The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 204

Chapter 204 Chapter 204

"Ms. Swanson, are you sure it's a good idea to have dinner alone with Mr. Carter? I mean, he "Her assistant, Oliver Shaw, hesitated, leaving the rest unsaid.

Noelle, of course, understood their concern. Ethan's reputation in Vinton City was far from stellar. His insistence on having dinner alone with her tonight naturally set off Oliver's alarm bells and rightly so, "It's fine. It's just dinner," Noelle replied calmly.

After that, she opened the car door and stepped out onto the pavement. She had chosen the restaurant herself and, to avoid any potential "surprises", arrived half an hour early to order the food in advance. Ethan arrived just as Noelle finished filling up her glass with water.

"My apologies for keeping you waiting, Ms. Swanson."

"No worries. I just got here myself," Noelle replied with a smile.

Their first interaction was smooth, and everything seemed normal so far.

After a few glasses of red wine, the conversation began to shift.

"Ms. Swanson, you've been here for several months now, right?"

"Three months to be exact," Noelle answered with a smile.

have you

thanks to

avoided it by raising her wine glass

glass. Instead, he simply smiled and said, "It's all your own effort:

a slight smile. "Well, then, thank you for

raised his wine glass and clinked

tried to lean closer to her several times, Noelle managed

Noelle quickly shifted the conversation

the dinner finally came to an

a new resort hotel opening in the outskirts of the city? If you have time, Ms. Swanson, maybe we could go check it

"Sure."

didn't outright refuse invitations that had a timeframe of "sometime"-after

to "another time". Thus, she agreed readily, and Ethan's expression softened a bit. Just then, his driver

raining. Let me give you a

1/2

Chapter 204

couldn't possibly

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255