Noelle immediately turned around with panic written all over her face.
Irene narrowed her eyes. "What were you doing outside so late in the night?"
"I-I thought I heard a cat meowing, so I went to check."
"A cat?" Irene frowned. "What's so strange about a few cats in the village?"
Noelle fell silent.
Irene didn't press further, simply telling her to go to bed early before turning and heading back to her own room.
Noelle followed behind her. The window in her room faced the house across the street—the one with the lit window, where Hendrix was staying.
The broken glass in the window had been repaired earlier that day. The warm yellow light shining through matched the glow in her room. Noelle stared at it for a while before finally lying down to sleep.
The night passed quickly.
Irene didn't need much sleep. Before dawn even broke, she had already taken her hoe and headed out to work in the field.
After making her bed, Noelle started preparing breakfast. Just as she was beating some eggs, she heard footsteps coming from outside. They didn't sound like they belonged to Irene.
Noelle paused, then set down the bowl and fork to go investigate. When she saw it was, the hope in her eyes dimmed slightly. But just as quickly, she put on a smile and said, "Mrs. Hodge, what brings you here?"
"Where's your mom? I need to talk to her." Joanne Cooley's face was expressionless, giving no hint of her mood.
"My mom is out in the fields. Should I go call her back?"
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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...