The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 312 Chapter 312

Noelle hadn't told Hendrix which hotel she was staying at. But this was Coppersville, and there was little here he couldn't find out if he wanted to.

The next morning, just as Noelle woke up, the doorbell rang. When she opened the door, Hendrix stood there, smiling brightly at her.

"Let's go to the courthouse," he said.

He wasn't wearing a jacket today, just a crisp white shirt. Combined with his soft, slightly tousled hair, it made Noelle pause for a moment.

For a fleeting second, it felt like she was back in the past, hiding in a corner, secretly watching him. But s she quickly shut down the thought.

Now, she knew better. The person he had been back then was a lie, just as the version of him she thought she'd come to understand later was a lie.

The man standing before her now-shameless, ruthless, and utterly self-serving-was the real Hendrix. "I've already picked out clothes for you. You've got your documents ready, right?"

Noelle had planned to say she hadn't brought them, but Hendrix seemed to have anticipated her excuse. "You've already signed the agreement. I doubt you'd stoop to using forgotten documents' as a delay tactic, would you? Don't you find that pointless?"

Noelle clenched her hands involuntarily. Finally, she said, "Don't worry. I have everything."

bag toward

out,"

arrived at the

this place. What she hadn't expected was that all three times, it

the process had a strange sense of familiarity. In less than an

hour, they

hers a second glance. She simply tossed it into her bag and turned to hail a cab. But Hendrix quickly grabbed her

and looked at

grandma and mom that I'd bring

breath hitched, but she quickly responded, "I didn't agree to

"Do you I

and continued, "Besides, you haven't properly visited my mom

gave a forced smile. "Didn't I already see

and having a conversation. Don't you have questions you want to

Hendrix guided her straight into

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estate, their presence adding to the atmosphere of wealth and order. Noelle couldn't even recall the last time she'd been here. Seeing it all again now gave her a strange sense of disconnection, as if it belonged to a

had clearly informed them in advance of their arrival, yet when they stepped inside, there was no one in the