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."

added, "It's getting

that, Maxwell finally

her phone. After a long while, she slowly

night, Hendrix didn't come

so, Noelle couldn't drift off to sleep peacefully. Perhaps it had something to do with Maxwell's phone call,

and

circle laughed at her and mocked her for being from the countryside. They ever teased her

floor of the banquet hall housed a huge swimming pool. Some people wanting to test whether the " country bumpkin" could

they pushed

SO

into her nose,

eyes shot open

her momentarily disoriented. After a while, she remembered she was in Nivis Villa-the

from the

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

her head to the door in

surprised to see that she was awake. However, he was used to putting on a composed front. So, the surprise in his

Chapter 9

minutes. I'll be waiting downstairs," he said as though giving

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