After Hendrix finished speaking, there was a brief silence on the other end of the line. Then, Erwin chuckled. "Hmm, that does sound interesting."
"Then, I'll leave it to you."
"What did you just say?"
"As far as the world is concerned, I'm already 'dead.' And as for the Swift family, for certain reasons, it's not exactly easy for me to do anything to them. Besides, haven't you always wanted to break into the market in this country? Well, here's your chance now, no?"
Just as Erwin was about to respond, Hendrix heard a soft knock at the door. The villagers went to bed early, and the surroundings were eerily quiet, so the sound was especially clear to Hendrix.
He immediately moved the phone away from his ear and asked, "Who is it?"
Still in work mode, his voice carried a sharp edge.
The person outside the door seemed to hear it, and the knocking stopped abruptly. But there was no response to Hendrix's question.
A frown immediately appeared on Hendrix's face. For a moment, he thought it might be someone sent by Dylan and even started looking around the room for something to use as a weapon.
But then, he heard a soft voice say, "It's me."
Hendrix froze. Then, without a second thought, he hung up on Erwin and walked to the door. After pulling back the rickety wooden latch, he opened the door. There stood Noelle, holding a bowl of soup in her hands and a thermos at her feet.
"Y-You're still up," Noelle said. She seemed a little embarrassed, biting her lips before lowering her eyes. "I didn't know if you'd eaten dinner yet, and since you don't have a stove here to cook, I made you some soup and brought hot water."
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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...