The last time Dylan saw Noelle was at the Swift family residence. She had tried to threaten him with a phone recording, and of course, Dylan wasn't going to let her have her way. He had every intention to talk things out with her properly. But unfortunately, Noelle wouldn't listen.
During the struggle over the phone, she fell down the stairs. By the time the Swift family found her, blood had already pooled on the ground. But they didn't call the police. Instead, they helped Dylan load Noelle into a car.
Dylan had planned to hide her away somewhere. In fact, he had already arranged everything in advance. Even if Noelle hadn't been unconscious, he would have taken her away that night.
Once in the car, he transferred her to another vehicle in a spot out of the surveillance cameras' view. That car's destination was Leah's hometown. There, he had already arranged for someone to take care of Noelle.
He had everything perfectly planned, and by the time Hendrix returned to Coppersville, it would already be too late.
But Dylan never expected that the car would get into an accident along the way, and the driver died on the spot.
According to the report he received, only the driver had died. Noelle, who should have been in the back seat, had vanished.
Dylan had initially thought she might have been thrown from the wreck. After all, the car had plunged off an overpass, and the driver's body hadn't been intact.
So, during this time, it wasn't just Hendrix searching for Noelle—Dylan had been looking, too. But the longer it dragged on, the slimmer the hope of finding her became.
Dylan had even started to believe he would never see her again.
The thought of that made his eyes redden. He knew he was despicable. He also knew his hands were filthy for employing all those underhanded tactics. But whatever sincerity he had left, he had given all of it to her.
He had truly wanted to be with her. So now, seeing her standing right in front of him, he was happier than anyone to know that she was alive.
He studied the woman before him carefully, about to ask what had happened to her all this time when the woman called out timidly, "Hello, Mr. Pritchett."
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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...