"Don't worry. I'm fine," Noelle said.
Rosie stood there, locking eyes with Noelle for a moment before saying, "But what if you get infected again?"
Noelle couldn't help but chuckle at her. "It's fine. I'm wearing a mask."
Rosie still seemed conflicted but eventually let out a soft "oh".
Noelle immediately took a step back. "It's getting late. You should go to sleep. Will you be okay alone tonight?"
"Uh-huh." Rosie nodded without hesitation. "I'm all grown up now."
"Mm-hmm. Go ahead, then."
Rosie looked at Noelle, her eyes filled with a hint of reluctance. But in the end, she didn't say anything else and simply turned to leave.
Noelle watched her retreating figure, the smile on her lips gradually fading. Only after Rosie returned to her room did Noelle turn around and climb back into bed.
Perhaps because she had slept too much during the day, Noelle found herself wide awake. She lay in bed, staring out the window for a while before turning over and closing her eyes.
Just as she was trying to force herself to sleep, she heard faint footsteps echoing from outside. The sound was all too familiar to her, and she instantly became alert. However, she didn't open her eyes and remained still.
Hendrix soon reached her bedside and slowly reached out his hand. Noelle had no choice but to shift back slightly and glared at him warily.
Her gaze made Hendrix pause, but he quickly explained, "I just wanted to check if you have a fever."
"I'm fine," Noelle replied quickly. "Shouldn't you be sleeping in the study?"
"I couldn't sleep."
"Then, leave. Don't disturb my rest."
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...