Chapter 3 At 7:00 pm, Hendrix returned to the villa right on time. Sandra happened to be in the living room when he returned.

The moment she saw him, she walked over excitedly to greet him. "You're back, Hendrix!"

Hendrix gave her a slight smile as he looked up at her.

Noelle pursed her lips and stepped forward to take his coat. She said to him, "Dinner is ready."

...

"I'm sorry, Hendrix. Am I encroaching on you and Noelle by staying here?" Sandra asked quietly at the

dinner table. She snuck a glance at Noelle before continuing, "I told Mom I could stay home on my own, but she insists that she doesn't feel at ease if I'm alone at home..."

long as you like. If

want to be too much

trouble at

Mabel chimed in as she served the dishes. "It's been a long time since this

that was holding

she hastily finished the food on her plate and stood up. "I'm done eating.

her hand away from Sandra's

Just before leaving the dining room, she overheard Sandra asking cautiously, "Hendrix, is Noelle upset? I guess I shouldn't have come here and disrupted your

was a hint of grief and a slight choke in Sandra's voice when she said

want to hear anymore. She didn't care how Hendrix responded to Sandra,

she opened her computer again. But even after she opened her work file, she couldn't seem to start on it. She didn't know how much time

Hendrix, and there were only two words:

to ignore it. Hendrix didn't send a second

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