand tightened involuntarily around the steering wheel
As the car passed a certain street, Noelle suddenly said, “Stop the car.”
Her words caught Hendrix off guard, but he still did as she asked and pulled over.
“I want to ask you something,” Noelle said, staring straight ahead, her voice calm.
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Chapter 368
Hendrix responded with a simple “mm“.
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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...