All afternoon, the movers across the hall were busy moving things in. Even with the door closed, Noelle could still hear them talking loudly. It sounded like the new tenants were doing some renovations, too. For hours, the sound of hammering and drilling echoed nonstop.
As exhausted as she was, Rosie tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. In the end, Noelle had no choice but to lie down beside her, gently patting her back.
But Rosie's eyes remained wide open, staring at Noelle.
Noelle couldn't help but laugh, then said helplessly, "Alright. What do you want to do?"
"I can't sleep."
"Close your eyes, and you'll fall asleep soon."
Rosie obediently closed her eyes, but within seconds, they popped open again. "See, Mommy? I just can't sleep?"
"So, what do you want to do instead?"
"I want to draw. Or read a book."
"In other words, you just don't want to sleep, right?"
Rosie giggled sheepishly.
Noelle was about to say more when there was a sudden knock at the door.
Rosie, who had just claimed she didn't want to sleep, immediately burrowed into Noelle's arms, clutching her tightly and squeezing her eyes shut.
Her reaction made Noelle chuckle. She patted Rosie's hand reassuringly. "It's okay. Mommy will go see who it is."
"No, don't go, Mommy!" Rosie refused to let go of her hand.
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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...