After a pause, Leah suddenly realized something. "Right. If it had really been Noelle, you wouldn't have hurt her to the point of needing to go to the hospital."
Dylan didn't respond. Clearly, he wasn't interested in what she had to say.
"But that makes it even worse! If it wasn't here, why cause such trouble? If this gets out, do you know how people will ta—"
Dylan cut her off impatiently, "So, you dragged me here just to say all this?"
His tone made Leah freeze. After a moment, she stammered, "I-I'm just worried about you. You've worked so hard to get to where you are, and if the others used this to bring you down, then—"
"You're overthinking it," Dylan interrupted her again with a cold smirk. "No one would dare to make a fuss over something this small. What you're really upset about is that I refused to go on the blind dates you've arranged for me, isn't it?"
Leah fell silent. Seeing her stunned expression, Dylan knew he'd guessed right.
"Sorry, but I won't be meeting those women. Not now, not ever. And stop trying to control my life, got it?"
Leah's expression instantly changed. She then slammed her hand against the cabinet beside her and said through gritted teeth, "What do you mean by that? Dylan Pritchett, I am your mother! Is this how you speak to me? Is this how I've raised you?"
Dylan had already turned to leave, but at the words, he stopped dead.
Then, he recalled the dream he had last night. The boy from the dream—who had once been full of hope and expectations for the future, only to have everything shattered—seemed to appear right in front of him.
He slowly turned his head.
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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...