Chapter 393
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Noelle didn’t know how to answer Beatrice.
Fortunately, the doctor soon arrived.
Noelle immediately stepped aside to make room for the doctor.
Beatrice said nothing more. She simply lay there, letting the medical staff do their work. Her eyes closed again, and her lips were pressed into a thin line in a refusal to speak.
Noelle called Hendrix. The call barely connected when she suddenly heard his voice coming from the hallway. She lifted her head.
“Is my mom awake?” Hendrix had already hung up and was asking her face–to–face.
She nodded slowly.
“Alright. Go get some rest. I’ll talk to her.”
With that, Hendrix turned to head inside.
But Noelle grabbed his hand, causing him to turn back to look at her in a puzzled manner.
The moment their gazes met, he immediately understood. He chuckled lightly and said, “Don’t worry. I’ll talk to her properly.”
Noelle frowned, clearly unconvinced.
Hendrix grabbed her by the shoulders and gave her a reassuring squeeze before letting go and continuing inside. The caregiver was still sitting by the hospital bed. The moment she saw him, she stood up. “Mr. Free-” “Leave us,” he cut her off without taking his eyes off the woman lying in the bed.
Beatrice had clearly heard him, as Hendrix caught the slight tremor in her eyelashes. But she didn’t open her eyes, not that he minded.
Instead, he sat down on the chair next to her bed and started speaking unhurriedly, “I already know everything. But there’s something I don’t quite understand–was last night part of your plan?
“And don’t tell me you did it just because Noelle refused your request. I don’t think you’d go that far, but have you considered that she might?
“If this was truly premeditated, then what was the point of everything you’ve been doing lately? You’ve been rallying shareholders, promoting certain people into position–wasn’t that meant to oppose me? Yet before anything even started, you pulled a move like this. Why?
“Were you trying to use public pressure to crush me? If that’s the case, you should know by now–public opinion doesn’t affect me. Lloyd’s situation already proved that. Sony guess is–you never really planned to do anything at all.
“All that maneuvering with the shareholders–it was just for show. To make Nathan believe you were on his side. To make him think we were completely estranged. You wanted him to take the bait so you could deal him a fatal blow when the time was right.
“But why go this far? If you hate him that much, I could’ve dealt with him for you. There was no need to risk your
own life.”
He hadn’t slept all night, hence the bloodshot eyes. Yet his voice remained disturbingly clear.
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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...