Dylan thought that as long as Noelle was by his side, that was enough. So, he quickly smiled and said, "It's okay. Honestly, just being with you two makes me happy. Really."
Noelle raised an eyebrow but didn't respond.
"You don't have to force yourself," Dylan added. "We can take things slowly. It's fine to just get along like friends."
Noelle met his gaze for a moment before finally nodding.
Dylan couldn't help but reach out and gently stroked her hair. "I'll head back to my room now."
"Okay. Get some rest," Noelle said with a smile before closing the door.
Dylan walked a few steps down the hallway but suddenly felt something was off. He paused, then slowly turned around.
At the other end of the hallway, another door was open. A man stood there, watching him expressionlessly. A cigarette dangled from his fingers, and it was unclear how long he had been standing there.
Dylan raised an eyebrow in surprise but still offered the man a polite smile. Then, he opened the door to his room next to Noelle's and stepped inside.
"Is it illegal to carry a gun here?" Erwin's voice came from behind. "But I didn't bring mine anyway. Otherwise, I could've solved your problem with a couple of bullets."
Hendrix glanced at him but said nothing, continuing to smoke with a blank expression.
"I did some digging. That guy's no good," Erwin added, adding fuel to fire. "He's spineless, and he likes to play dirty. But—"
He suddenly paused.
It wasn't until Hendrix turned to look at him that he continued with a bright smile, "But no matter how worthless he is, you still lose to him."
Hendrix's expression vanished completely.
Erwin, however, smiled at him, as if he was delighted to see Hendrix like that.
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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...