Chapter 71
Noelle gritted her teeth, her voice already as raspy as it could be. She thought that she had already walked out of her relationship with Hendrix, but she just realized that she had overestimated herself.
Whatever the Swansons did couldn’t affect her anymore, but a few words from Hendrix were the sharpest knives, stabbing her deeply.
Hendrix sat across from her, holding her gaze. After a while, he sniggered. “Do you feel mistreated? Then, do you think it’s an honorable act to go on a blind date less than a week after a divorce?”
Noelle was quiet.
Reaching out, Hendrix held her chin. “Also, you’re the one who climbed into my bed last night. Why didn’t you think that you were being cheap at that time?”
His eyes turned cold all of a sudden and were so full of disdain that it felt like a slap on her face. She gritted her teeth even harder, but her tightly balled fists slowly relaxed
However, Hendrix didn’t have the patience to continue this conversation with her and rose to his feet.
“Noelle, you don’t have a choice,” he stated and started out
However, Noelle’s voice echoed from behind him, “How long?”
Hendrix stopped in his tracks and turned around at the same time she looked up. There were tears brimming in her eyes, and she had bitten her lip so hard that it was bleeding. It appeared that she was using all she had to maintain her composure to converse with him.
Looking at her, Hendrix was reminded of her watery eyes when she stared at him last night. He gulped and said, Two years, I guess.”
Noelle clenched her jaw even harder, but in the end, she nodded.
“Okay,” she uttered and stood up as well.
Hendrix watched as she started leaving. “Where are you going?”
“Back to my home,” she answered and turned to him. “I guess you don’t need me anymore today. When you do… I’ll come over.”
After some deliberation, she composed herself a little. Speaking in a diplomatic tone, she completely treated this issue as a transaction between them. 1
Before Hendrix could answer, she continued walking forward.
“I’ll drop you off,” Hendrix said in the end.
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Noelle wanted to reject him at first, but after pausing for a second, she swallowed the words. At this point, she longer had the energy left to argue with him.
On the way downstairs, Hendrix told her his address here, “Level 23, Block A, Percy Gardens. The door lock. password is the same as Nivis Villa.”
Noelle knew that this would be the usual spot for their dates, or rather, their affair. She said nothing, merely nodding in acknowledgment.
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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...