Noelle quickly added, "But don't worry. I'm not hurt or anything. It was just a slap."
By the end of the sentence, she started to lose confidence, so her voice unconsciously dropped a few notches.
Hendrix let out a cold laugh. "Just a slap? And you think that's not serious? What would qualify as serious to you? Beating you until you're paralyzed? This is our home. You expect me to just let it slide when someone barges in and hits you?"
With each word, his anger seemed to escalate. He pressed his lips into a tight line before he abruptly turned to leave.
Noelle quickly grabbed him. "What are you going to do?"
"Let go."
"Don't act impulsively. You're scaring me like this."
Her words made Hendrix freeze mid-step. As if afraid he'd still leave, Noelle clung tightly to his waist and looked up at him.
Even though Hendrix didn't say anything, he did seem to be much calmer.
After a pause, Noelle added, "Besides, I didn't take it lying down."
"You hit her back?"
"Well, no. But I argued with her. In the end, she left looking pretty disappointed and upset," Noelle replied, sounding almost proud of herself.
Hendrix twitched his lips. "That's it?"
"Isn't that enough? Did you really want me to end up in a brawl with her?"
"Yes, you should have smacked her right back," Hendrix said bluntly. "Even if you crippled her, I'd cover for you."
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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...