Chapter 369
By the time Hendrix caught up to Noelle in the pharmacy, He arrived just in time to hear her ask for a pregnancy
Irst.
The store assistant immediately acknowledged her request, then noticed Hendrix entering. She asked, “Sir, there anything you need?”
Hendrix didn’t respond.
is
The store assistant found his silence odd at first but quickly realized he was staring intently at Noelle. Understanding the situation, she said nothing more and simply retrieved two boxes of pregnancy tests for Noelle.
The entire time, Noelle didn’t look at Hendrix–not even when paying at the counter. As he reached out to take the items, she swatted his hand away with a loud, crisp smick.
The store assistant was startled by the sound but had no time to react before Noelle picked up the items and walked out. Hendrix immediately followed after her. To his relief, she still got into his car.
During the drive, Hendrix wanted to explain himself.
Should he say he did it for her health? Then, why hadn’t he taken precautions himself? Or should he claim he knew nothing? But if she was questioning him like this, it was clear Beatrice had said something to her.
No matter how he tried to frame it, any explanation felt hollow. So, he stayed silent the entire way to Nivis Villa.
As soon as the car stopped, Noelle got out without hesitation. Hendrix intended to follow her, but she quickly shut the door in his face.
He still had a mountain of work waiting for him that morning, and his phone had already rung several times with urgent calls. Yet, he couldn’t bring himself to care about any of it.
The wait was excruciating. Hendrix had no idea how long he stood outside. He couldn’t even remember the last time he had felt this kind of torment, Or perhaps, he had never felt it before.
At that moment, it felt to him as if time had frozen still. Just when he thought an eternity had passed, the bathroom door finally opened.
Before he could ask about the result, Noelle threw the pregnancy test stick at him.
“I’ve been taking birth control pills, yet I’m pregnant now. Care to explain why?” Noelle asked in a cold voice.
Hendrix froze for a moment before picking up the test stick to examine it carefully.
There were two unmistakable lines.
He felt shock, disbelief, and finally, a surge of uncontainable joy. He immediately looked at Noelle, but she only stared back at him blankly. For some reason, he suddenly recalled the last time she had been pregnant.
What was her reaction back then? He couldn’t remember. But what really sent a cold sweat down his back was that he couldn’t even remember his own reaction at the time.
“Do you… not want it?” he finally asked.
Noelle looked at him calmly. “Answer my question first.”
“Yes. It was me who switched your pills,” Hendrix finally admitted, his response direct and simple.
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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...