Chapter 9 Chapter 9

"Elle,

are you doing well?" This line echoed in Noelle's mind.

She had forgotten how long it had been since someone asked her such a question. She'd even forgotten

to ask herself if she was doing well.

The answer was obvious. But even so, she didn't hesitate to reply, "I'm doing fine."

"That's good, then," Maxwell responded.

After that, he fell quiet.

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now," Noelle said.

"Alright," Maxwell agreed.

But just as Noelle was about to end the call, he suddenly spoke up, "I'm sorry for leaving without saying goodbye back then, I've thought about you a lot these past years while I've been abroad."

a slight pause, he added, "It's getting late. You

Maxwell

the stairs, still holding her phone. After a long while, she slowly turned and returned to her

didn't

something to do with Maxwell's phone call, but she spent the whole

to the days shortly after she'd returned to the Swanson family. Craig and Matilda had thrown a grand welcome home party for her, but hardly anyone at the event

family's social circle laughed at her and mocked her for being from the countryside. They ever teased her

swimming pool. Some people wanting to test whether the " country bumpkin" could swim-tricked her

they pushed her

SO

the suffocation she felt as water gushed into her nose,

shot

momentarily disoriented. After a while, she

from the

glanced at the time. There was still over an hour until the usual time she woke up, but she couldn't fall back asleep. As she lay in bed, lost in thought,

head to the

was awake. However, he was used to putting on a composed front. So,

Chapter 9

be waiting downstairs," he

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