Marshall quickly nodded and answered, "I'm fine."
Noelle then turned to Marla. "I'm sorry. I just found out about this. You—"
"The doctor said he's fine," Marla replied calmly. "And Dylan was here last night, so nothing serious happened."
"I didn't do much. It's mainly because Mr. Swift is strong enough to pull through. But the doctor said you need more rest and can't overwork yourself—you have to remember that."
"Exactly," Marla immediately chimed in, agreeing with Dylan. "I've said it before—just let others handle the company. We're not young anymore. What's the point of making so much money? It's not like we can take it with us when we die, nor do we have anyone to—"
Marla suddenly trailed off. Then, she slowly turned to look at Noelle.
Noelle stood there, her already uneasy hands clenched even tighter.
Just as the atmosphere was about to freeze, Dylan quickly said, "I should head back now."
Following his head, Marla said, "Yes. You've stayed up all night. Go home and get some rest. I really can't thank you enough for helping us."
"You're too kind. But like I said, it's the least I can do."
Noelle had no idea when Dylan had grown so close to the Swift family. At the moment, every look they gave him was filled with trust and admiration.
She suddenly thought of Jean, who had passed away sometime ago. Yet, her death had gone completely unnoticed in the country. But given her family's downfall and the fact that her parents were no longer in this world, it wasn't all that surprising that no one seemed to care about the cause of her death.
"Noelle, could you walk me out?" Dylan asked, pulling Noelle back to the present.
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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...