The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 203 Chapter 203

Noelle didn't respond to his words. Instead, she simply glanced at this retreating figure before slowly turning her gaze back to the portrait of the deceased. The woman in the photo was Matilda in her younger years. Ironically, she looked almost exactly like Noelle,

On the day of the funeral, rain suddenly began to fall in Coppersville, and the temperature seemed even lower than it had been during last year's winter.

Noelle had already put on her coat, but as she stood in the cemetery, she could still feel the cold wind seeping deep into her bones.

The urn containing Matilda's ashes had already been laid to rest. It was only when the sound of the pastor's voice echoed through the cemetery that Noelle, almost as if waking from a daze, fully realized that Matilda was truly

gone.

Whether it was love or hate, it all seemed to vanish with Matilda's death. Noelle suddenly recalled the day Matilda closed her eyes for the last time. She wasn't sure whether it was guilt or something else, but in her final moments, Matilda had called for Noelle to stand before her

Matilda's tenderness toward her had been genuine. She would hold her while she slept, gently take her hand, and kneel down to carefully wipe away

suddenly came alive again. At that moment, Matilda didn't say anything. She simply gave a long, deep look

Noelle

onto Noelle, and her shoulder began to tremble slightly, but there was no one by her side to hold her hand. In the end, she could only clench her

funeral came to an

guests had left, Craig walked up to Noelle's side. Do you want

dare

other hand, quickly replied;

resolved, and the letter of appointment for the

officially issued. It hadn't even been a month since Christmas Day, and Noelle was already on a plane heading to

saw Hendrix again. Coppersville was a vast city, so expansive that even though they were moved in the same circles, they could

first time working at a company, but she adapted quickly. Even the social intricacies she had once despised

early summer. His relationship with a young actress had made front-page headlines. In the accompanying photo, the two stood in front of a villa, the