This was also the first time Hendrix had seen his daughter, Rosie, not from a blurry photo or from a tricky angle.
Rosie stared back at him with wide eyes, full of appraisal and curiosity.
But before Hendrix could look at her a little longer, someone next to him cautiously called out to him.
Immediately after, Rosie and Noelle disappeared into the crowd around them, so Hendrix was unable to catch a glimpse of them anymore.
After a while, he turned his head and asked, "Yes? What is it?"
His emotions switched quickly, though his voice still carried a hint of tension.
That night, he unsurprisingly suffered from insomnia again. It wasn't until dawn that he reluctantly got up to take some sleeping pills.
After that, he managed to fall asleep, but it was a restless one. He even had a dream.
Hendrix vaguely remembered having a similar dream before. It was a warm and happy scene where Noelle and a little girl were playing together. Then, a strange man approached them.
Hendrix's eyes snapped open.
Blinding sunlight greeted him, and the smartphone beside him kept buzzing.
But he wasn't in a rush to answer it. Instead, he stared at the sunlight outside the window, replaying his dream over and over in his mind.
He certainly remembered having such dreams before. But this time, the feeling was incredibly real. So real that Hendrix could already imagine what it would be like when the little girl called someone else "Daddy".
Just thinking about it made his heart and stomach ache faintly.
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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...