"Rosie's fine. I already calmed her down," Hendrix replied.
But Noelle didn't relax at his words. She continued to peek worriedly into Rosie's room.
"Don't worry. She's already asleep," Hendrix assured her, putting his arm around her shoulders. "You've had a long day too. Go get some sleep."
Noelle didn't say anything, but the disappointment in her downcast eyes was unmistakable.
"There's an event at her kindergarten this Friday," Hendrix suddenly said. "You should go."
Her head snapped up in surprise.
"You were the one who always attended before. And if you go, Rosie will definitely be happy."
After a brief hesitation, Noelle nodded.
"Come on. Let's get some sleep."
As Hendrix led her to bed, Noelle suddenly asked him, "Can you tell me about my past?"
The question caught Hendrix off guard. "What?"
"Anything that happened in the past," Noelle said. "About Rosie or anything from before her."
Hendrix went quiet. His mind raced through their shared history. Then, he realized how little of it was worth recounting.
Noelle was still waiting for his answer. When she noticed his prolonged silence, she frowned. "Well?"
Hendrix snapped out of his thoughts and gave her a faint smile. "Why are you suddenly asking about this?"
"I want to know," Noelle said, frowning. "Besides, since I came back with you, I can't keep walking around not recognizing anyone, right?"
"There's no need for you to know those people," Hendrix replied. "Didn't you love painting? Just stay home and paint."
Noelle didn't respond. But the way her expression faded little by little was enough to show her dissatisfaction.
Hendrix pressed his lips together before asking, "What do you want to know? Can you be more specific?"
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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...