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

a truly competent businesswoman. Leaving the restaurant, Noelle received a message

time. "Landing tomorrow at

and replied, "Got it. I'll

didn't send any further messages, but Noelle was

she tossed her phone aside

at the company the next day,

you go to

to look at him.

wanted to know

suddenly interrupted, "How did you know about

squinted

for some time now, so he knew she was going

coldly when she heard

up, does he?" She turned around. "Tell him this. Hendrix hates being pressured by public opinion more than

to completely despise him,