Chapter 58
William remained silent, narrowing his eyes at Noelle.
Noelle chuckded. “What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue?”
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“Noelle,” Liam interjected. Sensing the rising tension, he stood up and tugged on her hand.
But Noelle stood firm. “You’re not leaving, huh? Fine, then I’ll go.”
With that, she turned to leave. Liam started to follow, but he heard William say mockingly, “Ah, living as a rich heiress for a few years really boosts you confidence!
“But Noelle, don’t forget your roots. If it weren’t for me, you’d have starved to death ages ago. Then, where would you get the strength to boss people around like this?
“And now, you’ve turned your back on me because I’m of no use to you? Let me tell you, Noelle. I’ve been holding back out of respect for the fact that you’re my daughter. But if you keep being so heartless, don’t blame me for spilling all your dirty secrets!”
As William finished speaking, Noelle’s footsteps slowly came to a stop. She turned to look back, only to see him smirking confidently, as if certain that he had already won
Noelle knew exactly why he was so confident. He believed he held a trump card–her dark, shameful past that she couldn’t allow to surface. Hence, he expected Noelle to bow her head to him.
But to his shock, Noelle looked straight at him and broke into laughter.
William’s heart jolted upon seeing her reaction, and before he could respond, Noelle asked, “What secrets? Are you talking about the time you almost took advantage of me?”
Though her tone was calm, her hands were clenched by her sides so tightly that her nails dug into her palms, breaking the skin. The sharp, shooting pain coursed through her body, like a sharp blade gouging out the festering wound she had buried deep within herself and exposing it to the whole world.
Liam immediately turned to look at her, his eyes wide in shock. His already unstable frame staggered.
Though the restaurant wasn’t very busy, there were still quite a number of people. Noelle’s words were like a bomb exploding and sending shockwaves throughout the room.
Noelle could already foresee that by the next day–no, later that night–this news would spread like wildfire throughout their social circles.
The restaurant was in an uproar, while William remained silent, his face distorting with anger.
“Now, this matter is no longer news.” Enduring the pain in her heart, Noelle took a deep breath and then continued, “So, don’t even think about using it to threatene again.”
She finished her sentence in one breath
She had thought that she would feel liberated after letting soon as the words left her mouth, it felt as though she was
out. But in reality, she had overestimated herself. As living that day over again.
A man reeking of alcohol, and his expression menacing. The sound of clothes being ripped.
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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...