The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

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After finishing the call, Hendrix hung up.

He tapped his fingers on the desk a few times before dialing another number.

"It's me, Hendrix. That so-called brother of yours... Is he making a comeback again?"

For the past few days, Noelle had barely left the bed. Her days consisted of nothing but sleeping and eating, to the point where she had lost all sense of time. She had no idea how long she had been in this

room.

Lately, Hendrix had been leaving early and coming home late. Some days, she wouldn't see him at all. Or maybe... he simply knew she didn't want to see him, so he had stopped showing up in front of her altogether.

Noelle had assumed he had completely forgotten about her prenatal checkup. But one morning, when she woke up, she found Hendrix undoing her tie.

"You're up? Perfect timing. I have time today. I'll take you for your checkup," he said with a bright smile. Noelle felt dazed.

Hendrix didn't say anything else. He simply finished untying the knot and carried her downstairs.

and instinctively resisted his touch. But then, as if something

didn't actually do anything, he pretended not

As long as she was willing to play along-even if she was lying to him-he would

had arranged for Noelle's checkup at a private hospital

as soon as they arrived, Noelle

stood by her

at the screen. "See here? This is your baby.

head and saw what looked like a tiny sprout. If she didn't look carefully, she wouldn't

noticed it.

the little one would soon grow bigger. Inside her,

and slowly closed her

the examination was done, he reached out to carry her

time, Noelle pushed him away. "I can

As he stepped back, a knock sounded

Dr. Lambert is waiting for you

quickly seemed to realize something. He turned to Noelle and said, "Wait here for me. I'll be

"Okay."

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