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.

she still

a truly competent businesswoman.

flight time. "Landing tomorrow

immediately understood his meaning and replied,

send any further messages, but Noelle was already used to this way of

another thought, she tossed her phone

the company the next

go

at him.

wanted to know if

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

squinted

she was going to be angry. He quickly

coldly when

a few rumors will actually make Hendrix soften up, does he?" She turned around. "Tell him this. Hendrix hates being pressured by public opinion more than anything. There's no way he'll compromise because

Hendrix to completely despise him, he can