The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 222 Chapter 222

Noelle left the restaurant soon after.

Earlier, she had actually taken Julio's advice to heart to treat Hendrix as just another client or business partner, like before.

She'd use the faint, ambiguous connection between them to achieve her goals.

Although Noelle had always loathed gender discrimination and preferential treatment in the workplace, she realized after stepping into this complicated world that her ideals couldn't change anything. She even found herself skillfully leveraging those very dynamics to her advantage.

But when the person involved was Hendrix, she discovered she couldn't handle it as calmly as she

thought.

She had once loved him sincerely for many years, after all. There was even a time when her feelings were reciprocated. She had felt, however fleeting, a genuine warmth in him.

Even though all of it eventually turned out to be nothing but an illusion, she still couldn't treat him like a stranger. Not even when Julio bluntly reminded her that this was just business.

still couldn't

hadn't yet become a truly competent businesswoman. Leaving the restaurant, Noelle received a

contained only a flight time. "Landing tomorrow at

meaning and replied, "Got it. I'll pick you

messages, but Noelle was already used to

tossed her phone aside and calmly

at the company the next day, Oliver came over, looking

go to the

at him.

wanted to know

speaking, Noelle suddenly interrupted, "How did you know about this?"

squinted her

so he knew she was going to be angry. He quickly explained, "Mr. Garcia's secretary told me about

coldly when

really think that spreading a few rumors will actually make Hendrix soften up, does he?" She turned around. "Tell him this. Hendrix hates being pressured by public

despise him, he