After Dylan finished speaking, he simply stood there, quietly watching Noelle.
Noelle didn't respond, but her hands noticeably clenched.
Noticing this, Dylan stared at her balled fists for a while before reaching out and gently taking them in his hand.
Noelle glanced down at their joined hands but didn't pull away. For Dylan, this was already a huge encouragement. Without hesitation, he leaned in closer, his lips slowly moving toward hers until…
"Mommy!" Rosie's voice suddenly rang out, causing the two of them to jump up in fright.
Noelle, as if caught doing something wrong, immediately pushed Dylan away.
Her movement was so sudden and forceful that Dylan didn't have time to react. Thus, he ended up slamming his head into the nearby cabinet with a loud thud.
Noelle froze for a moment, then quickly stepped forward to check on him. "Are you okay? I'm sorry."
"I'm fine." Dylan waved it off with a smile. "Don't worry. It doesn't hurt."
Noelle frowned, studying him with concern.
Meanwhile, Rosie stood nearby, watching them curiously. "Mommy, what were you doing?"
Only then did Noelle remember Rosie was there as well. She turned to her and said, "Nothing. Did you need something?"
"I wanted to ask Mr. Pritchett how to make the doll talk," Rosie said, reaching out to grab Dylan's hand.
Dylan didn't resist. He glanced back at Noelle with a smile and let Rosie pull him out.
Noelle was left standing alone in the kitchen. It wasn't until a while later that she walked out.
During dinner, Dylan's suitcase remained by the entrance.
Comments
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...