The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 392 Chapter 392

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Silence settled over the room.

Ophelia sat on the bed, her hands clutching the blanket tightly. After locking eyes with Hendrix for a long moment, she suddenly let out a low chuckle.

"So what? Are you threatening me now? You little brat, do you really think I have no way to deal with you? Don't forget-Nathan is in Amity Group now. If I wanted to, I could hand everything over to him at any moment.'

Hendrix nodded slightly. "Nathan, huh? So, he's the key to all of this, isn't he? But that doesn't make

sense? My mom's known about his existence for a while now. Even if you suddenly brought him back, her reaction shouldn't have been this extreme.

"Unless... there's something hidden about his identity?"

Hendrix's voice was calm, and his thinking was sharper than ever.

As soon as those words landed, Ophelia's expression shifted visibly.

Hendrix immediately knew that he was right. "So that's it. But he's just a bastard child-what kind of secret could there be? If my mom's this shaken, then the real issue must be Nathan's mother."

He continued, "Mom once told me that she really didn't want to marry Dad in the beginning. It was he who insisted on being with her. She believed his feelings were sincere, and that's why she stayed. And also why she remained in the family for all these years.

can understand that After all, she spent years being a widow, so she must be feeling lonely. Even after waking up and learning of Lloyd's death, she was still emotionally stable. Yet tonight,

have deceived her, too. So, what exactly did he

speaking in one breath, his sharp gaze locking onto Ophelia. There was nowhere to hide under

remained silent, but her expression grew increasingly

things even simpler. All I have to do now is look into

and turned around to leave the

out behind him, "There's no real secret. You'll understand why once you see a

to an abrupt halt. Slowly, he turned

out a photo. She then handed it to

people in the photo, he was momentarily

photo of his parents

was wrong-the woman in the photo wasn't

night. She had reached the peak of her exhaustion, but she

to rest.

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sat nearby, keeping vigil

of them spoke, so the

first light of dawn seeped through the curtains that Beatrice finally

the moment she felt the wound at

Noelle asked

head, her eyes landing on